Comparison of Three Information Sources for Smoking Information in Electronic Health Records
Conclusion: These findings suggest that narrative text could serve as a more reliable and comprehensive source for obtaining smoking-related information than structured data sources. PPI, the readily available structured data, could be used as a complementary source for more comprehensive patient coverage.
Source: Cancer Informatics - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Liwei Wang Xiaoyang Ruan Ping Yang Hongfang Liu Source Type: research
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