A Study of the Medical Record Interface to Natural Language Processing

  • Authors:

  • Tadamasa Takemura;Nobuyuki Ashida

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Medical Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 1-7, Suita, Osaka, Japan/ takemura@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp;Department of Medical Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 1-7, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Medical Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The information about a patient tends to be handled more on a computer system. However, it is not sufficiently rational enough because of the fundamental difference between man and a computer. Up to now, man has treated information using a natural language. Therefore, if it can be applied to handle medical information electrically, that will become more rational. For this reason, we developed a new classification method that interfaces a computer with the human being, using a natural language. This method was named as a situation-oriented medical record, and this depicts changes in a situation by the case frame from a viewpoint of man's cognition. Moreover, the medical communication by a natural language, which is currently used when a patient changes a hospital, was analyzed in order to confirm the validity of this method. In addition, we developed a prototype system that allows computers to implement this kind of communication.