Liyang Xue

Automated detection of stigmatizing language in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) using a multi-stage transfer learning approach

2025 · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

OBJECTIVE: Stigmatizing language (SL) in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can perpetuate biases and negatively impact patient care. This study introduces a novel method for automatically detecting such language to improve healthcare documentation practices. MATERIALS AND …