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
2013
ICD-9 tobacco use codes are effective identifiers of smoking status
Wiley L, Shah A, Xu H, Bush W. ICD-9 tobacco use codes are effective identifiers of smoking status. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2013, 20: 652-658. PMID: 23396545, PMCID: PMC3721171, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmoking statusClinic populationGeneral clinic populationClinical populationsSmoking cessation attemptCancer-free controlsElectronic health recordsFull-text recordsCancer casesCessation attemptsTobacco useInternational ClassificationSmokersHealth recordsGenetic association studiesGenetic association analysisStatusPopulationLittle evidenceBiorepositoryInitial success
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