To determine the scope of the application of natural language processing to free-text clinical notes in post-acute care and provide a foundation for future natural language processing–based research in these settings.
Home health care patients who are at risk for becoming Incapacitated with No Evident Advance Directives or Surrogates (INEADS) may benefit from timely intervention to assist them with advance care planning. This study aimed to develop natural language processing algorithms for identifying home care patient...
This study revisited the complexities faced by physicians in meeting due care criteria for euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia in The Netherlands. Despite increasing cases and legal provisions for advance euthanasia directives (AEDs), physicians encounter challenges with ethical issues, including...
Moving Needles, a project to improve immunization rates among residents and staff in post-acute and long-term care, is doing just that—moving the needle on vaccination rates.