JMIR medical informatics
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JMIR medical informatics · Jan 2021
Federated Learning of Electronic Health Records to Improve Mortality Prediction in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: Machine Learning Approach.
Machine learning models require large datasets that may be siloed across different health care institutions. Machine learning studies that focus on COVID-19 have been limited to single-hospital data, which limits model generalizability. ⋯ The federated learning of COVID-19 electronic health record data shows promise in developing robust predictive models without compromising patient privacy.