Published on in Vol 20 , No 1 (2018) :January

A Natural Language Processing System That Links Medical Terms in Electronic Health Record Notes to Lay Definitions: System Development Using Physician Reviews

A Natural Language Processing System That Links Medical Terms in Electronic Health Record Notes to Lay Definitions: System Development Using Physician Reviews

A Natural Language Processing System That Links Medical Terms in Electronic Health Record Notes to Lay Definitions: System Development Using Physician Reviews

Jinying Chen 1 , PhD ;   Emily Druhl 2 , MPH ;   Balaji Polepalli Ramesh 3 , PhD ;   Thomas K Houston 1, 2 , MD, MPH ;   Cynthia A Brandt 4, 5 , MD, MPH ;   Donna M Zulman 6, 7 , MD, MS ;   Varsha G Vimalananda 2, 8 , MD, MPH ;   Samir Malkani 9 , MD ;   Hong Yu 1, 2 , PhD

1 Department of Quantitative Health Sciences , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA , US

2 Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research , Bedford , MA , US

3 Optum , Boston , MA , US

4 Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System , West Haven , CT , US

5 Center for Medical Informatics , Yale University , New Haven , CT , US

6 Division of Primary Care and Population Health , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , CA , US

7 Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System , Menlo Park , CA , US

8 School of Medicine , Boston University , Boston , MA , US

9 Diabetes Center of Excellence , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA , US

Corresponding Author:

  • Jinying Chen, PhD
  • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • 368 Plantation Street
  • Worcester, MA
  • US
  • Phone: 1 774 455 3527
  • Email: jinying.chen@umassmed.edu