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

fYear

2004

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

84

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2004. Proceedings. Technology for Life: North Carolina Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8826-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBB.2004.1364377

Filename

1364377