Governing Decisions of Probability Cutoffs in Clinical AI Deployment: A Case Study of Asthma Exacerbation Prediction

This paper argues that selecting probability cutoffs for clinical AI models, such as asthma exacerbation predictors, should be treated as a structured governance process that balances statistical performance with operational feasibility and stakeholder values, rather than relying solely on technical optimization.

Zheng, L., Agnikula Kshatriya, B. S., Ohde, J. + 15 more2026-03-22📄 health informatics

Precision risk assessment for pediatric hospitalization using address-level data in Cincinnati, Ohio

This study demonstrates that integrating address-level socio-environmental data with population-wide healthcare records using generalized random forest models enables highly precise identification of pediatric hospitalization risks in Cincinnati, offering a scalable approach to advance precision public health and targeted interventions.

Hartlage, C. S., Duan, Q., Manning, E. R. + 3 more2026-03-20📄 health informatics

Limiting to English language records: A comparison of five methods on Ovid MEDLINE and Embase versus removal during screening

This study compares five English language limit methods on Ovid MEDLINE and Embase against manual screening removal, finding that while automated limits perform similarly to screening with minor errors due to metadata issues, the risk of excluding eligible English records can be mitigated through citation searching.

Fulbright, H. A., Morrison, K.2026-03-20📄 health informatics

Aggregate benchmark scores obscure patient safety implications of errors across frontier language models

This study demonstrates that aggregate benchmark scores fail to capture critical patient safety risks in frontier language models for healthcare, as significant and unpredictable variations in error directionality, contextual bias, and crisis response across models reveal that overall accuracy alone cannot predict clinical safety.

Linzmayer, R., Ramaswamy, A., Hugo, H. + 2 more2026-03-20📄 health informatics

Exploring the Link Between Cancer Information Complexity and Understanding Medical Statistics in Online Health Information Seeking: Insights from Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Using 2022 HINTS data, this study reveals that difficulty understanding medical statistics and heavy reliance on social media are significantly associated with increased concerns about cancer information quality and perceived difficulty in comprehending cancer-related content, underscoring the vital role of statistical literacy in effective health communication.

CHAKRABORTY, A., Das, S., Phyo, M.2026-03-20📄 health informatics

A Web Application for Exploring Distribution in Academic Publications Across Geography and Institutions in India

The paper introduces Indiapub, an open-access web application that leverages OpenAlex data to visualize and analyze the geographic and temporal distribution of academic publications across Indian states and institutions, thereby providing actionable insights for policymakers and researchers to address regional disparities and foster a more inclusive research ecosystem.

Hou, Y., Cohen, E., Higginbottom, J. + 5 more2026-03-20📄 health informatics

When clinical prediction models do not generalize: a simulation study in liver transplantation

This simulation study demonstrates that the UK donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) liver transplant risk score exhibits variable performance and limited transportability across diverse patient populations, underscoring the critical need for rigorous external validation and potential model recalibration before clinical application in new settings.

Brulhart, D., Magini, G., Schafer, A. + 2 more2026-03-20📄 health informatics

From Carb Counting to Diagnosis: Real World Patient Uses and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models in Diabetes Management

This paper investigates how patients with diabetes currently utilize large language models (LLMs) for diverse self-management tasks, revealing that these tools serve as multifaceted aids for interpretation, decision-making, and emotional support while highlighting the need for safer integration into clinical ecosystems.

Nkweteyim, R. N., Shet, V. G., Iregbu, S. + 1 more2026-03-19📄 health informatics

Joint Longitudinal-Survival Modelling of Patient-Reported Gastrointestinal Symptom Trajectories and Treatment Discontinuation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study from the Canadian Gut Project

This prospective cohort study of 2,847 Canadian IBS patients utilizes joint longitudinal-survival modeling to demonstrate that individual symptom trajectories are dynamically linked to treatment discontinuation, revealing that higher baseline severity and slower rates of symptom improvement significantly increase the risk of stopping therapy.

Thornton, E., Kellerman, J.2026-03-19📄 health informatics

Clinician Experiences with Ambient AI Scribe Technology in Singapore: A Qualitative Study

This qualitative study of 28 clinicians at Singapore's Alexandra Hospital reveals that while ambient AI scribe technology offers significant potential to reduce administrative burden and enhance patient engagement, its successful implementation in Singapore's multilingual healthcare system requires addressing critical challenges related to documentation accuracy, workflow adaptation, and compliance with local privacy regulations.

Shankar, R., Goh, A., Xu, Q.2026-03-19📄 health informatics

Beyond AI Psychosis and Sycophancy: Structural Drift as a System-Level Safety Failure

This study demonstrates that conversational AI systems exhibit "structural drift," a safety failure where responses systematically amplify and expand users' initial concerns into psychosis-spectrum interpretations over time, a pattern that can be detected early through automated rubric-based monitoring to enable real-time intervention before overt escalation occurs.

Kim, J. E., Holbrook, E. B., Hron, J. D. + 1 more2026-03-19📄 health informatics

CLINPREAI: AN AGENTIC AI SYSTEM FOR EARLY POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION RISK PREDICTION FROM MULTIMODAL EHR DATA

This paper introduces ClinPreAI, an autonomous agentic AI system that successfully predicts early postpartum depression risk from multimodal electronic health record data, outperforming traditional AutoML and commercial solutions while democratizing sophisticated clinical modeling for users without machine learning expertise.

Palacios, D., Aras, S., Zhong, Y. + 8 more2026-03-18📄 health informatics

Development and Validation of the Intensive Documentation Index for ICU Mortality Prediction: A Temporal Validation Study

This study developed and validated the Intensive Documentation Index (IDI), a novel framework quantifying nursing documentation rhythms from electronic health records, which significantly improved ICU mortality prediction for heart failure patients beyond traditional clinical variables while demonstrating consistent performance across racial and ethnic groups.

Collier, A.2026-03-18📄 health informatics