Predicting Blindness in Duke’s Glaucoma Patient Population

Predicting Blindness in Duke’s Glaucoma Patient Population

2020

This project involves predicting the incidence of blindness in glaucoma patients at Duke Eye Center (DEC) — specifically, the likelihood of a patient presenting legally blind (i.e. with very advanced disease) at their first visit. We will assemble a novel data set of electronic health records from thousands of DEC glaucoma patients and data from the Durham Neighborhood Compass project, a repository of geospatially resolved socioeconomic statistics on Durham county that includes features like average distance to a healthcare facility. We aim to identify risk factors associated with delayed care for glaucoma in the Durham and wider NC communities.

Project Leads: Samuel Berchuck, Sayan Mukherjee, Felipe Medeiros

Project Manager: Kimberly Roche

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