Multi-center colonoscopy quality measurement utilizing natural language processing.

Journal: The American journal of gastroenterology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: An accurate system for tracking of colonoscopy quality and surveillance intervals could improve the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and surveillance. The purpose of this study was to create and test such a system across multiple institutions utilizing natural language processing (NLP).

Authors

  • Timothy D Imler
    1] Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [2] Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [3] Department of Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Justin Morea
    1] Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [2] Department of Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Charles Kahi
    1] Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [2] Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [3] Center of Innovation, Health Services Research and Development, Richard L, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Eric A Sherer
  • Jon Cardwell
    Center of Innovation, Health Services Research and Development, Richard L, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Cynthia S Johnson
    Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Huiping Xu
    Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Dennis Ahnen
    Division of Gastroenterology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Fadi Antaki
    Division of Gastroenterology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • Christopher Ashley
    Division of Gastroenterology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.
  • Gyorgy Baffy
    Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Ilseung Cho
    Division of Gastroenterology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
  • Jason Dominitz
    Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Jason Hou
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Mark Korsten
    Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, New York, USA.
  • Anil Nagar
    Division of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Kittichai Promrat
    Division of Gastroenterology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
  • Douglas Robertson
    Division of Gastroenterology, The Dartmouth Institute, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
  • Sameer Saini
    Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
  • Amandeep Shergill
    Division of Gastroenterology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Walter Smalley
    Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Thomas F Imperiale
    1] Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [2] Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [3] Center of Innovation, Health Services Research and Development, Richard L, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA [4] Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.