Evaluation of falls detected by natural language processing algorithm and not coded external cause of morbidity.
Falls are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Common methods for identifying fall-related ED visits within both claims and electronic health record datasets rely on diagnosis code-based definitions, which underestimate the true prevalence of falls. This study applies a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to ED provider notes to identify patients presenting due to falls and compares the characteristics of NLP-identified cases to those identified through [...]
Author(s): Hekman, Daniel J, Maru, Apoorva P, Barton, Hanna J, Wiegmann, Douglas, Shah, Manish N, Cochran, Amy L, Ötleş, Erkin, Patterson, Brian W
DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaf047