Natural language processing of radiology reports for identification of skeletal site-specific fractures.
Journal:
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date:
Apr 4, 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis has become an important public health issue. Most of the population, particularly elderly people, are at some degree of risk of osteoporosis-related fractures. Accurate identification and surveillance of patient populations with fractures has a significant impact on reduction of cost of care by preventing future fractures and its corresponding complications.