DECODING EHR DATA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN PRESSURE INJURIES AMONG HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS
Christine Chow, Yijung Kim, Lauren Bangerter, Karl De Jonge · 2024
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Christine Chow, Yijung Kim, Lauren Bangerter, and Karl De Jonge mined, in a 2024 study, house-call doctors' free-text notes to find what surrounds pressure injuries in homebound elders. These skin wounds track with frailty and immobility, but social factors hide outside the coded record. Their data covered 1,770 notes from a home-based care program over three years.
A language algorithm flagged injuries in 664 patients, averaging 87 years old. Phrase analysis surfaced the usual suspects: weak function, poor nutrition, many illnesses, and frailty. One theme stood apart: social support, rich in telling phrases, suggesting elders with thinner support fare worse. The authors argue note-mining can expose the social wiring of wounds that billing codes never see, and point care teams to isolated patients.
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| CREATOR | Christine Chow, Yijung Kim, Lauren Bangerter, Karl De Jonge |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |