Table 7 Impact of NLP errors on patient outcomes

From: Post-marketing surveillance of anticancer drugs using natural language processing of electronic medical records

Type

Impact on outcomes

PN N (%)

OM N (%)

TA N (%)

AL N (%)

1

No impact on outcomes

163 (81.5)

191 (95.5)

176 (88.0)

152 (76.0)

2A

The event date has been shortened due to false negatives.

16 (8.0)

3 (1.5)

10 (5.0)

27 (13.5)

2B

Changed from non-event occurrence group to event occurrence group due to false negatives.

6 (3.0)

1 (0.5)

10 (5.0)

19 (9.5)

3A

The event date has been extended due to false positives.

8 (4.0)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

3B

Changed from event occurrence group to non-event occurrence group due to false positives.

7 (3.5)

2 (1.0)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.5)

Total

200

200

200

200