Natural language processing improves identification of colorectal cancer testing in the electronic medical record

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-197

  Denny, Joshua C ^a,b   Choma, Neesha N ^a,c   Peterson, Josh F ^a,b,c   Miller, Randolph A ^b   Bastarache, Lisa ^b   Li, Ming ^d   Peterson, Neeraja B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; colorectal cancer screening; electronic health records; electronic medical records; natural language processing; preventive health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84856620568     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11400418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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