Identifying stigmatizing and positive/preferred language in obstetric clinical notes using natural language processing.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify stigmatizing language in obstetric clinical notes using natural language processing (NLP).

Authors

  • Jihye Kim Scroggins
    Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
  • Ismael I Hulchafo
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.
  • Sarah Harkins
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
  • Danielle Scharp
    Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
  • Hans Moen
    Turku NLP Group, Department of Future Technologies, University of Turku, Finland.
  • Anahita Davoudi
    Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Kenrick Cato
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
  • Michele Tadiello
    Center for Community-Engaged Health Informatics and Data Science, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States.
  • Maxim Topaz
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Veronica Barcelona
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, 560 West 168th St, Mail Code 6, New York, NY, 10032, USA. vb2534@cumc.columbia.edu.