International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages e27-e30 , December 2009

Domain-specific analytical language modeling—The chief complaint as a case study

  • Jari Yli-Hietanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, 33101 Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 553, FI-33101, Finland. Tel.: +358 40 849 0718.
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  • Samuli Niiranen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, 33101 Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Michael Aswell

      Affiliations

    • AthenaHealth Inc., Watertown, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Larry Nathanson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 11 December 2008 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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PII: S1386-5056(09)00019-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.02.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages e27-e30 , December 2009

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