Dr. Sezgin’s research interests include implementation of multimodal, intelligent and connected digital health ecosystems for patients and families, improving remote care and patient generated health data, promoting digital equity and inclusion, understanding digital behavior and engagement among patient populations. Dr. Sezgin has experience with using digital health technologies including mobile apps, wearables, sensors, voice technologies and conversational artificial intelligence (AI).
Publications
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Sezgin E. Redefining Virtual Assistants in Health Care: The Future With Large Language Models. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Jan 19; 26: e53225.
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Sezgin E, Sirrianni J, Kranz K. Development and Evaluation of a Digital Scribe: Conversation Summarization Pipeline for Emergency Department Counseling Sessions towards Reducing Documentation Burden. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 7;
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Caulley D, Alemu Y, Burson S, Cárdenas Bautista E, Abebe Tadesse G, Kottmyer C, Aeschbach L, Cheungvivatpant B, Sezgin E. Objectively Quantifying Pediatric Psychiatric Severity Using Artificial Intelligence, Voice Recognition Technology, and Universal Emotions: Pilot Study for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Innovation to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Oct 23; 12: e51912.
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Bala NS, Vesely SK, Bonny AE, Chisholm JC, Sezgin E, Bs CB, McCracken K, O'Brien SH. Mobile Application Measurement of Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and its Association with Dysmenorrhea and Activity Limitation in Early Adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2023 Oct 18;
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Sezgin E, Chekeni F, Lee J, Keim S. Clinical Accuracy of Large Language Models and Google Search Responses to Postpartum Depression Questions: Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Sep 11; 25: e49240.
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Murnan AW, Tscholl JJ, Ganta R, Duah HO, Qasem I, Sezgin E. Identification of Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking From Electronic Health Records: An Artificial Intelligence Guided Approach. Child Maltreat. 2023 Aug 6; 10775595231194599.
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Alemu Y, Chen H, Duan C, Caulley D, Arriaga RI, Sezgin E. Detecting Clinically Relevant Emotional Distress and Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents: Protocol for an Automated Speech Analysis Algorithm Development Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 23; 12: e46970.
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Sezgin E, Hussain SA, Rust S, Huang Y. Extracting Medical Information From Free-Text and Unstructured Patient-Generated Health Data Using Natural Language Processing Methods: Feasibility Study With Real-world Data. JMIR Form Res. 2023 Mar 7; 7: e43014.
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Ralph JE, Sezgin E, Stanek CJ, Landier W, Pai ALH, Gerhardt CA, Skeens MA. Improving medication adherence monitoring and clinical outcomes through mHealth: A randomized controlled trial protocol in pediatric stem cell transplant. PLoS One. 2023; 18: e0289987.
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Sezgin E. Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Complementing, not replacing, doctors and healthcare providers. Digit Health. 2023 Jan-Dec; 9: 20552076231186520.
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Kocaballi AB, Sezgin E, Clark L, Carroll JM, Huang Y, Huh-Yoo J, Kim J, Kocielnik R, Lee YC, Mamykina L, Mitchell EG, Moore RJ, Murali P, Mynatt ED, Park SY, Pasta A, Richards D, Silva LM, Smriti D, Spillane B, Zhang Z, Zubatiy T. Design and Evaluation Challenges of Conversational Agents in Health Care and Well-being: Selective Review Study. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Nov 15; 24: e38525.
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Lieser T, Huang Y, Sezgin E. The Current State of Mobile Apps Owned by Large Pediatric Hospitals in the United States: Systematic Search and Analysis on Google Play and Apple App Stores. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2022 Oct 6; 5: e38940.
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Boch S, Sezgin E, Lin Linwood S. Ethical artificial intelligence in paediatrics. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2022 Sep 6;
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Skeens M, Sezgin E, Stevens J, Landier W, Pai A, Gerhardt C. An mHealth App to Promote Adherence to Immunosuppressant Medication and Track Symptoms in Children After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Usability Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jul 21; 11: e39098.
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Sirrianni JW, Sezgin E, Claman D, Linwood SL. Medical text prediction and suggestion using generative pre-trained transformer models with dental medical notes. Methods Inf Med. 2022 Jul 14;
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Lee J, Yang S, Holland-Hall C, Sezgin E, Gill M, Linwood S, Huang Y, Hoffman J. Prevalence of Sensitive Terms in Clinical Notes Using Natural Language Processing Techniques: Observational Study. JMIR Med Inform. 2022 Jun 10; 10: e38482.
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Jacob C, Sezgin E, Sanchez-Vazquez A, Ivory C. Sociotechnical Factors Affecting Patients' Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022 May 5; 10: e36284.
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Demanuele C, Lokker C, Jhaveri K, Georgiev P, Sezgin E, Geoghegan C, Zou KH, Izmailova E, McCarthy M. Considerations for Conducting Bring Your Own "Device" (BYOD) Clinical Studies. Digit Biomark. 2022 May-Aug; 6: 47-60.
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Sezgin E, Sirrianni J, Linwood SL. Operationalizing and Implementing Pretrained, Large Artificial Intelligence Linguistic Models in the US Health Care System: Outlook of Generative Pretrained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) as a Service Model. JMIR Med Inform. 2022 Feb 10; 10: e32875.
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Guntu M, Lin ED, Sezgin E, Gregory ME, Huang Y, Linwood SL. Identifying the Factors Influencing Patients' Telehealth Visit Satisfaction: Survey Validation Through a Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Telemed J E Health. 2022 Jan 20;
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Sezgin E, D'Arcy S. Editorial: Voice Technology and Conversational Agents in Health Care Delivery. Front Public Health. 2022; 10: 887492.
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Sezgin E, Oiler B, Abbott B, Noritz G, Huang Y. "Hey Siri, Help Me Take Care of My Child": A Feasibility Study With Caregivers of Children With Special Healthcare Needs Using Voice Interaction and Automatic Speech Recognition in Remote Care Management. Front Public Health. 2022; 10: 849322.
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Lin ED, Guntu M, Sezgin E, McLaughlin L, Ganta R, Lee J, Ramtekkar U, Huang Y, Linwood SL. Rapid Development of a Telehealth Patient Satisfaction Survey Using a Multi-Stakeholder Approach. Telemed J E Health. 2022 Jan 20;
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Sezgin E, Huang Y, Lin D, Ramtekkar U, Pauline L, Lin S. Documented Reasons of Cancellation and Rescheduling of Telehealth Appointments During the Pandemic. Telemed J E Health. 2021 Oct; 27: 1143-1150.
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Boch S, Sezgin E, Ruch D, Kelleher K, Chisolm D, Lin S. Unjust: the health records of youth with personal/family justice involvement in a large pediatric health system. Health Justice. 2021 Aug 1; 9: 20.
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Hussain SA, Sezgin E, Krivchenia K, Luna J, Rust S, Huang Y. A natural language processing pipeline to synthesize patient-generated notes toward improving remote care and chronic disease management: a cystic fibrosis case study. JAMIA Open. 2021 Jul; 4: ooab084.
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Sezgin E, Noritz G, Lin S, Huang Y. Feasibility of a Voice-Enabled Medical Diary App (SpeakHealth) for Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs and Health Care Providers: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res. 2021 May 11; 5: e25503.
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Militello L, Sezgin E, Huang Y, Lin S. Delivering Perinatal Health Information via a Voice Interactive App (SMILE): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Mar 1; 5: e18240.
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Yang S, Lee J, Sezgin E, Bridge J, Lin S. Clinical Advice by Voice Assistants on Postpartum Depression: Cross-Sectional Investigation Using Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Jan 11; 9: e24045.
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Sezgin E. Can We Use Commercial Mobile Apps Instead of Research Mobile Apps in Healthcare Research? Front Public Health. 2021; 9: 685439.
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Mittlesteadt J, Bambach S, Dawes A, Wentzel E, Debs A, Sezgin E, Digby D, Huang Y, Ganger A, Bhatnagar S, Ehrenberg L, Nunley S, Glynn P, Lin S, Rust S, Patel AD. Evaluation of an Activity Tracker to Detect Seizures Using Machine Learning. J Child Neurol. 2020 Nov; 35: 873-878.
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Sezgin E, Noritz G, Hoffman J, Huang Y. A Medical Translation Assistant for Non-English-Speaking Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs: Proposal for a Scalable and Interoperable Mobile App. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Oct 14; 9: e21038.
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Sezgin E, Militello LK, Huang Y, Lin S. A scoping review of patient-facing, behavioral health interventions with voice assistant technology targeting self-management and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Transl Behav Med. 2020 Aug 7; 10: 606-628.
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Sezgin E, Weiler M, Weiler A, Lin S, Hart L. It Is a Life Journey: A Roadmap of Teens With Chronic Diseases in Transitioning to Independence. J Pediatr Health Care. 2020 Jul - Aug; 34: 346-355.
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O'Donovan R, Sezgin E, Bambach S, Butter E, Lin S. Detecting Screams From Home Audio Recordings to Identify Tantrums: Exploratory Study Using Transfer Machine Learning. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Jun 16; 4: e18279.
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DeForte S, Sezgin E, Huefner J, Lucius S, Luna J, Satyapriya AA, Malhotra P. Usability of a Mobile App for Improving Literacy in Children With Hearing Impairment: Focus Group Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2020 May 28; 7: e16310.
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Sezgin E, Noritz G, Elek A, Conkol K, Rust S, Bailey M, Strouse R, Chandawarkar A, von Sadovszky V, Lin S, Huang Y. Capturing At-Home Health and Care Information for Children With Medical Complexity Using Voice Interactive Technologies: Multi-Stakeholder Viewpoint. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Feb 13; 22: e14202.
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Sezgin E, Huang Y, Ramtekkar U, Lin S. Readiness for voice assistants to support healthcare delivery during a health crisis and pandemic. NPJ Digit Med. 2020; 3: 122.
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Sezgin E, Lin S. Technology-Based Interventions, Assessments, and Solutions for Safe Driving Training for Adolescents: Rapid Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Jan 24; 7: e11942.
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