Application of natural language processing methods to extract coded data from administrative data held in the Scottish Prescribing Information System

ABSTRACT Objectives The Prescribing Information System (PIS) datamart, hosted by NHS National Services Scotland receives around 90 million electronic prescription messages per year from GP practices across Scotland. Prescription messages contain information including drug name, quantity and stren...

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Main Authors: Clifford Nangle, Stuart McTaggart, Margaret MacLeod, Jackie Caldwell, Marion Bennie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/263