A Natural Language Processing System That Links Medical Terms in Electronic Health Record Notes to Lay Definitions: System Development Using Physician Reviews

Jinying Chen   ¹ , PhD ;   Emily Druhl   ² , MPH ;   Balaji Polepalli Ramesh   ³ , PhD ;   Thomas K Houston   ^{1, 2} , MD, MPH ;   Cynthia A Brandt   ^{4, 5} , MD, MPH ;   Donna M Zulman   ^{6, 7} , MD, MS ;   Varsha G Vimalananda   ^{2, 8} , MD, MPH ;   Samir Malkani   ⁹ , MD ;   Hong Yu   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

² Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford, MA, United States

³ Optum, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT, United States

⁵ Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁶ Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

⁷ Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, United States

⁸ School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

⁹ Diabetes Center of Excellence, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States