Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> We have now launched the web page that converts >> clinical notes to SCT codes which is available at: >> >> http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~clinnote/gpnotes.cgi >> >> Pls use it to give us examples of the notes you record in your daily >> practice. You can select to get instant reporting or delayed reporting via >> email (reccommended for lengthy text > 5 full lines). >> Please give us feedback on what we have missed which you think should be >> describale in SCT - it may that SCT doesn't have it. >> Our analysis is by no means perfect and any feedback will help us to >> improve it. > I'm a late starter but have put about 20 sets through now > Adjectives are often missed where really appropriate like 'inguinal hernia' > is > much more meaningful than 'hernia'. > While the system knows Hb it doesn't know FBC (of which Hb is a subset) > nor BSL nor WEIGHT although it knows BMI. > I've submitted all of these comments through the system, of course > but so far it isn't going to get my stuff coded, even where i have made sure > that the diagnosis appears in the text (a 'reason for visit' doesn't get > copied over by me) the diagnosis can be miscoded by losing an adjective (like > inguinal)
Yes, there is clearly a lot more work needed on the coding routines, but remember that this was something put together by undergraduate students in just a week or so, and given that, I think it shows a lot of promise. I suspect that what Jon and his students learn from the text submitted will be invaluable for scoping out the extent and difficulty of further development. I think this is an exciting project, and I'd much rather see time (and perhaps some modest funding) being invested in things like this than for us to collectively put our brains in neutral and instead just get out the cheque book (Standards Australia will no doubt insist that should be check book) and buy (very expensive) software from companies such as http://www.healthlanguage.com Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
