Using natural language processing to measure and improve quality of diabetes care: a systematic review

A Turchin, LF Florez Builes - Journal of Diabetes Science …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Real-world evidence research plays an increasingly important role in diabetes
care. However, a large fraction of real-world data are “locked” in narrative format. Natural …

Continuous glucose monitoring in persons with type 2 diabetes not using insulin

K Cowart, WH Updike, R Franks - Expert Review of Medical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction CGM is an evidence-based intervention to improve glycemic control in persons
with T1D and T2D using insulin. Use of CGM in persons with T2D not using insulin is not …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of BERT implementations for natural language processing of narrative medical documents

A Turchin, S Masharsky, M Zitnik - Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and objectives Bidirectional Encoder Representations from
Transformers (BERT) word embedding models have been successfully used for many …

Assessment of sex disparities in nonacceptance of statin therapy and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels among patients at high cardiovascular risk

CJ Brown, LS Chang, N Hosomura… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many patients at high cardiovascular risk—women more commonly than men—
are not receiving statins. Anecdotally, it is common for patients to not accept statin therapy …

Which aspect of patient–provider relationship affects acceptance and adherence of insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus? A qualitative study in primary care

BK Mathew, JG De Roza, C Liu, LJ Goh… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), insulin therapy is often recommended to
achieve the optimal control of disease, thereby preventing the onset and progression of …

Impact of patients' beliefs about insulin on acceptance and adherence to insulin therapy: a qualitative study in primary care

C Liu, J De Roza, CW Ooi, BK Mathew, Elya… - BMC Primary Care, 2022 - Springer
Background Insulin therapy forms a cornerstone of pharmacological management of
diabetes mellitus (DM). However, there remains a lack of acceptance and adherence to …

The Role of Ultra-Rapid-Acting Insulin Analogs in Diabetes: An Expert Consensus

F Giorgino, T Battelino, RM Bergenstal… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultra-rapid-acting insulin analogs (URAA) are a further development and refinement of rapid-
acting insulin analogs. Because of their adapted formulation, URAA provide an even faster …

A tailored cognitive-behavioural intervention produces comparable reductions in regimen-related distress in adults with type 2 diabetes regardless of insulin use: 12 …

LD Lutes, DM Cummings, K Littlewood, MT Le… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Our aim in this study was to determine whether a cognitive-behavioural therapy
plus small changes lifestyle intervention can produce comparable improvements in insulin …

Impact of possible errors in natural language processing-derived data on downstream epidemiologic analysis

Z Lan, A Turchin - JAMIA open, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective To assess the impact of potential errors in natural language processing (NLP) on
the results of epidemiologic studies. Materials and Methods We utilized data from three …

Reasons for discontinuing insulin and factors associated with insulin discontinuation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a real-world evidence study

J Wu, F Morrison, Z Zhao, G Haynes, X He… - Clinical Diabetes and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Evidence suggests that insulin therapy of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) is frequently discontinued. However, the reasons for discontinuing insulin and …