Healio November 24, 2021
Janel Miller

A machine learning model that uses the most basic raw data may help physicians identify patients who need referrals to social workers and predict their risk for hospitalization.

“There is so much data available on social determinants of health, but the challenge is turning it into something health care providers can use,” Joshua R. Vest, PhD, MPH, a Regenstrief research scientist and professor at Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, said in a press release.

Vest and colleagues tested various algorithms on data from more than 200,000 patient encounters within the Eskenazi Health safety net health care system in Indiana, according to a press release. They found that the most accurate prediction model used raw data on...

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