A network model of activities in primary care consultations.

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

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to characterize the dynamic structure of primary care consultations by identifying typical activities and their inter-relationships to inform the design of automated approaches to clinical documentation using natural language processing and summarization methods.

Authors

  • Ahmet Baki Kocaballi
    Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Enrico Coiera
    1Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Level 6 75 Talavera Rd, Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia.
  • Huong Ly Tong
    Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Sarah J White
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Juan C Quiroz
    Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Fahimeh Rezazadegan
    Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Simon Willcock
    Health Sciences Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Liliana Laranjo
    1Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Level 6 75 Talavera Rd, Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia.