Automated data capture from free-text radiology reports to enhance accuracy of hospital inpatient stroke codes

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 843-847

  Flynn, Robert W V ^a   Macdonald, Thomas M ^a   Schembri, Nicola ^a   Murray, Gordon D ^b   Doney, Alexander S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Cerebral haemorrhage; Medical records; Natural language processing; Radiology information systems; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956641332     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1981     Document Type: Article

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