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A data-driven approach for analyzing healthcare services extracted from clinical records

  • Manuel Scurti
  • , Ernestina Menasalvas Ruiz
  • , Maria Esther Vidal
  • , Maria Torrente
  • , Dimitrios Vogiatzis
  • , George Paliouras
  • , Mariano Provencio
  • , Alejandro Rodriguez Gonzalez

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Abstract

Cancer remains one of the major public health challenges worldwide. After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is one of the first causes of death and morbidity in Europe, with more than 4 million new cases and 1.9 million deaths per year. The suboptimal management of cancer patients during treatment and subsequent follows up are major obstacles in achieving better outcomes of the patients and especially regarding cost and quality of life In this paper, we present an initial data-driven approach to analyze the resources and services that are used more frequently by lung-cancer patients with the aim of identifying where the care process can be improved by paying a special attention on services before diagnosis to being able to identify possible lung-cancer patients before they are diagnosed and by reducing the length of stay in the hospital. Our approach has been built by analyzing the clinical notes of those oncological patients to extract this information and their relationships with other variables of the patient. Although the approach shown in this manuscript is very preliminary, it shows that quite interesting outcomes can be derived from further analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings
Subtitle of host publication2020 IEEE 33rd International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2020
EditorsAlba Garcia Seco de Herrera, Alejandro Rodriguez Gonzalez, KC Santosh, Zelalem Temesgen, Bridget Kane, Paolo Soda
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages193-196
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728194295
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 28 Jul 202030 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
Volume2020-July
ISSN (Print)1063-7125

Conference

Conference33rd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period28 Jul 202030 Jul 2020

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Data-driven
  • EHR
  • Hospitalization processes
  • Lung cancer
  • Patient management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Computer Science Applications

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