Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Identify Gout Flares From Electronic Clinical Notes

Gout flares are not well documented by diagnosis codes, making it difficult to conduct accurate database studies. We implemented a computer‐based method to automatically identify gout flares using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) from electronic clinical notes.

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