COVID-19 SignSym: a fast adaptation of a general clinical NLP tool to identify and normalize COVID-19 signs and symptoms to OMOP common data model
Wang J, Abu-El-Rub N, Gray J, Pham H, Zhou Y, Manion F, Liu M, Song X, Xu H, Rouhizadeh M, Zhang Y. COVID-19 SignSym: a fast adaptation of a general clinical NLP tool to identify and normalize COVID-19 signs and symptoms to OMOP common data model. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2021, 28: 1275-1283. PMID: 33674830, PMCID: PMC7989301, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatural language processing toolsCommon data modelLanguage processing toolsElectronic health recordsClinical natural language processing toolsData modelDeep learning-based modelProcessing toolsOMOP Common Data ModelPattern-based rulesObservational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data ModelLearning-based modelsSpecific information needsUse casesNLP toolsClinical textFree textExtensive evaluationDownloadable packageInformation needsHybrid approachResearch communityHealth recordsData sourcesHigh performance