The Healthcare Regulatory Research Institute (HRRI) partnered with the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) to evaluate the feasibility of computer-automated methods for detecting similarities and differences among the laws, rules, and regulations (LRRs) governing the practice of physical therapy (PT) across the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy’s (FSBPT) member jurisdictions.

 

Specifically, HRRI asked HumRRO to explore whether natural language processing (NLP) techniques could help to automate comparisons of LRRs across jurisdictions.

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