Natural Language Processing: Survey Results and Discussion

John Chuo, MD, Neonatal Quality Informatics Officer, Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Ed Septimus, MD, FIDSA, Medical Director Infection Prevention, HCA Healthcare System. Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Community members have been discussing the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in CDS. A short survey was conducted to specifically understand the use of free text or drop down boxes in overriding allergy alerts. Drs. Septimus and Chuo review the results and facilitate a discussion about conclusions from the survey data.