Published on in Vol 5, No 4 (2017): Oct-Dec

Ranking Medical Terms to Support Expansion of Lay Language Resources for Patient Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes: Adapted Distant Supervision Approach

Ranking Medical Terms to Support Expansion of Lay Language Resources for Patient Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes: Adapted Distant Supervision Approach

Ranking Medical Terms to Support Expansion of Lay Language Resources for Patient Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes: Adapted Distant Supervision Approach

Jinying Chen   1 , PhD ;   Abhyuday N Jagannatha   2 , MSc ;   Samah J Fodeh   3 , PhD ;   Hong Yu   1, 4 , FACMI, PhD

1 Department of Quantitative Health Sicences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

2 School of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States

3 Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

4 Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Jinying Chen, PhD
  • Department of Quantitative Health Sicences
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
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  • Worcester, MA, 01605
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  • Email: jinying.chen@umassmed.edu