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Statistical section segmentation in free-text clinical records
M Tepper, D Capurro, F Xia, L Vanderwende, M Yetisgen-Yildiz
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation Lrec 2012 | EUROPEAN LANGUAGE RESOURCES ASSOC-ELRA | Published : 2012
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Abstract
Automatically segmenting and classifying clinical free text into sections is an important first step to automatic information retrieval, information extraction and data mining tasks, as it helps to ground the significance of the text within. In this work we describe our approach to automatic section segmentation of clinical records such as hospital discharge summaries and radiology reports, along with section classification into pre-defined section categories. We apply machine learning to the problems of section segmentation and section classification, comparing a joint (one-step) and a pipeline (two-step) approach. We demonstrate that our systems perform well when tested on three data sets,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "We would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable feedback. This work was supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant Number 1 R01 HS 20025-01. The Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP) is a Coordinated Quality Improvement Program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality. CERTAIN is a program of the University of Washington, the academic research and development partner of SCOAP. Personnel contributing to this study:", "Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE Alliance), University of Washington, Seattle, WA: David R. Flum, MD, MPH; Rafael Alfonso, MD, PhD (c); Alexander Clowes, MD; E. Beth Devine, PharmD, MBA, PhD; Todd Edwards, PhD, MA; Larry Kessler, ScD; Mark Meissner, MD; Donald Patrick, PhD, MSPH; Sean D. Sullivan, PhD; Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD; Erik Van Eaton, MD; N. David Yanez III, PhD; Meliha Yetisgen-Yildiz, PhD, MSc; Allison Devlin Rhodes, MS; Cheryl Armstrong, BSN, MPH; Mitchell Berman; Robin Boland; Daniel Capurro, MD; Augusto Ferreres, MHA; Rosemary Grant, BSN, CCRC, CPHQ; Marisha Hativa, MSHS; Marya Johansen; Sondra Johnson; Wendy Klamp, MPA; Sarah Lawrence, MA; Angela Lloyd, MS; Stephanie Mallahan; Kate Nickel, MPH; Rahma Osman; Catherine Pagoaga; Robert Salazar; Anne Skalicky, MS; Verne Stevens, MBA; Rebecca Gaston Symons, MPH; Michael Tepper, MA; Tomio Tran; Christina Yantsides; Megan Zadworny, MHA. Providence Everett Regional Medical Center, Everett, WA: Ellen Farrokhi, MD." ]