Prospective Real-World Performance Evaluation of a Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict 30-Day Readmissions in Patients with Heart Failure Using Electronic Medical Record Data

Sujay S Kakarmath   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MBBS, MS ;   Neda Derakhshani   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Sara B. Golas   ^{1 * †} , MA ;   Jennifer Felsted   ^{1, 4 * †} , PhD ;   Takuma Shibahara   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Hideo Aoki   ^{5 *} ;   Mika Takata   ^{6 *} ;   Ken Naono   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Joseph Kvedar   ^{1, 4, 7 * †} , MD ;   Kamal Jethwani   ^{1, 4, 7 * †} , MD, MPH ;   Stephen Agboola   ^{1, 4, 7 * †} , MD, MPH

¹ Connected Health Innovation, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA, United States

² Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

³ Harvard Medical School, Bostonn, MA, United States

⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

⁶ Big Data Laboratory, Hitachi America Ltd, Santa Clara, CA, United States

⁷ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

*all authors contributed equally