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Health Natural Language Processing: Methodology Development and Applications
Tianyong Hao;
Zhengxing Huang;
Likeng Liang;
Heng Weng;
Buzhou Tang
ABSTRACT
With the rapid growth of information technology, the necessity for processing massive amounts of health and medical data utilizing advanced information technologies has also grown. A large amount of valuable data exists in natural text such as free diagnosis text, discharge summaries, online health discussions, eligibility criteria of clinical trials, and so on. Health natural language processing automatically analyzes the commonalities and differences of large amounts of text data and recommend appropriate actions on behalf of domain experts to assist medical decision making. This editorial shares the methodology innovation of health natural language processing and its applications in medial domain.
Citation
Please cite as:
Hao T, Huang Z, Liang L, Weng H, Tang B
Health Natural Language Processing: Methodology Development and Applications