A comprehensive study of mobility functioning information in clinical notes: Entity hierarchy, corpus annotation, and sequence labeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Secondary use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has mostly focused on health conditions (diseases and drugs). Function is an important health indicator in addition to morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, function has been overlooked in accessing patients' health status. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is considered the international standard for describing and coding function and health states. We pioneer the first comprehensive analysis and identification of functioning concepts in the Mobility domain of the ICF.

Results

Using physical therapy notes at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center, we induced a hierarchical order of mobility-related entities including 5 entit

SUBMITTER: Thieu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8104034 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature