摘要 |
Information extraction techniques are provided for extracting information from medical documents. Information can be extracted from medical documents by determining a plurality of classes of medical information and, for each class of the plurality of classes of medical information, selecting one or more extraction techniques according to the class, and using the selected extraction techniques to extract information from the medical documents. Different extraction techniques can be applied depending on the specific class of medical information. Specific classes of medical information can be determined based on a type of information consumer, such as a physician or pharmacist. |