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September 2026
From electronic health records to real-world evidence: Savana Next-Generation Registry digital solution
J. Marin-Corral, N. Iglesias, S. Menke, D. Casadevall, I. H. Medrano, J. Tello, A. J. Muñoz, B. E. Miller, H. Mehanna, M. Rodríguez & M. Taberna
May 2026
Development and validation of interpretable machine learning models to detect unconfirmed hepatitis C using electronic health records (LiverTAI)
Gloria Sanchez-Antolín, Gema de la Poza, Lorena Hidalgo, María Victoria Aguilera, Berta Cuyàs, Francisco Ledesma, Eva Sanz, Víctor Fanjul, Clara L Oeste, José Luis Calleja
March 2026
Natural Language Processing of Unstructured Healthcare Data for Predicting Heart Failure in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
Juan Francisco Navarro-González, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Gloria Canovas Molina, Miguel Ángel Brito-Sanfiel, David Emilio Barajas Galindo, Luis Ángel Cuellar Olmedo, Dídac Mauricio, Santiago Tofé Povedano, José Antonio Balsa Barro, Matilde Rubio Almanza, José Juan Aparicio Sánchez, Miren Sequera Mutiozabal, Belén Pimentel, Ana Pérez Domínguez, Víctor Latorre Garrido, Claudia Maté, Daniel Salvador, Juan Francisco Merino Torres, Antonio Jesús Blanco-Carrasco
March 2026
271P Advancing lung cancer insights: A metastatic NSCLC disease panel and NLP performance evaluation for clinical data extraction from EHRs
Aylen Ospina-Serrano, Aitor Azkárate, Silvia Ramírez-Peinado, Aisha Rashid, Hans-Kristian Vollan, Spencer Jones, Sebastian Menke, Rosa Martín, Francisco González, Margarita Posso, and Miren Taberna
March 2026
Assessing the real-world impact of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on healthcare resources and treatment patterns through natural language processing
Jose-Andres Román-Ivorra, Ernesto Trallero-Araguás, María Lopez-Lasanta, Laura Cebrian, Leticia Lojo, Belén López-Muñiz, Julia Fernández-Melon, Belen Nuñez, Lucia Silva-Fernandez, Raul Veiga, Pilar Ahijado, Isabel de la Morena, Nerea Costas, Belen Safont, Enrique Ornilla, Juliana Restrepo, Arantza Campo, Jose Luis Andréu Sánchez, María del Carmen Barbadillo, Christian García, Elvira Díez, Alejandra López Robles, Elena Bollo, Manuela Martinez, José Ivorra, Víctor Fanjul, David Vilanova, Sara Lujan, Nicolás de Miguel Rubio, Raul Castellanos-Moreira
January 2026
Towards A Better Paradigm for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Applying Artificial Intelligence. HNC-TACTIC. (HNC-TACTIC)
Lucia Cabal-Hierro, Ana Luisa Gomes, Bianca León, Paulo María López-Menduiña Luz, Judith Marín, Sebastian Menke, Natalia Polo, Ignacio Salcedo, and Juan Luis Valdivieso.
October 2025
Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Using Natural Language Processing on Healthcare Data
Juan F. Navarro-GonzálezCorresponding Author ORCID logo ; Leopoldo Perez de Isla; Gloria Cánovas Molina; Miguel Ángel Brito-Sanfiel; David Emilio Barajas Galindo; Luís Ángel Cuellar Olmedo; Dídac Mauricio; Santiago Tofé Povedano; José Antonio Balsa Barro; Matilde Rubio Almanza; José Juan Aparicio Sánchez; Miren Sequera Mutiozabal; Belén Pimentel; Ana Pérez Domínguez; Carlos Arias-Cabrales; Victor Fanjul; Antonio Jesús Blanco-Carrasco; Juan Francisco Merino Torres
July 2025
Real-world evidence in localized and locally advanced prostate cancer: applying artificial intelligence to electronic health records
José Pablo Maroto, Javier Puente, Antonio Conde Moreno, Álvaro Juárez, Beatriz Garcillán, José Miguel Calderón, Jacobo Muñoz del Toro, Juan Luis Valdivieso, María López-Menduiña, Eduard Sarró & Antonio Alcaraz
July 2025
Retrospective study of onychomycosis patients treated with ciclopirox 8% HPCH and oral antifungals applying artificial intelligence to electronic health records
Dr. Alba Martínez-Alcocer Martínez, Dr. Ángel Rosell Díaz, Dr. Ángela García Miñarro, Dr. Elena García Zamora, Dr. Joseph Griffiths, and Dr. María Gamo Guerrero
August 2025
Characterizing the clinical profile and prevalence of people with diabetes attended in the hospital setting by using unstructured healthcare data and natural language processing: the Diabetic@ study
Blanco-Carrasco AJ, Merino-Torres JF, Rubio Almanza M, Canovas Molina G, Brito-Sanfiel MA, Barajas Galindo DE, Cuellar Olmedo LA, Mauricio D, Tofé Povedano S, Balsa Barro JA, Aparicio Sánchez JJ, Sequera Mutiozabal M, Pimentel B, Pérez Domínguez A, Arias-Cabrales C, Fanjul V, Pérez de Isla L, Navarro González JF
July 2025
Long-Term Adverse Events Following Early Breast Cancer Treatment with a Focus on the BRCA-Mutated Population
Berta Obispo, Caroline Bailleux, Blanca Cantos, Pilar Zamora, Sachin R. Jhawar, Jajini Varghese, Lucia Cabal-Hierro, Paulo Luz, Luis Berrocal-Almanza and Xiaoqing Xu 
July 2025
Retrospective Study of Onychomycosis Patients Treated with Ciclopirox 8% HPCH and Oral Antifungals Applying Artificial Intelligence to Electronic Health Records
Gastón Roustan, José Luis López Estébaranz, Pablo De La Cueva, Savana Research Group, Francesca Pajuelo, María Luisa Tamarit, Aida Valmaseda, and Jordi Galván
April 2025
Remdesivir associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Treatment effectiveness using Real-World Data and Natural Language Processing 
José Ramón Arribas López, María Pilar Ruiz Seco, Francisco Fanjul, Beatriz Díaz Pollán, Patricia González Ruano Pérez, Adrián Ferre Beltrán, Rosa De Miguel Buckley, Laura Portillo Horcajada, Cristina De Álvaro Pérez, Paulo Jorge Barroso Santos Carvalho, Savana Research Group and Melchor Riera Jaume.
April 2025
External validation of a prediction model for bleeding events in anticoagulated cancer patients with venous thormoboembolism
María Carmen Viñuela-Benéitez, Claudia Iglesias Pérez, Laura Ortega Morán, Ignacio Garcia Escobar, Diego Cacho Lavín, Rut Porta i Balanyà, Silvia Garcia Adrián, Marta Carmona Campos, Gretel Benítez López, José Antonio Santiago Crespo, Miriam Lobo de Mena, Javier Pérez Altozano, Enrique Gallardo Díaz, Julia Tejerina Peces, Pilar Ochoa Rivas, María José Ortiz Morales, Victoria Eugenia Castellón Rubio, Carmen Díaz Pedroche, María Rosales Sueiro, Felipe Gonçalves, Manuel Sánchez Cánovas, Miguel A Ruiz, José Muñoz Langa, Pedro Pérez Segura, Eva Martínez de Castro, Alberto Carmona-Bayonas, Paula Jiménez-Fonseca, Andrés Jesús Muñoz Martín
February 2025
Lurasidone uses and dosages in Spain: RETROLUR, a real-world retrospective analysis using artificial intelligence
Fernando Mora, Carlos Gómez Sánchez-Lafuente, Mariano De Iceta, Carolina Roset, Antonio Cárdenas, Daniel Pérez, Elena Álvarez-Barón, Irene Gabarda-Inat and Savana Research Group
February 2025
Predicting CKD in Type 2 Diabetes Using Natural Language Processing on Healthcare Data
Fernando Mora, Carlos Gómez Sánchez-Lafuente, Mariano De Iceta, Carolina Roset, Antonio Cárdenas, Daniel Pérez, Elena Álvarez-Barón, Irene Gabarda-Inat and Savana Research Group
November 2024
Real-World Evidence on Adverse Events and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia in Spain Using Natural Language Processing: The SRealCLL Study
Pau Abrisqueta-Costa, José Antonio García-Marco, Rafael Andreu-Lapiedra, Miguel Arguello-Tomas, Antonio Gutiérrez, José Ángel Hernández-Rivas, Carolina Leiva-Farré, María Dolores López-Roda, Ángel Callejo-Mellén, Esther Álvarez-García and Javier Loscertales
October 2024
Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation: Real-World Insights Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
Juan Cosín-Sales, Manuel Anguita Sánchez, Carmen Suárez, Carlos Arias-Cabrales, Luisa Martínez-Sanchez, Savana Research Group, Daniel Arumi and Susana Fernández de Cabo
September 2024
Prediction model for major bleeding in anticoagulated patients with cancer-associated venous thromboembolism using machine learning and natural language processing
Andrés J Muñoz Martín, Ramón Lecumberri, Juan Carlos Souto, Berta Obispo, Antonio Sanchez, Jorge Aparicio, Cristina Aguayo, David Gutierrez, Andrés García Palomo, Diego Benavent, Miren Taberna, María Carmen Viñuela-Benéitez, Daniel Arumi, Miguel Ángel Hernández-Presa
September 2024
Oral anticoagulant treatment in atrial fibrillation: the AFIRMA real-world study using natural language processing and machine learning
J. Cosín-Sales, M. Anguita, C. Suárez, C. Arias-Cabrales, L. Martínez-Sanchez, Savana Research Group, D. Arumi, S. Fernández de Cabo
August 2024
SEOM clinical guidelines on venous thromboembolism (VTE) and cancer (2023)
Laura Ortega Morán, Francisco José Pelegrín Mateo, Rut Porta Balanyà, Jacobo Rogado Revuelta, Silverio Ros Martínez, José Pablo Berros Fombella, Elena María Brozos Vázquez, Natalia Luque Caro, José Muñoz Langa & Mercedes Salgado Fernández
August 2024
Botulinum Toxin Type A (BoNT-A) Use for Post-Stroke Spasticity: A Multicenter Study Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
María Jesús Antón, Montserrat Molina, José Gabriel Pérez, Santiago Pina, Noemí Tapiador, Beatriz De La Calle, Mónica Martínez, Paula Ortega, María Belén Ruspaggiari, Consuelo Tudela, Marta Conejo, Pedro Leno, Marta López, Carmen Marhuenda, Carlos Arias-Cabrales, Pascal Maisonobe, Alberto Herrera and Ernesto Candau.
January 2024
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Using Unstructured Healthcare Data and Machine Learning
Jose A Román Ivorra, Ernesto Trallero-Araguas, Maria Lopez Lasanta, Laura Cebrián, Leticia Lojo, Belén López-Muñíz, Julia Fernández-Melon, Belén Núñez, Lucia Silva-Fernández, Raúl Veiga Cabello, Pilar Ahijado, Isabel De la Morena Barrio, Nerea Costas Torrijo, Belén Safont, Enrique Ornilla, Juliana Restrepo, Arantxa Campo, Jose L Andreu, Elvira Díez, Alejandra López Robles, Elena Bollo, Diego Benavent, David Vilanova, Sara Luján Valdés, Raul Castellanos-Moreira
January 2024
Predictive model for a second hip fracture occurrence using natural language processing and machine learning on electronic health records
Ricardo Larrainzar-Garijo, Esther Fernández-Tormos, Carlos Alberto Collado-Escudero, María Alcantud Ibáñez, Fernando Oñorbe-San Francisco, Judith Marin-Corral, David Casadevall, David Donaire-Gonzalez, Luisa Martínez-Sanchez, Lucia Cabal-Hierro, Diego Benavent, Fátima Brañas
October 2023
Negation recognition in clinical natural language processing using a combination of the NegEx algorithm and a convolutional neural network
Guillermo Argüello-González, José Aquino-Esperanza, Daniel Salvador, Rosa Bretón-Romero, Carlos Del Río-Bermudez, Jorge Tello & Sebastian Menke.
August 2023
Real-World Evidence on the Clinical Characteristics and Management of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Spain Using Natural Language Processing: The SRealCLL Study.
Javier Loscertales, Pau Abrisqueta-Costa, Antonio Gutierrez, José Ángel Hernández-Rivas, Rafael Andreu-Lapiedra, Alba Mora, Carolina Leiva-Farré, María Dolores López-Roda, Ángel Callejo-Mellén, Esther Álvarez-García and José Antonio García-Marco.
August 2023
Impact of Advanced Age on the Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Stable Coronary Artery Disease in a Real-World Setting in Spain
Carlos González-Juanatey, Manuel Anguita-Sánchez , Vivencio Barrios, Iván Núñez-Gil, Juan José Gómez-Doblas, Xavier García-Moll, Carlos Lafuente-Gormaz, María Jesús Rollán-Gómez, Vicente Peral-Disdier, Luis Martínez-Dolz, Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Xavier Viñolas-Prat, Toni Soriano-Colomé, Roberto Muñoz-Aguilera, Ignacio Plaza, Alejandro Curcio-Ruigómez, Ernesto Orts-Soler, Javier Segovia-Cubero, Víctor Fanjul, Judith Marín-Corral, Ángel Cequier.
June 2023
Development of a predictive model of venous thromboembolism recurrence in anticoagulated cancer patients using machine learning.
Andres J. Muñoz, Juan Carlos Souto, Ramón Lecumberri, Berta Obispo, Antonio Sanchez, Jorge Aparicio, Cristina Aguayo, David Gutierrez, Andrés García Palomo, Victor Fanjul, Carlos del Rio-Bermudez, María Carmen Viñuela-Benéitez, Miguel Ángel Hernández-Presa
May 2023
Chronic liver disease-associated severe thrombocytopenia in Spain: Results from a retrospective study using machine learning and natural language processing.
Jose Luis Calleja-Panero, Rafael Esteban Mur, Isidro Jarque, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Savana Research Group, Lucia García Labrador, Jose González Calvo.
January 2023
Clinical Characteristics and Management of Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Feasibility Analysis of Electronic Health Records Using Natural Language Processing.
Alberto Ortiz, Jose Portoles, Maria Dolores Pino-Pino, Jesús Barea, María López, Patricia de Sequera, Borja Quiroga, Rocio Echarri, Mario Prieto Velasco, Rafael Díaz, Gonzalo Gómez Marqués, Pilar Sanchez Perez, Vicens Torregrosa, Mariano Rodriguez, SAVANA Research Group, SENEFRO-BD-SHPT.
May 2023
Real-world evidence analysis of early-stage prostate cancer using natural language processing.
Álvaro Juárez, Joan Carles, Antonio José Conde-Moreno, Pablo Maroto-Rey, Javier Puente, Jacobo Muñoz Del Toro, Jose M Calderon, Maria Lopez, Juan Valdivieso, David Casadevall, Miren Taberna, Antonio Alcaraz
January 2023
Symptoms timeline and outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using artificial intelligence.
Tomás Segura, Ignacio H. Medrano, Sergio Collazo, Claudia Maté, Carlo Sguera, Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez, Hugo Casero, Ignacio Salcedo, Jorge García-García, Cristian Alcahut-Rodríguez, Savana Research Group and Miren Taberna.
December 2022
Clinical Characterization of Inpatients with Acute Conjunctivitis: A Retrospective Analysis by Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning.
Nuria Valdés Sanz, Alfredo García-Layana, Teresa Colas, Manuel Moriche, Manuel Montero Moreno and Giorgio Ciprandi.
November 2022
How can artificial intelligence optimize value-based contracting?
Jose Luis Poveda, Rosa Bretón-Romero, Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez, Miren Taberna, Ignacio H. Medrano
December 2022
Thyroid carcinoma in elderly people: Characterization using big data tools.
Juan J. Díez, Luis Cabrera, Pedro Iglesias, MaríaBenavent, Guillermo López, Guillermo Argüello, Alejandro Parralejo, Alberto López-Velázquez
May 2022
Predicting recurrence of venous thromboembolism in anticoagulated cancer patients using real-world data and machine learning.
Andrés J. Muñoz Martín, Sofía Huerga Domínguez, Juan Carlos Souto, Jacobo Rogado Revuelta, Antonio Sanchez, Andres Garcia-Palomo, Jorge Aparicio, Cristina Aguayo, David Gutierrez Abad, Laura Ortega, Maria Carmen Viñuela-Benéitez, Victor Fanjul, David Casadevall, Daniel Arumi, Miguel Ángel Hernández-Presa
May 2022
Predicting major bleeding events in anticoagulated cancer patients with venous thromboembolism using real-world data and machine learning.
Andrés J. Muñoz Martín, María Luisa Palacios, Juan Carlos Souto, Berta Obispo, Jorge Aparicio, Andres Garcia-Palomo, Antonio Sanchez, Cristina Aguayo, David Gutierrez Abad, Maria Carmen Viñuela-Benéitez, Diego Benavent, Miren Taberna, Daniel Arumi, Miguel Ángel Hernández-Presa
January 2022
Use of N-Acetylcysteine at high doses as an oral treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19
José Luis Izquierdo, Joan B. Soriano, Yolanda González, Sara Lumbreras, Julio Ancochea, Christian Echeverry and José Miguel Rodríguez
October 2022
Patient journey of individuals tested for HCV in Spain: LiverTAI, a retrospective analysis of EHRs through Natural Language Processing.
JL. Calleja Panero, G. de la Poza, L.Hidalgo, MV. Aguilera Sancho-Tello, X. Torras, R.Santos de Lamadrid, C.Maté, G.Sánchez Antolín.
October 2022
Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Coronary Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Identification of Associated Factors Using Electronic Health Records and Natural Language Processing.
Carlos González-Juanatey, Manuel Anguita-Sánchez, Vivencio Barrios, Víctor Fanjul, Javier Segovia (…).
August 2022
Prevalence of cancer in patients with hypothyroidism: analysis using big data tools.
Juan J. Díez, Luis Cabrera, Pedro Iglesias, María Benavent, Guillermo Argüello, Guillermo López, Alejandro Parralejo, Javier Leal.
July 2022
Artificial Intelligence in Pneumology: Diagnostic and Prognostic Utilities.
José Luis Izquierdo, Clara Lillian Oeste, Ignacio H. Medrano.
June 2022
Real-life burden of hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbations in Spain.
José Luis Izquierdo, José Miguel Rodríguez, Carlos Almonacid, María Benavent, Ramón Arroyo-Espliguero, Alvar Agustí.
February 18, 2022
Evaluation of Natural Language Processing for the Identification of Crohn Disease–Related Variables in Spanish Electronic Health Records: A Validation Study for the PREMONITION-CD Project
Carmen Montoto, Javier P Gisbert, Iván Guerra, Rocío Plaza, Ramón Pajares Villarroya, Luis Moreno Almazán, María Del Carmen López Martín, Mercedes Domínguez Antonaya, Isabel Vera Mendoza, Jesús Aparicio, Vicente Martínez, Ignacio Tagarro, Alonso Fernandez-Nistal, Lea Canales, Sebastian Menke, Fernando Gomollón, PREMONITION-CD Study Group
February 10, 2022
Assessment of medical management in Coronary Type 2 Diabetic patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention in Spain: A retrospective analysis of electronic health records using Natural Language Processing
Carlos González-Juanatey, Manuel Anguita-Sá́nchez,Vivencio Barrios, Iván Núñez-Gil, Juan Josá Gómez-Doblas, Xavier García-Moll, Carlos Lafuente-Gormaz, María Jesús Rollán-Gómez, Vicente Peral-Disdie, Luis Martínez-Dolz, Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Xavier Viñolas-Prat, Toni Soriano-Colomé, Roberto Muñoz-Aguilera, Ignacio Plaza, Alejandro Curcio-Ruigómez, Ernesto Orts-Soler, Javier Segovia, Claudia Maté, SAVANA Research Group, Ángel Cequier
December 2021
Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors for Crohn’s disease relapses using natural language processing and machine learning
Gomollón, F; Gisbert, J (…), Montoto, C.
European Journal of Gastronterology & Hepatology
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002317
November 2021
Systemic Corticosteroids in Patients with Bronchial Asthma: A Real-Life Study
Izquierdo JL, Almonacid C. (…), Rodríguez JM.
Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology
DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0765
July 2021
Assessing the Performance of Clinical Natural Language Processing Systems: Development of an Evaluation Methodology
Lea Canales, Sebastian Menke, (…), Jorge Tello
JMIR Publications
DOI: 10.2196/20492
November 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on patients with asthma
Izquierdo, JL. Almonacid, C. (…), Soriano, JB
European Respiratory Journal
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03142-2020
October 2020
Characteristics and Prognosis of COVID-19 in Patients with COPD
Graziani, D. Soriano, JB(…), Izquierdo, JL
J. Clin. Med
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103259
September 2020
A retrospective observational epidemiological study using artificial intelligence and natural language processing in electronic health records to characterize the prostate cancer pathway, management and outcomes in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA region).
Carles, J. Alcaraz, (…), Fizazi, K.
Annals of Oncology
DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.2089
December 2020
Evidence of gender bias in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 patients: A Big Data analysis of Electronic Health Records.
Ancochea, J. Izquierdo, JL. (…), Soriano, JB
Journal of Women’s Health
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8721
November 2020
Towards a symbiotic relationship between big data, artificial intelligence, and hospital pharmacy
Del Rio-Bermudez, C. Medrano, IH. Yebes, L. Poveda, JL.
J of Pharm Policy and Pract.
DOI: 10.1186/s40545-020-00276-6.
October 2020
Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors for ICU Admission of Patients with COVID-19 Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Izquierdo, JL. Ancochea, J. (…), Soriano, JB.
JMIR Publications
DOI: 10.2196/21801.
April 2020
Searching for disease-related malnutrition using Big Data tools
Ballesteros, M. Pintor, B. Barajas, D. Cano, I.
Endocrinologia, Diabetes y Nutricion.
DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2019.11.009
February 2020
Clinical Management of COPD in a Real-World Setting. A Big Data Analysis
Izquierdo, JL. Morena, D. (…), Rodríguez, JM.
Arch Bronconeumol
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2019.12.025.
January 2020
PAGE Study: Summary of a study protocol to estimate the prevalence of severe asthma in Spain using big-data methods
Almonacid, C. Melero, C. (…), Soriano, JB.
Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology
DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0483
August 2019
Improving Adherence to Clinical Pathways Through Natural Language Processing on Electronic Medical Records
Cruz, NP. Canales, L. (…), Arnott, I.
Article published in Journal Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
DOI: 10.3233/shti190285

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