Machine Learning Based Opioid Overdose Prediction Using Electronic Health Records

• Published in: AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings Vol. 2019; pp. 389 - 398
• Main Authors: Dong, Xinyu, Rashidian, Sina, Wang, Yu, Hajagos, Janos, Zhao, Xia, Rosenthal, Richard N, Kong, Jun, Saltz, Mary, Saltz, Joel, Wang, Fusheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Informatics Association 2019

Opioid addiction in the United States has come to national attention as opioid overdose (OD) related deaths have risen at alarming rates. Combating opioid epidemic becomes a high priority for not only governments but also healthcare providers. This depends on critical knowledge to understand the ris...