title: Automatic encoding into SNOMED III: a preliminary investigation.
abstract: The Linguistic String Project (LSP) medical language processing (MLP) system converts narrative clinical reports into database tables of patient data. A procedure for mapping the output of the LSP MLP system into SNOMED III codes was developed. Preliminary results and further requirements are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, NY 10012.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sager
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyman
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nhàn
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Tick
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000465:Algorithms; D016208:Databases, Factual; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D012984:Software; D013358:Subject Headings; D009626:Terminology as Topic