Published on in Vol 13, No 4 (2011): Oct-Dec

Beyond Readability: Investigating Coherence of Clinical Text for Consumers

Beyond Readability: Investigating Coherence of Clinical Text for Consumers

Beyond Readability: Investigating Coherence of Clinical Text for Consumers

Catherine Arnott Smith   1 , AMLS, MS, MA, PhD ;   Scott Hetzel   2 , MS ;   Prudence Dalrymple   3 , MS, PhD ;   Alla Keselman   4 , MA, PhD

1 School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

2 Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

3 Institute for Healthcare Informatics, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 Division of Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Catherine Arnott Smith, AMLS, MS, MA, PhD
  • School of Library and Information Studies
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  • Madison, WI, 53706
  • United States
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  • Email: casmith24@wisc.edu