Development of a patients' satisfaction analysis system using machine learning and lexicon-based methods.

Journal: BMC health services research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients' rights are integral to medical ethics. This study aimed to perform sentiment analysis and opinion mining on patients' messages by a combination of lexicon-based and machine learning methods to identify positive or negative comments and to determine the different ward and staff names mentioned in patients' messages.

Authors

  • Shiva Khaleghparast
    Cardiovascular Nursing Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Majid Maleki
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ghasem Hajianfar
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
  • Esmaeil Soumari
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mehrdad Oveisi
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran; Department of Computer Science, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
  • Hassan Maleki Golandouz
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
  • Feridoun Noohi
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Maziar Gholampour Dehaki
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Reza Golpira
    Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Saeideh Mazloomzadeh
    Cardiovascular Nursing Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Maedeh Arabian
    Cardiovascular Nursing Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Samira Kalayinia
    Cardiogenetic Research Center, Medical and Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. samira.kalayi@yahoo.com.