2024
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
Wang K, Hendrickson Z, Miller M, Abel E, Skanderson M, Erdos J, Womack J, Brandt C, Desai M, Han L. Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2024, 62: 458-463. PMID: 38848139, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsResidential addressesHealth recordsHealth AdministrationLeveraging electronic health recordsInfluence health care utilizationVeterans Health Administration dataAssociations of sociodemographicsHealth care utilizationHealth care systemPatient's residential addressCross-sectional analysisGeneralized logistic regressionCare utilizationHealth systemResidential mobilitySubstance use disordersCare systemPatient's residenceLogistic regressionVeteransMultinomial outcomesHealthOddsSelf-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV
Smith A, Goulet J, Vlahov D, Justice A, Womack J. Self-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV. AIDS 2024, 38: 1570-1578. PMID: 38814683, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNested case-control studyModifiable risk factorsRisk of suicideCase-control studyRisk factorsIdentification of modifiable risk factorsCategorization of deathsIncidence density samplingAging Cohort StudyCohort of veteransIncreased risk of suicideConditional logistic regressionHigher pain levelsUse disorderPublic health burdenDrug use disordersUnnatural deathsDeath codesUnintentional causesInternational ClassificationHIV statusExcess deathsPrevention effortsAlcohol use disorderA roadmap to artificial intelligence (AI): Methods for designing and building AI ready data to promote fairness
Kidwai-Khan F, Wang R, Skanderson M, Brandt C, Fodeh S, Womack J. A roadmap to artificial intelligence (AI): Methods for designing and building AI ready data to promote fairness. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2024, 154: 104654. PMID: 38740316, PMCID: PMC11144439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial intelligenceMachine learningNatural language processing techniquesRaw dataLife cycle of dataLanguage processing techniquesInput dataApplication of artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence processesMachine learning algorithmsTransform raw dataNatural language processing algorithmsArtificial intelligence methodsApplication of AILanguage processing algorithmsLearning algorithmsIntelligent processingError rateIntelligence methodsData governanceProcessing algorithmsData expertiseAlgorithmic biasElectronic health record dataData frameworks
2023
The Impact of Blast Exposure—With or Without Traumatic Brain Injury—on Metabolic Abnormalities in Post-9/11 Veterans
Lendvai D, Whittemore R, Womack J, Fortier C, Milberg W, Fonda J. The Impact of Blast Exposure—With or Without Traumatic Brain Injury—on Metabolic Abnormalities in Post-9/11 Veterans. Journal Of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2023, 38: 380-390. PMID: 36951458, PMCID: PMC10514232, DOI: 10.1097/htr.0000000000000874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlast-related traumatic brain injuryOverweight/obesityMetabolic abnormalitiesTraumatic brain injuryBlast exposurePost-9/11 veteransBrain injuryRelative riskCross-sectional secondary data analysisTranslational Research CenterSomatic conditionsHealth prevention interventionsCardiometabolic syndromeGlucose dysregulationMean ageWeight managementSecondary data analysisPrevention interventionsMeeting criteriaVeteran cohortPoisson regressionSecondary aimBaseline samplesMajority maleAbnormalitiesEquity and use of telehealth modalities among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic
Carson H, Wang K, Paek H, Hoffman P, Arakaki A, Gonzalez-Colaso R, Barakat L, Villanueva M, Womack J. Equity and use of telehealth modalities among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Health 2023, 9: 20552076231218840. PMID: 38107977, PMCID: PMC10722925, DOI: 10.1177/20552076231218840.Peer-Reviewed Original Research