Question-answering system extracts information on injection drug use from clinical notes.

Background: Injection drug use (IDU) can increase mortality and morbidity. Therefore, identifying IDU early and initiating harm reduction interventions can benefit individuals at risk. However, extracting IDU behaviors from patients' electronic health records (EHR) is difficult because there is no other structured data available, such as International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes, and IDU is most often documented in unstructured free-text clinical notes.

Using organizational and clinical performance data to increase the value of mental health care.

U.S. health systems, policy makers, and patients increasingly demand high-value care that improves health outcomes at lower cost.