Enhancing substance use detection in clinical notes with large language models

By afschroeder • October 20, 2025

Harel-Canada F, Salimian A, Moghanian B, Clingan S, Nguyen A, Avra T, Poimboeuf M, Romero R, Funnell A, Petousis P, Shin M, Peng N, Shover CL, Goodman-Meza D. Enhancing substance use detection in clinical notes with large language models. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 30;276:112888. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41106291.

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