SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA AND DOCUMENTS

摘要

A data management system accepts input documents having a variety of formats from multiple sources (102, 104, 106, 108, 110). Typically one or more formats are associated with a source. A document reader (112, 114) parses an input documents using a set of rules. The rules are tailored to the source that provided the document. The rules use format and context to extract data. The data extracted from the input document is stored in a document database and indexed. Typically, demographic data and clinical data are extracted from the input document and the demographic data is used to index the document.