Can artificial intelligence help identify elder abuse and neglect?

J Elder Abuse Negl. 2020 Jan-Feb;32(1):97-103. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2019.1682099. Epub 2019 Nov 12.

Abstract

A health care encounter is a potentially critical opportunity to detect elder abuse and initiate intervention. Unfortunately, health care providers currently very seldom identify elder abuse. Through development of advanced data analytics techniques such as machine learning, artificial intelligence has the potential to dramatically improve elder abuse identification in health care settings.

Keywords: Elder abuse; electronic health records; insurance claims; machine learning.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Elder Abuse / diagnosis*
  • Electronic Health Records*
  • Health Personnel
  • Humans