April 11th Webinar on the Use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve Quality Measurement
HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar April 11 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET to illustrate how new methods of analyzing free text data stored in electronic health records (EHRs) can impact quality measurement. Participants will learn about the principles of NLP design and implementation; how NLP is used to operationalize the assessment of quality measurement in asthma care and how NLP is used in monitoring intensification of treatment for patients with diabetes. Panelists: Brian Hazlehurst, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Alexander Turchin, M.D., M.S., Director of Informatics Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital How to obtain CME/CNE Credit: Participants will earn 1.5 contact credit hours for their participation if they attended the entire Web conference. To register: 1. Go to: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=991599064 2. Select "Register." For assistance: Contact Jennifer Webb at jrwebb@rti.org or (919) 541-6746. |
