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Evaluation of a method to identify and categorize section headers in clinical documents.

J Am Med Inform Assoc

February 2010

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt UniversitySchool of Medicine, Eskind Biomedical Library, Room 442, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville TN 37232, USA.

Article Synopsis
  • The SecTag algorithm was developed to identify both labeled and implied section headers in clinical notes, specifically "history and physical examination" documents.
  • The algorithm employs natural language processing, word recognition, and Bayesian scoring methods to classify note sections.
  • Results showed high accuracy with recall and precision rates over 95% for identified sections, indicating its potential utility in clinical decision-making and medical training assessments.
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