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Causal Effects of Natural Language Processing-Enhanced Clinical Decision Support on Early Cognitive Impairment Detection: A Propensity Score Analysis Using Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting

2026-02-11 health informatics Title + abstract only
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BackgroundNatural language processing (NLP) systems integrated into clinical workflows show promise for detecting early cognitive impairment, yet causal evidence from real-world implementation remains limited. Observational studies comparing outcomes between hospitals with and without NLP-enhanced clinical decision support (CDS) systems face significant confounding from systematic differences in patient populations and institutional characteristics. ObjectiveTo estimate the causal effect of NLP...

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