Measuring the Value of a Practical Text Mining Approach to Identify Patients With Housing Issues in the Free-Text Notes in Electronic Health Record: Findings of a Retrospective Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Elham Hatef (Author), Gurmehar Singh Deol (Author), Masoud Rouhizadeh (Author), Ashley Li (Author), Katyusha Eibensteiner (Author), Craig B. Monsen (Author), Roman Bratslaver (Author), Margaret Senese (Author), Hadi Kharrazi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Despite the growing efforts to standardize coding for social determinants of health (SDOH), they are infrequently captured in electronic health records (EHRs). Most SDOH variables are still captured in the unstructured fields (i.e., free-text) of EHRs. In this study we attempt to evalu...