April 11th Webinar on the Use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve Quality Measurement

HHS’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar April 11 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET to illustrate how new methods of analyzing free text data stored in electronic health records (EHRs) can impact quality measurement.  Participants will learn about the principles of NLP design and implementation; how NLP is used to operationalize the assessment of quality measurement in asthma care and how NLP is used in monitoring intensification of treatment for patients with diabetes.

Panelists: 

Brian Hazlehurst, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research 

Alexander Turchin, M.D., M.S., Director of Informatics Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

How to obtain CME/CNE Credit:

Participants will earn 1.5 contact credit hours for their participation if they attended the entire Web conference.  

To register:

1. Go to: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=991599064

2. Select "Register."
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then select "Submit."

Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event.

For assistance: 

Contact Jennifer Webb at jrwebb@rti.org or (919) 541-6746.