Using natural language processing of clinical text to enhance identification of opioid-related overdoses in electronic health records data.

Brian L Hazlehurst Carla A Green Nancy A PerrinJohn BrandesDavid S CarrellAndrew BaerAngela DeVeaugh-GeissPaul M Coplan

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2019)

Methods that process text clinical notes show promise for improving accuracy and fidelity at identifying and classifying overdoses according to type using EHR data.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
clinical decision support
adverse drug
big data
smoking cessation
machine learning
artificial intelligence
data analysis