JOURNAL ARTICLE

Automated Identification of Postoperative Complications Within an Electronic Medical Record Using Natural Language Processing

Abstract

Among patients undergoing inpatient surgical procedures at VA medical centers, natural language processing analysis of electronic medical records to identify postoperative complications had higher sensitivity and lower specificity compared with patient safety indicators based on discharge coding.

Keywords:
Medicine Deep vein Pulmonary embolism Confidence interval Medical record Pneumonia Thrombosis Dialysis Sepsis Myocardial infarction Diagnosis code Venous thrombosis Electronic medical record Hemodialysis Intensive care medicine Emergency medicine Internal medicine Population

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Citation History

Topics

Patient Safety and Medication Errors
Health Sciences →  Health Professions →  Emergency Medical Services
Electronic Health Records Systems
Health Sciences →  Health Professions →  Health Information Management
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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