Categorization of information using natural language processing and predefined templates

摘要

A computer implemented method for generating a report that includes latent information, comprising receiving an input data stream that includes latent information, performing one of normalization, validation, and extraction of the input data stream, processing the input data stream to identify latent information within the data stream that is required for generation of a particular report, wherein said processing of the input data stream to identify latent information comprises of identifying a relevant portion of the input data stream, bounding the relevant portion of the input data stream, classifying and normalizing the bounded data, activating a relevant report template based on said identified latent information, populating said template with template-specified data, and processing the template-specified data to generate a report.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
collecting an initial set of clinical information from a medical practitioner's encounter with a patient, the encounter being of a particular type; analyzing the initial set of clinical information, using a processor, to correlate the initial set of clinical information with additional information specified by one or more reporting standards as being applicable for documenting the particular type of patient encounter, wherein the additional information corresponds to at least one standard code selected from the group consisting of an ICD code, a CPT code, an E&M code, and a SNOMED code; and prompting a user to record the additional information specified by the one or more reporting standards in documenting the patient encounter.