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Microsoft, Nuance, and Emotional Analysis via AI and Voice Data

by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Natural Language Processing, Physician Career

Microsoft recently purchased the speech recognition software company Nuance (Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance, ushering in a new era of outcomes-based AI) for 16 billion dollars. At first glance, this looks like a good thing for both healthcare and...
A Flaw in NLP-Enabled EHRs?

A Flaw in NLP-Enabled EHRs?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, EHR, Natural Language Processing

One idea I run across frequently when hearing about natural language processing (NLP) and the electronic health record (EHR) is how real-time transcription of the conversations between patient and physician will free up the physician’s time so she can “concentrate on...

80% of EHR Data is Unstructured. Or is It?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, EHR, Natural Language Processing

80%. I run across this number all the time in healthcare articles about the potential use of artificial intelligence within healthcare. It is the percentage of “unstructured” data contained in electronic health records (EHRs) – data which is prime real estate...

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