2025
Automated Feedback Loops to Protect Text Simplification with Generative AI from Information Loss.
CoRR, May, 2025
Are LLM-generated plain language summaries truly understandable? A large-scale crowdsourced evaluation.
CoRR, May, 2025
Coherence and comprehensibility: Large language models predict lay understanding of health-related content.
J. Biomed. Informatics, 2025
Enhancing Text Datasets With Scaling and Targeting Data Augmentation to Improve BERT-Based Machine Learners.
Expert Syst. Appl., 2025
2024
Retrieval augmentation of large language models for lay language generation.
J. Biomed. Informatics, January, 2024
Transparent deep learning to identify autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in EHR using clinical notes.
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2024
Introduction to the special issue on smart and connected health.
Inf. Manag., 2024
Role of Dependency Distance in Text Simplification: A Human vs ChatGPT Simplification Comparison.
CoRR, 2024
Crowdsourcing with Enhanced Data Quality Assurance: An Efficient Approach to Mitigate Resource Scarcity Challenges in Training Large Language Models for Healthcare.
CoRR, 2024
Utilizing Large Language Models to Generate Synthetic Data to Increase the Performance of BERT-Based Neural Networks.
CoRR, 2024
Text and Audio Simplification: Human vs. ChatGPT.
CoRR, 2024
Effects of Added Emphasis and Pause in Audio Delivery of Health Information.
CoRR, 2024
Diffusion Models for Image Generation to Enhance Health Literacy.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2024
ICD Codes are Insufficient to Create Datasets for Machine Learning: An Evaluation Using All of Us Data for Coccidioidomycosis and Myocardial Infarction.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2024
Influence of Audio Speech Rate and Source Text Difficulty on Health Information Comprehension and Retention.
Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2024
APPLS: Evaluating Evaluation Metrics for Plain Language Summarization.
Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2024
2023
Introduction to the Special Issue on Design and Data Science Research in Healthcare.
ACM Trans. Manag. Inf. Syst., June, 2023
APPLS: A Meta-evaluation Testbed for Plain Language Summarization.
CoRR, 2023
2022
CELLS: A Parallel Corpus for Biomedical Lay Language Generation.
CoRR, 2022
Health Information Delivery Using Audio.
Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2022
Audio delivery of health information: An NLP study of information difficulty and bias in listeners.
Proceedings of the CENTERIS 2022 - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / ProjMAN - International Conference on Project MANagement / HCist, 2022
2021
Comparison of women and men in biomedical informatics scientific dissemination: retrospective observational case study of the AMIA Annual Symposium: 2017-2020.
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2021
Integrating Automated Biomedical Lexicon Creation for Valley Fever Diagnosis.
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, 2021
Incidence and Impact of Missing Functional Elements on Information Comprehension using Audio and Text.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2021, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, October 30, 2021, 2021
2020
A Practical Tutorial Discussion the Evaluating ITArtifacts Using Controlled Experiments using the Design Science Framework.
Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2020
A Web-Based Medical Text Simplification Tool.
Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020
Use of Conventional Machine Learning to Optimize Deep Learning Hyper-parameters for NLP Labeling Tasks.
Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020
AutoMeTS: The Autocomplete for Medical Text Simplification.
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, 2020
Large-scale Analysis of Free-Text Data for Mental Health Surveillance with Topic Modelling.
Proceedings of the 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2020
2019
Using Lexical Chains to Identify Text Difficulty: A Corpus Statistics and Classification Study.
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics, 2019
Evaluating Artifacts Using Experiments as Part of the Design Science Framework.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, 2019
Mechanisms for Automatic Training Data Labeling for Machine Learning.
Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Information Systems, 2019
Predicting Transition Words Between Sentences for English and Spanish Medical Text.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2019, 2019
2018 Salary Survey of AMIA Members: Factors Associated with Higher Salaries.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2019, 2019
2018
Optimizing Corpus Creation for Training Word Embedding in Low Resource Domains: A Case Study in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Proceedings of the AMIA 2018, 2018
2017
NegAIT: A new parser for medical text simplification using morphological, sentential and double negation.
J. Biomed. Informatics, 2017
Measuring text difficulty using parse-tree frequency.
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2017
Automated Lexicon and Feature Construction Using Word Embedding and Clustering for Classification of ASD Diagnoses Using EHR.
Proceedings of the Natural Language Processing and Information Systems, 2017
Creating a Corpus Resource for Text Simplification R & D.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2017, 2017
The Role of Surface, Semantic and Grammatical Features on Simplification of Spanish Medical Texts: A User Study.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2017, 2017
Spanish Text Simplification Using Term Familiarity: Applying Principles from English Text Simplification.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2017, 2017
When synonyms are not enough: Optimal parenthetical insertion for text simplification.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2017, 2017
2016
Moving Beyond Readability Metrics for Health-Related Text Simplification.
IT Prof., 2016
Reviewing Asthma-related Grey Literature and Personal Opinions on Twitter using LDA and CTM Clustering.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2016, 2016
Grammar frequency and simplification: when intuition fails.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2016, 2016
2014
A decision support system: Automated crime report analysis and classification for e-government.
Gov. Inf. Q., 2014
Smart and Connected Health [Guest editors' introduction].
IEEE Intell. Syst., 2014
Text Simplification Tools: Using Machine Learning to Discover Features that Identify Difficult Text.
Proceedings of the 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
Task 1 of the CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab 2014.
Proceedings of the Working Notes for CLEF 2014 Conference, 2014
Overview of the ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab 2014.
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Proceedings of the Information Access Evaluation. Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction, 2014
We Know Where You Are Tweeting From: Assigning a Type of Place to Tweets Using Natural Language Processing and Random Forests.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Congress on Big Data, Anchorage, AK, USA, June 27, 2014
Does Query Expansion Limit Our Learning? A Comparison of Social-Based Expansion to Content-Based Expansion for Medical Queries on the Internet.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2014, 2014
Using Natural Language Processing for Autism Trigger Extraction.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2014, 2014
2013
Smart Health and Wellbeing.
ACM Trans. Manag. Inf. Syst., 2013
Development and evaluation of a biomedical search engine using a predicate-based vector space model.
J. Biomed. Informatics, 2013
A user-study measuring the effects of lexical simplification and coherence enhancement on perceived and actual text difficulty.
Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2013
Influence of Text and Participant Characteristics on Perceived and Actual Text Difficulty.
Proceedings of the 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2013
Automated crime report analysis and classification for e-government and decision support.
Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2013
2012
TASC - Crime report visualization for investigative analysis: A case study.
Proceedings of the IEEE 13th International Conference on Information Reuse & Integration, 2012
Combining NLP with evidence-based methods to find text metrics related to perceived and actual text difficulty.
Proceedings of the ACM International Health Informatics Symposium, 2012
Evidence of Using a Mobile Device for Communication with Children with Autism: Lessons Learned and Critical Obstacles.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2012, 2012
Improving Perceived and Actual Text Difficulty for Health Information Consumers using Semi-Automated Methods.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2012, 2012
A Systematic Grammatical Analysis of Easy and Difficult Medical Text.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2012, 2012
Comparison of Lay and Professional Search Diagrams with Implications for a Biomedical Search Engine Design.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2012, 2012
2011
A Smart-Phone Application and a Companion Website for the Improvement of the Communication Skills of Children with Autism: Clinical Rationale, Technical Development and Preliminary Results.
J. Medical Syst., 2011
A crime reports analysis system to identify related crimes.
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2011
Eliciting user requirements using Appreciative inquiry.
Empir. Softw. Eng., 2011
Term Familiarity to Indicate Perceived and Actual Difficulty of Text in Medical Digital Libraries.
Proceedings of the Digital Libraries: For Cultural Heritage, Knowledge Dissemination, and Future Creation, 2011
A pilot study of a predicate-based vector space model for a biomedical search engine.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops, 2011
2010
Perils of providing visual health information overviews for consumers with low health literacy or high stress.
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2010
The influence of text characteristics on perceived and actual difficulty of health information.
Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2010
The Effects of Linguistic Features and Evaluation Perspective on Perceived Difficulty of Medical Text.
Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-43 2010), 2010
Integrating Environmental Science into Information Technology Content to Generate Student Interest.
Proceedings of the Sustainable IT Collaboration Around the Globe. 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2010
2009
A life-cycle perspective on online community success.
ACM Comput. Surv., 2009
Requirements engineering using appreciative inquiry for an online community of caregivers of children with autism.
Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), 2009
Persuading Consumers to Form Precise Search Engine Queries.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2009, 2009
2008
A balanced approach to health information evaluation: A vocabulary-based naïve Bayes classifier and readability formulas.
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2008
White Paper: Developing Informatics Tools and Strategies for Consumer-centered Health Communication.
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2008
Research Paper: Consumer Health Concepts That Do Not Map to the UMLS: Where Do They Fit?
J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2008
The Impact of Directionality in Predications on Text Mining.
Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-41 2008), 2008
Natural language processing and e-Government: crime information extraction from heterogeneous data sources.
Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2008
Enabling synergy between psychology and natural language processing for e-Government: crime reporting and investigative interview system.
Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2008
Evaluating Online Health Information: Beyond Readability Formulas.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2008, 2008
E-Transcript Web Services System Supporting Dynamic Conversion Between XML and EDI.
Proceedings of the Learning from the past & charting the future of the discipline. 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2008
Smartphones to facilitate communication and improve social skills of children with severe autism spectrum disorder: special education teachers as proxies.
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2008
2007
An end user evaluation of query formulation and results review tools in three medical meta-search engines.
Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2007
Introduction to the special issue on decision support in medicine.
Decis. Support Syst., 2007
Natural Language Processing and e-Government: Extracting Reusable Crime Report Information.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, 2007
A Classifier to Evaluate Language Specificity of Medical Documents.
Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-40 2007), 2007
An Integrated Social Actor and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Approach for Improved Electronic Health Record (EHR) Privacy and Confidentiality in the US National Healthcare Information Network (NHIN).
Proceedings of the Reaching New Heights. 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2007
Predicting Crime Reporting with Decision Trees and the National Crime Victimization Survey.
Proceedings of the Reaching New Heights. 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2007
2006
Reporting On-Campus Crime Online: User Intention to Use.
Proceedings of the 39th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-39 2006), 2006
Data Mining Techniques to Study Therapy Success with Autistic Children.
Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Data Mining, 2006
Dynamic Generation of a Table of Contents with Consumer-Friendly Labels.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2006, 2006
Health Information Text Characteristics.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2006, 2006
2005
Non-Verbal Communication with Autistic Children using Digital Libraries.
Bull. IEEE Tech. Comm. Digit. Libr., 2005
Genescene: An ontology-enhanced integration of linguistic and co-occurrence based relations in biomedical texts.
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2005
Effects of information and machine learning algorithms on word sense disambiguation with small datasets.
Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2005
Digital libraries on handhelds for autistic children.
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2005
Communication Software using Pictures for use with Pocket PCs.
Proceedings of the AMIA 2005, 2005
2004
Using Symbolic Knowledge in the UMLS to Disambiguate Words in Small Datasets with a Naïve Bayes Classifier.
Proceedings of the MEDINFO 2004, 2004
2003
The use of dynamic context to improve casual internet searching.
ACM Trans. Inf. Syst., 2003
A shallow parser based on closed-class words to capture relations in biomedical text.
J. Biomed. Informatics, 2003
Genescene: Biomedical Text And Data Mining.
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Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 2003 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2003), 2003
2002
Filling Preposition-Based Templates to Capture Information from Medical Abstracts.
Proceedings of the 7th Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 2002
MedTextus: an intelligent web-based medical meta-search system.
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2002
2001
Meeting medical terminology needs-the ontology-enhanced Medical Concept Mapper.
IEEE Trans. Inf. Technol. Biomed., 2001
1999
Medical Information Access for the New Millenium: UMLS-enhanced Semantic Parsing and Personalized Medical Agent.
Proceedings of the Fourth ACM conference on Digital Libraries, 1999