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most citedTwo-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study

22 citations · 43 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.CL2026

LLM-Augmented Therapy Normalization and Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis for Treatment-Resistant Depression on Reddit

Yuxin Zhu, Sahithi Lakamana, Masoud Rouhizadeh +3

Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a severe form of major depressive disorder in which patients do not achieve remission despite multiple adequate treatment trials. Evidence a…

cs.CL2025

Inference Gap in Domain Expertise and Machine Intelligence in Named Entity Recognition: Creation of and Insights from a Substance Use-related Dataset

Sumon Kanti Dey, Jeanne M. Powell, Azra Ismail +2

Nonmedical opioid use is an urgent public health challenge, with far-reaching clinical and social consequences that are often underreported in traditional healthcare settings. Soci…

cs.AI2025★ 3 cited

Automated Thematic Analyses Using LLMs: Xylazine Wound Management Social Media Chatter Use Case

JaMor Hairston, Ritvik Ranjan, Sahithi Lakamana +4

Background Large language models (LLMs) face challenges in inductive thematic analysis, a task requiring deep interpretive and domain-specific expertise. We evaluated the feasibili…

cs.CL2025

Application of CARE-SD text classifier tools to assess distribution of stigmatizing and doubt-marking language features in EHR

Drew Walker, Jennifer Love, Swati Rajwal +4

Introduction: Electronic health records (EHR) are a critical medium through which patient stigmatization is perpetuated among healthcare teams. Methods: We identified linguistic fe…

cs.CL2025

Identifying social isolation themes in NVDRS text narratives using topic modeling and text-classification methods

Drew Walker, Swati Rajwal, Sudeshna Das +2

Social isolation and loneliness, which have been increasing in recent years strongly contribute toward suicide rates. Although social isolation and loneliness are not currently rec…

cs.CY2025★ 5 cited

Large Language Models in Healthcare

Mohammed Al-Garadi, Tushar Mungle, Abdulaziz Ahmed +3

Large language models (LLMs) hold promise for transforming healthcare, from streamlining administrative and clinical workflows to enriching patient engagement and advancing clinica…

cs.CL2025

HILGEN: Hierarchically-Informed Data Generation for Biomedical NER Using Knowledgebases and Large Language Models

Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Sudeshna Das +3

We present HILGEN, a Hierarchically-Informed Data Generation approach that combines domain knowledge from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) with synthetic data generated b…

cs.CL2024★ 2 cited

Reddit-Impacts: A Named Entity Recognition Dataset for Analyzing Clinical and Social Effects of Substance Use Derived from Social Media

Yao Ge, Sudeshna Das, Karen O'Connor +3

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a growing concern globally, necessitating enhanced understanding of the problem and its trends through data-driven research. Social media are uni…

cs.CL2024★ 11 cited

CARE-SD: Classifier-based analysis for recognizing and eliminating stigmatizing and doubt marker labels in electronic health records: model development and validation

Drew Walker, Annie Thorne, Sudeshna Das +4

Objective: To detect and classify features of stigmatizing and biased language in intensive care electronic health records (EHRs) using natural language processing techniques. Mate…

cs.CL2024★ 22 cited

Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study

Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo +19

The increasing use of social media to share lived and living experiences of substance use presents a unique opportunity to obtain information on side effects, use patterns, and opi…