Automating Early Disease Prediction Via Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data
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| author | Domingo-Aldama, Ane G Prado, Marcos Merino Olea, Alain García Goikoetxea, Josu Gojenola, Koldo Atutxa, Aitziber |
| author_facet | Domingo-Aldama, Ane G Prado, Marcos Merino Olea, Alain García Goikoetxea, Josu Gojenola, Koldo Atutxa, Aitziber |
| contents | This study presents a fully automated methodology for early prediction studies in clinical settings, leveraging information extracted from unstructured discharge reports. The proposed pipeline uses discharge reports to support the three main steps of early prediction: cohort selection, dataset generation, and outcome labeling. By processing discharge reports with natural language processing techniques, we can efficiently identify relevant patient cohorts, enrich structured datasets with additional clinical variables, and generate high-quality labels without manual intervention. This approach addresses the frequent issue of missing or incomplete data in codified electronic health records (EHR), capturing clinically relevant information that is often underrepresented. We evaluate the methodology in the context of predicting atrial fibrillation (AF) progression, showing that predictive models trained on datasets enriched with discharge report information achieve higher accuracy and correlation with true outcomes compared to models trained solely on structured EHR data, while also surpassing traditional clinical scores. These results demonstrate that automating the integration of unstructured clinical text can streamline early prediction studies, improve data quality, and enhance the reliability of predictive models for clinical decision-making. |
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| spellingShingle | Automating Early Disease Prediction Via Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data Domingo-Aldama, Ane G Prado, Marcos Merino Olea, Alain García Goikoetxea, Josu Gojenola, Koldo Atutxa, Aitziber Machine Learning This study presents a fully automated methodology for early prediction studies in clinical settings, leveraging information extracted from unstructured discharge reports. The proposed pipeline uses discharge reports to support the three main steps of early prediction: cohort selection, dataset generation, and outcome labeling. By processing discharge reports with natural language processing techniques, we can efficiently identify relevant patient cohorts, enrich structured datasets with additional clinical variables, and generate high-quality labels without manual intervention. This approach addresses the frequent issue of missing or incomplete data in codified electronic health records (EHR), capturing clinically relevant information that is often underrepresented. We evaluate the methodology in the context of predicting atrial fibrillation (AF) progression, showing that predictive models trained on datasets enriched with discharge report information achieve higher accuracy and correlation with true outcomes compared to models trained solely on structured EHR data, while also surpassing traditional clinical scores. These results demonstrate that automating the integration of unstructured clinical text can streamline early prediction studies, improve data quality, and enhance the reliability of predictive models for clinical decision-making. |
| title | Automating Early Disease Prediction Via Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data |
| topic | Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28167 |