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ArticleAMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium2013

Optimized dual threshold entity resolution for electronic health record databases--training set size and active learning.

Erel Joffe, Michael J Byrne, Phillip Reeder, Jorge R Herskovic, Craig W Johnson, Allison B McCoy, Elmer V Bernstam

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Erel JoffeSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
Michael J ByrneSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
Phillip ReederSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
Jorge R HerskovicSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. ; Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Craig W JohnsonSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
Allison B McCoySchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. ; UT Houston - Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety, Houston, TX.
Elmer V BernstamSchool of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. ; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.

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Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
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Abstract

Clinical databases may contain several records for a single patient. Multiple general entity-resolution algorithms have been developed to identify such duplicate records. To achieve optimal accuracy, algorithm parameters must be tuned to a particular dataset. The purpose of this study was to determine the required training set size for probabilistic, deterministic and Fuzzy Inference Engine (FIE) algorithms with parameters optimized using the particle swarm approach. Each algorithm classified potential duplicates into: definite match, non-match and indeterminate (i.e., requires manual review). Training sets size ranged from 2,000-10,000 randomly selected record-pairs. We also evaluated marginal uncertainty sampling for active learning. Optimization reduced manual review size (Deterministic 11.6% vs. 2.5%; FIE 49.6% vs. 1.9%; and Probabilistic 10.5% vs. 3.5%). FIE classified 98.1% of the records correctly (precision=1.0). Best performance required training on all 10,000 randomly-selected record-pairs. Active learning achieved comparable results with 3,000 records. Automated optimization is effective and targeted sampling can reduce the required training set size.

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AlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceElectronic Health RecordsFuzzy Logic

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PMID24551372
PMCPMC3900213

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