Integrating Social Determinants of Health in Machine Learning–Driven Decision Support for Diabetes Case Management: Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Study

Seung-Yup Lee   ¹ , PhD ;   Leslie W Hayes   ² , MD ;   Bunyamin Ozaydin   ¹ , PhD ;   Steven Howard   ¹ , PhD ;   Alison M Garretson   ³ , BSN, MBA ;   Heather M Bradley   ⁴ , BSN, MHQS ;   Andrew M Land   ⁵ , MD ;   Erin W DeLaney   ⁶ , MD ;   Amy O Pritchett   ² , BSN, MSHQS ;   Amanda L Furr   ⁷ , BSN ;   Ashleigh Allgood   ¹ , MPH, MBA ;   Matthew C Wyatt   ⁸ , MSHI ;   Allyson G Hall   ¹ , PhD ;   Jane C Banaszak-Holl   ¹ , PhD

¹ School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

² Department of Quality and Patient Safety, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States

³ Department of Care Transitions, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁴ Cooper Green Mercy Health Service Authority, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁵ Primary Care Line, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁶ Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁷ Cardiovascular Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁸ Informatics Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States