Equivalence of pathologists' and rule-based parser's annotations of Dutch pathology reports

Introduction: In the Netherlands, pathology reports are annotated using a nationwide pathology network (PALGA) thesaurus. Annotations must address topography, procedure, and diagnosis. The Pathology Report Annotation Module (PRAM) can be used to annotate the report conclusion with PALGA-compliant code series. The equivalence of these generated annotations to manual annotations is unknown. We assess the equivalence of annotations by authoring pathologists, pathologists participating in this study, and PRAM. Methods: New annotations were created for one thousand histopathology reports by the PRA... Mehr ...