IRVINE, Calif.—Machine learning algorithms using electronic health records can effectively predict two-year dementia risk among American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 65 years and older, according to a University of California, Irvine-led study. The findings provide a valuable framework for other healthcare systems, particularly those serving resource-limited populations.
The computer modeling results also found several new predictors for dementia diagnosis that were identified consistently across different machine-learning models.
Previously, no other study has looked at harnessing the pow...
