Comparison of Information Content of Structured and Narrative Text Data Sources on the Example of Medication Intensification

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-370

  Turchin, Alexander ^a,b,c   Shubina, Maria ^b   Breydo, Eugene ^a   Pendergrass, Merri L ^b,c   Einbinder, Jonathan S ^a,b,c  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 65349147924     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2777     Document Type: Article

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