2016
A long journey to short abbreviations: developing an open-source framework for clinical abbreviation recognition and disambiguation (CARD)
Wu Y, Denny J, Rosenbloom S, Miller R, Giuse D, Wang L, Blanquicett C, Soysal E, Xu J, Xu H. A long journey to short abbreviations: developing an open-source framework for clinical abbreviation recognition and disambiguation (CARD). Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2016, 24: e79-e86. PMID: 27539197, PMCID: PMC7651947, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocw109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical NLP systemsOpen-source frameworkNLP systemsClinical corpusClinical abbreviationsClinic visit notesSense inventoryKnowledge Extraction SystemAbbreviation recognitionWord sense disambiguation methodDischarge summariesF1 scoreExternal corpusClinical narrativesSense disambiguation methodSystem capabilitiesVanderbilt University Medical CenterWrapperFrequent abbreviationsDisambiguation methodMetaMapAbbreviation identificationCardsVisit notesDisambiguation
2007
A study of abbreviations in clinical notes.
Xu H, Stetson P, Friedman C. A study of abbreviations in clinical notes. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2007, 2007: 821-5. PMID: 18693951, PMCID: PMC2655910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnified Medical Language SystemNatural language processing systemsLanguage processing systemNarrative clinical notesDetection methodClinical notesDifferent knowledge sourcesSense inventoryDomain expertsNLP systemsCorrect sensesDecision supportText corporaKnowledge sourcesError detectionProcessing systemBiomedical literatureStudy of abbreviationsLanguage systemPatient informationAmbiguity rateBetter detection methodsDatabaseAnnotationAbbreviations