Mount Sinai researchers lead study on EHR’s ability to diagnose heart disease

Researchers at New York City-based Mount Sinai health system used machine learning to derive a “digital biomarker” from EHR data that can accurately diagnose coronary artery disease, TCTMD reported Dec. 27.

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Researchers trained a machine learning tool on the BioMe EHR data bank and achieved a 94 percent sensitivity and 82 percent specificity rate for the tool.

The researchers told TCTMD that passively collected EHR data from health systems can be a huge resource for developing tools like their own. 

“Prior to this work, machine-learning studies have been used to predict CAD on a case-control fashion as a binary disease,” meaning the disease is either present or absent, senior study author Ron Do, PhD, told TCTMD. “None of these studies have looked at using CAD on a spectrum of disease, despite prior studies showing that the disease exists on a spectrum.”

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