title: The application of natural-language processing to healthcare quality assessment.
abstract: This paper describes the automatic extraction of information from hospital discharge letters. The computer analysis and extraction process, designed to eliminate much of the manual effort required to review patient documents, are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, NYU Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sager
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tick
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nhan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borst
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scherrer
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards