2017
Classifying clinical notes with pain assessment using machine learning
Fodeh SJ, Finch D, Bouayad L, Luther SL, Ling H, Kerns RD, Brandt C. Classifying clinical notes with pain assessment using machine learning. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 2017, 56: 1285-1292. PMID: 29280092, PMCID: PMC6014866, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-017-1772-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain care qualityPain assessmentClinical notesChronic painMusculoskeletal diagnosesSignificant public health problemCharacteristics of patientsIntensity of painType of painPublic health problemPain sitesPain complaintsPatient reportsPainPatientsHealth problemsCare qualityFiscal year 2011Health recordsMillions of peopleComplete dataClinical applicationDiagnosisDemographic variablesWide spectrum
2013
Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research
Hamid H, Fodeh SJ, Lizama AG, Czlapinski R, Pugh MJ, LaFrance WC, Brandt CA. Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research. Epilepsy & Behavior 2013, 29: 578-580. PMID: 24135384, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresPositive predictive valueNonepileptic seizuresDefinite PNESAfghanistan veteransEpilepsy researchNational Clinical DatabaseVideo electroencephalograph monitoringDiagnosis of epilepsySeizure disorderDefinitive diagnosisElectronic health record systemsEpidemiologic dataHealth record systemsPredictive valueClinical databaseElectroencephalograph monitoringPatientsEpilepsyVEEGEpidemiologic researchVeteransRecord systemSeizuresDiagnosis