A systematic literature review of automated clinical coding and classification systems.
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SUBMITTER: Stanfill MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3000748 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov-Dec
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A systematic literature review of automated clinical coding and classification systems.
Stanfill Mary H MH Williams Margaret M Fenton Susan H SH Jenders Robert A RA Hersh William R WR
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20101101 6
Clinical coding and classification processes transform natural language descriptions in clinical text into data that can subsequently be used for clinical care, research, and other purposes. This systematic literature review examined studies that evaluated all types of automated coding and classification systems to determine the performance of such systems. Studies indexed in Medline or other relevant databases prior to March 2009 were considered. The 113 studies included in this review show tha ...[more]
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