NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 22 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

Diagnostic codes used in health care billing speed large-scale observational studies, but codes representing suicidal behavior are often omitted from records.

For signs of suicidal behavior in the electronic health record, Cosmin Bejan, PhD, Colin Walsh, MD, MA, and colleagues turned to natural language processing (NLP) of notes written by the patient care team.

Targeted News Service Document Request Form

This document is available to you by e-mail if you complete the form below with relevant information. There may be a fee for this article or ongoing service of similar materials. We will be in touch shortly.

Name:
What's your Affiliation	Government Newspaper / Media Business Public Policy Individual / Student Educators
Email:
Phone:
Organization, if any:
State/Country you are in:
Additonal questions or comments:

Submit Form Click here for more information about our products