A deep learning method to detect opioid prescription and opioid use disorder from electronic health records

Aditya Kashyap, Chris Callison-Burch, Mary Regina Boland

Abstract: Highlights•We are the first to predict opioid prescribing behavior using both structured and unstructured EHR data in a deep learning model.•Our deep learning model to predict Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) out-performed all prior models in the literature with an AUC-ROC of 0.94 ± 0.008.•Modeling both opioid prescribing and OUD will be important to tackle the opioid epidemic effectively.