Early evaluation of a natural language processing tool to improve access to educational resources for surgical patients.
James BookerJack PennKawsar NoorRichard J B DobsonJonathan P FunnellChan Hee KohDanyal Z KhanNicola NewallDavid RowlandSiddharth SinhaSimon C WilliamsParag SayalHani J MarcusPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
NLP accurately identifies surgical procedures in pre-operative clinic letters within an untrained subspecialty. Performance varies among letter authors and depends on the language used by clinicians. The identified procedures can be linked to patient education resources, potentially improving patients' understanding of surgical procedures.