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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/52244, first published .
Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence to Derive Social Determinants of Health Data From Medical Records in Canada: Large Multijurisdictional Qualitative Study

Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence to Derive Social Determinants of Health Data From Medical Records in Canada: Large Multijurisdictional Qualitative Study

Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence to Derive Social Determinants of Health Data From Medical Records in Canada: Large Multijurisdictional Qualitative Study

Victoria H Davis   1 , MSc ;   Jinfan Rose Qiang   2 , BSc ;   Itunuoluwa Adekoya MacCarthy   2 , MSc ;   Dana Howse   3 , PhD ;   Abigail Zita Seshie   2 , PhD ;   Leanne Kosowan   4 , MSc ;   Alannah Delahunty-Pike   5 , MSc ;   Eunice Abaga   2 , MEd, MPA ;   Jane Cooney   2 , MLS ;   Marjeiry Robinson   2 ;   Dorothy Senior   2 , LPN ;   Alexander Zsager   2 , BA ;   Kris Aubrey-Bassler   3 , CCFP, MD, MSc ;   Mandi Irwin   5 , MD, CCFP ;   Lois A Jackson   6 , MA, PhD ;   Alan Katz   4 , CCFP, MBChB, MSc ;   Emily Gard Marshall   5 , MSc, PhD ;   Nazeem Muhajarine   7 , PhD ;   Cory Neudorf   7 , MD, MHSc ;   Stephanie Garies   8 , MPH, PhD ;   Andrew D Pinto   2, 9, 10, 11 , CCFP, MSc, MD

1 Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

2 Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Primary Healthcare Research Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada

4 Department of Family Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

5 Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

6 School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

7 Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

8 Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

9 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

10 Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

11 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Andrew D Pinto, CCFP, MSc, MD
  • Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions
  • Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
  • Unity Health Toronto
  • 30 Bond Street
  • Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 416-864-6060 ext 76148
  • Email: andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca