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Natural language processing (NLP)
Natural language processing (NLP) is the field of using computational methods to analyze or transform language used by people.
Why it matters in practice
NLP can work with written or spoken language. In healthcare documents, language and context can be ambiguous, so an NLP result may need validation before it is used in a record or workflow.
Example
Illustrative example: software identifies a date or a named document section in a text passage so a person or another system can review it.
Learn more
NIST describes NLP as transforming human communication into a form suitable for computer use and analysis.
Teaching Computers to Read Industry Lingo: Technical vs. Natural Language Processing, NISTRelated Diagna page
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