Title :
MedfoLink: a powerful concept-based approach to medical report processing
Author :
Kherlopian, Armen ; Gerrein, Joseph ; Wu, Vezen ; Bakhru, Rajkumar ; Rodriguez, John ; Wald, Alvin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
MedfoLink is a software technology that applies novel system design to process and analyze text based medical reports. Through a multi-tier processing scheme, MedfoLink is able classify medical reports by various concepts (symptoms) and syndromes. The supply of symptom-based concepts is derived from the Unified Medical Language Source (UMLS). MedfoLink´s processing hierarchy going from report to concept, then to syndrome, and finally to disease, allows for information to be gathered at the levels of detail needed for advanced statistical modeling. Initial trials with emergency room chief complaint reports have shown MedfoLink´s potential for syndromic surveillance.
Keywords :
diseases; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; MedfoLink; Unified Medical Language Source; advanced statistical modeling; concept-based medical report processing; disease; emergency room chief complaint reports; multitier processing; software technology; symptom-based concepts; syndrome; syndromic surveillance; Biomedical engineering; Diseases; Hospitals; Information analysis; Information technology; Patient monitoring; Pressing; Surveillance; Unified modeling language; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2004. Proceedings. Technology for Life: North Carolina Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8826-7
DOI :
10.1109/SBB.2004.1364377
