2017
Identifying Metastases-related Information from Pathology Reports of Lung Cancer Patients.
Soysal E, Warner J, Denny J, Xu H. Identifying Metastases-related Information from Pathology Reports of Lung Cancer Patients. AMIA Joint Summits On Translational Science Proceedings 2017, 2017: 268-277. PMID: 28815141, PMCID: PMC5543353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathology reportsSpecimen siteImportant prognostic factorLung cancer patientsMetastatic patternPrognostic factorsClinical courseHistological typeCancer patientsMetastasis sitesMetastatic statusCancer recurrenceCancer metastasisMetastasisTumor metastasisPatientsStatus indicatorsReportStatusRecurrence
2010
Extracting timing and status descriptors for colonoscopy testing from electronic medical records
Denny J, Peterson J, Choma N, Xu H, Miller R, Bastarache L, Peterson N. Extracting timing and status descriptors for colonoscopy testing from electronic medical records. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2010, 17: 383-388. PMID: 20595304, PMCID: PMC2995656, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.004804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical recordsMedical recordsColorectal cancer screening ratesCRC screening statusCancer screening ratesManual reviewStatus indicatorsHealth services researchersColonoscopy testingEMR notesTypes of CRCScreening statusScreening ratesColonoscopy screeningBilling codesUseful adjunctGold standardElectronic recordsColonoscopyPatientsServices researchersFurther investigationRandom sampleTemporal expression
2009
Development of a natural language processing system to identify timing and status of colonoscopy testing in electronic medical records.
Denny J, Peterson J, Choma N, Xu H, Miller R, Bastarache L, Peterson N. Development of a natural language processing system to identify timing and status of colonoscopy testing in electronic medical records. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2009, 2009: 141. PMID: 20351837, PMCID: PMC2815478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatural language processingNatural language processing systemsElectronic medical recordsLanguage processing systemNLP systemsIdentifier systemLanguage processingMedical recordsProcessing systemElectronic textsColorectal cancer screening ratesCancer screening ratesPrimary care populationColonoscopy testingScreening ratesCare populationBilling codesQueriesColonoscopySystemStatus indicatorsAlgorithmCodeProcessingStatus