Developing an Automated Registry (Autoregistry) of Spine Surgery Using Natural Language Processing and Health System Scale Databases.
Alexander T M CheungDavid B KurlandSean NeifertNataniel MandelbergMustafa Nasir-MoinIlya LauferDonato PacioneDarryl LauAnthony K Frempong-BoaduDouglas KondziolkaJohn G GolfinosEric Karl OermannPublished in: Neurosurgery (2023)
This study demonstrates the feasibility of automatically generating a spine registry using the EHR and an interpretable, customizable natural language processing algorithm which may reduce pitfalls associated with manual registry development and facilitate rapid clinical research.