Extracting information from the text of electronic medical records to improve case detection: a systematic review

Conclusions Text in EMRs is accessible, especially with open source information extraction algorithms, and significantly improves case detection when combined with codes. More harmonization of reporting within EMR studies is needed, particularly standardized reporting of algorithm accuracy metrics like positive predictive value (precision) and sensitivity (recall).

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - February 5, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Ford, E., Carroll, J. A., Smith, H. E., Scott, D., Cassell, J. A. Tags: Reviews Source Type: research