The Role of Natural Language Processing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges

• Published in: Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 2270
• Main Authors: Al-Garadi, Mohammed Ali, Yang, Yuan-Chi, Sarker, Abeed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computational linguistics; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Deep learning; Electronic health records; Epidemics; False information; Health care industry; Health surveillance; Industry forecasts; Information management; Language processing; Management; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mental health; Natural language interfaces; Natural language processing; Pandemics; Public health; Quality management; Review; Social networks; Technology application; United States; United States; COVID-19; deep learning; natural language processing; machine learning; health applications

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most devastating public health crisis in at least a century and has affected the lives of billions of people worldwide in unprecedented ways. Compared to pandemics of this scale in the past, societies are now equipped with advanced technologies that can mitigate the impa...