Monitoring of Technology Adoption Using Web Content Mining of Location Information and Geographic Information Systems: A Case Study of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.

Journal: JCO clinical cancer informatics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To our knowledge, integration of Web content mining of publicly available addresses with a geographic information system (GIS) has not been applied to the timely monitoring of medical technology adoption. Here, we explore the diffusion of a new breast imaging technology, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).

Authors

  • Tracy Onega
    Tracy Onega, Dharmanshu Kamra, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Saeed Hassanpour, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; and Saeed Hassanpour, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
  • Dharmanshu Kamra
    Tracy Onega, Dharmanshu Kamra, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Saeed Hassanpour, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; and Saeed Hassanpour, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
  • Jennifer Alford-Teaster
    Tracy Onega, Dharmanshu Kamra, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Saeed Hassanpour, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; and Saeed Hassanpour, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
  • Saeed Hassanpour
    Lia Harrington, Todd MacKenzie, and Saeed Hassanpour, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover; Roberta diFlorio-Alexander, Katherine Trinh, and Arief Suriawinata, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.