ABSTRACT
Objective:
To implement an open source, free, and easily deployable high throughput natural language processing module to extract concepts from clinician notes and map them to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). Materials andMethods:
Using a popular open-source NLP tool (Apache cTAKES), we create FHIR resources that use modifier extensions to represent negation and NLP sourcing, and another extension to represent provenance of extracted concepts.Results:
The SMART Text2FHIR Pipeline is an open-source tool, released through standard package managers, and publicly available container images that implement the mappings, enabling ready conversion of clinical text to FHIR.Discussion:
With the increased data liquidity because of new interoperability regulations, NLP processes that can output FHIR can enable a common language for transporting structured and unstructured data. This framework can be valuable for critical public health or clinical research use cases.Conclusion:
Future work should include mapping more categories of NLP-extracted information into FHIR resources and mappings from additional open-source NLP tools.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
En
Journal:
MedRxiv
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA