Background: A wealth of clinically relevant information is only obtainable within unstructured clinical narratives, leading to great interest in clinical natural language processing (NLP). While a multitude of approaches to NLP exist, current algorithm development approaches have limitations that can slow the development process. These limitations are exacerbated when the task is emergent, as is the case currently for NLP extraction of signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the association of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and severity of infection with longer-term glycemic control and weight in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the U.S.
Research Design And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using longitudinal electronic health record data of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C).
Background: Diabetes affects more than 30 million patients across the United States. With such a large disease burden, even a small error in classification can be significant. Currently billing codes, assigned at the time of a medical encounter, are the "gold standard" reflecting the actual diseases present in an individual, and thus in aggregate reflect disease prevalence in the population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
October 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is placing extraordinary strains not only on hospital-wide systems but most especially on hospital medicine across the nation. The specific challenges faced by our hospitalist services are unfathomable. Hospitalist leaders are tasked to rapidly restructure clinical operations to accommodate the large surge in COVID-19 patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to nearly every continent, with over 2.6 m cases confirmed worldwide. Emergency departments care for a significant number of patients who are under investigation for COVID-19 or are COVID-19-positive.
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