Maintaining mappings from source systems in a local health information infrastructure
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1Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Abstract:
We developed a program to assist in managing changes in source system observation terms. The program returns candidate matches based on approximate string comparator scores. A preliminary evaluation of the tool for managing radiology term updates demonstrates its usefulness by identifying exact matches for 61% of new terms and high probability matches for another 25% of new terms.
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