Patient care | Digital Health

Liu J, Capurro D, Nguyen A, Verspoor K. Early prediction of diagnostic-related groups and estimation of hospital cost by processing clinical notes. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Jul 1;4(1):103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00474-9

Early prediction of diagnostic-related groups and estimation of hospital cost by processing clinical notes As healthcare providers receive fixed amounts of reimbursement for given services under DRG (Diagnosis-Related Groups) payment, DRG codes are valuable for cost monitoring and resource allocation. However, coding is typically performed retrospectively post-discharge. We seek to predict DRGs and DRG-based case

Sintchenko V, Coiera E. The case for including microbial sequences in the electronic health record. Nat Med 29, 22–25 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02157-8

Integrating microbial sequencing data into electronic health records, while presenting privacy concerns, will improve patient care and population health and will expand the secondary uses of such data. The growing availability of microbial genomes sequenced for health care rather than research raises the question of whether such data should be included in an individual’s electronic