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Natural Language Processing to Identify Foley Catheter–Days

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Valmeek Kudesia ,
Judith Strymish ,
Leonard D'Avolio  and
Kalpana Gupta
Valmeek Kudesia
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research Informatics Center, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Judith Strymish
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
Leonard D'Avolio
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research Informatics Center, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Kalpana Gupta*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research Informatics Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
*
VA Boston HCS, 1400 VFW Parkway, 111 Med, West Roxbury, MA 02132 (kalpana.gupta@va.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1270 - 1272
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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