Validation of a Natural Language Processing Algorithm for Detecting Infectious Disease Symptoms in Primary Care Electronic Medical Records in Singapore

Antony Hardjojo   ¹ , PhD ;   Arunan Gunachandran   ¹ , MPH ;   Long Pang   ¹ , BSc (Hons) ;   Mohammed Ridzwan Bin Abdullah   ¹ , RN ;   Win Wah   ¹ , MPH ;   Joash Wen Chen Chong   ¹ , B Biomedical Science ;   Ee Hui Goh   ¹ , MPH ;   Sok Huang Teo   ² , MPH ;   Gilbert Lim   ³ , PhD ;   Mong Li Lee   ³ , PhD ;   Wynne Hsu   ³ , PhD ;   Vernon Lee   ¹ , PhD ;   Mark I-Cheng Chen   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Franco Wong   ^{2, 5} , MMed ;   Jonathan Siung King Phang   ^{2, 5} , MMed

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

² National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, Singapore, Singapore

³ School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

⁴ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore

⁵ National University Polyclinics, Singapore, Singapore