Natural Language Processing–Enabled and Conventional Data Capture Methods for Input to Electronic Health Records: A Comparative Usability Study

• Published in: JMIR medical informatics Vol. 4; no. 4; p. e35
• Main Authors: Kaufman, David R, Sheehan, Barbara, Stetson, Peter, Bhatt, Ashish R, Field, Adele I, Patel, Chirag, Maisel, James Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 28.10.2016
• Subjects: Data entry; Documentation; Electronic health records; Natural language processing; Original Paper; Physicians; Usability; Voice recognition; United States > US; user-computer interface; electronic health records; natural language processing; medical transcription

The process of documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) is known to be time consuming, inefficient, and cumbersome. The use of dictation coupled with manual transcription has become an increasingly common practice. In recent years, natural language processing (NLP)-enabled data capture has...