Cerebrovascular disease case identification in inpatient electronic medical record data using natural language processing

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dc.contributor.authorPan, Jie
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Zilong
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Steven R.
dc.contributor.authorVatanpour, Shabnam
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Robin L.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Seungwon
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Elliot A.
dc.contributor.authorQuan, Hude
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-03T00:03:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-03T00:03:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-02
dc.date.updated2023-09-03T00:03:09Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background Abstracting cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) from inpatient electronic medical records (EMRs) through natural language processing (NLP) is pivotal for automated disease surveillance and improving patient outcomes. Existing methods rely on coders’ abstraction, which has time delays and under-coding issues. This study sought to develop an NLP-based method to detect CeVD using EMR clinical notes. Methods CeVD status was confirmed through a chart review on randomly selected hospitalized patients who were 18 years or older and discharged from 3 hospitals in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, between January 1 and June 30, 2015. These patients’ chart data were linked to administrative discharge abstract database (DAD) and Sunrise™ Clinical Manager (SCM) EMR database records by Personal Health Number (a unique lifetime identifier) and admission date. We trained multiple natural language processing (NLP) predictive models by combining two clinical concept extraction methods and two supervised machine learning (ML) methods: random forest and XGBoost. Using chart review as the reference standard, we compared the model performances with those of the commonly applied International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CA) codes, on the metrics of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). Result Of the study sample (n = 3036), the prevalence of CeVD was 11.8% (n = 360); the median patient age was 63; and females accounted for 50.3% (n = 1528) based on chart data. Among 49 extracted clinical documents from the EMR, four document types were identified as the most influential text sources for identifying CeVD disease (“nursing transfer report,” “discharge summary,” “nursing notes,” and “inpatient consultation.”). The best performing NLP model was XGBoost, combining the Unified Medical Language System concepts extracted by cTAKES (e.g., top-ranked concepts, “Cerebrovascular accident” and “Transient ischemic attack”), and the term frequency-inverse document frequency vectorizer. Compared with ICD codes, the model achieved higher validity overall, such as sensitivity (25.0% vs 70.0%), specificity (99.3% vs 99.1%), PPV (82.6 vs. 87.8%), and NPV (90.8% vs 97.1%). Conclusion The NLP algorithm developed in this study performed better than the ICD code algorithm in detecting CeVD. The NLP models could result in an automated EMR tool for identifying CeVD cases and be applied for future studies such as surveillance, and longitudinal studies.
dc.identifier.citationBrain Informatics. 2023 Sep 02;10(1):22
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40708-023-00203-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/116958
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41802
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rights.holderSpringer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
dc.titleCerebrovascular disease case identification in inpatient electronic medical record data using natural language processing
dc.typeJournal Article
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