Metaphrase: Achieving Formalized EMR Problem Lists from Informal Input.

The nature of healthcare is changing, and with these changes come new information needs. Many Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems ale appearing which require authoritative names for diseases, therapies, procedures, symptoms and indications. Driving this requirement for authoritative names in the EMR arE a variety of institutional needs and reimbursement imperatives. For example, only if every instance of a disease is correctly coded in the EMR will accurate outcomes analysis be possible.