Title :
Toward Reflective Management of Emergency Department Chief Complaint Information
Author :
Niiranen, Samuli T. ; Yli-Hietanen, Jari M. ; Nathanson, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Process., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere
Abstract :
An approach coined as ldquoreflective information managementrdquo is presented as a technique for the management of emergency department chief complaint information. The architecture of a system integrating principles from this approach is described and its performance is evaluated in providing categorical information from free-text chief complaints for use, e.g., in automated syndromic surveillance.
Keywords :
information management; medical information systems; automated syndromic surveillance; categorical information; emergency department chief complaint information; reflective management; Information systems; Information technology; Medical information systems; Medical services; information technology; medical information systems; medical services; Computer Systems; Emergency Medical Services; Hospital Information Systems; Humans; Medical Informatics; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Natural Language Processing;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2008.926464
