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Papers: 6 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022


Human Studies


2022


Front Med (Lausanne)


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Machine learning-based improvement of an online rheumatology referral and triage system.

Authors

Knitza J, Janousek L, Kluge F, von der Decken C B, Kleinert S, Vorbrüggen W, Kleyer A, Simon D, Hueber AJ, Muehlensiepen F, Vuillerme N, Schett G, Eskofier BM, Welcker M, Bartz-Bazzanella P
Front Med (Lausanne). 2022; 9:954056.
PMID: 35935756.

Abstract

Rheport is an online rheumatology referral system allowing automatic appointment triaging of new rheumatology patient referrals according to the respective probability of an inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD). Previous research reported that Rheport was well accepted among IRD patients. Its accuracy was, however, limited, currently being based on an expert-based weighted sum score. This study aimed to evaluate whether machine learning (ML) models could improve this limited accuracy.