First Steps to Evaluate an NLP Tool's Medication Extraction Accuracy from Discharge Letters.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
Published Date: May 24, 2021

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a natural language processing (NLP) software to extract medication statements from unstructured medical discharge letters.

Authors

  • Deniz Caliskan
    Chair of Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
  • Jakob Zierk
    Medical Centre for Information and Communication Technology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Detlef Kraska
    Medical Center for Information and Communication Technology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Stefan Schulz
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
  • Philipp Daumke
    Averbis GmbH, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Hans-Ulrich Prokosch
    Institute for Medical Informatics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; Center for Medical Information and Communication, Erlangen University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Lorenz A Kapsner
    Institute of Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.

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