Automated mapping of service codes in healthcare systems
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1. A method for automatic mapping of semantics in healthcare, the method comprising:
- accessing first transaction data in a first database, the first transaction data corresponding to a collection of a first number of fields using a first semantic system to store information;
calculating, by a processor, a first distribution of information in the first transaction data;
accessing second transaction data in a second database, the second transaction data corresponding to a second semantic system different than the first semantic system and the second database comprising a second number of fields using the second semantic system to store information;
calculating, by the processor, a second distribution of information in the second transaction data;
comparing, by the processor, the first and second distributions;
generating a map relating the first number of fields using the first semantic system to information of the second number of fields using the second semantic system, the map being a function of the comparing; and
using the map, communicating information between the first and second semantic systems.
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Abstract
Mapping of semantics in healthcare may involve accessing first transaction data in a first database, the first transaction data corresponding to a collection of a first number of fields defined for a condition using a first semantic system to store information and calculating a first distribution of information in the first transaction data. Mapping may also involve accessing second transaction data in a second database, the second transaction data corresponding to a second semantic system different than the first semantic system and the second database comprising a second number of fields using the second semantic system to store information, and calculating a second distribution of information in the second transaction data. The distributions may then be compared and a map relating the semantic systems may be generated and used to communicate between the first and second semantic systems.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatic mapping of semantics in healthcare, the method comprising:
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accessing first transaction data in a first database, the first transaction data corresponding to a collection of a first number of fields using a first semantic system to store information; calculating, by a processor, a first distribution of information in the first transaction data; accessing second transaction data in a second database, the second transaction data corresponding to a second semantic system different than the first semantic system and the second database comprising a second number of fields using the second semantic system to store information; calculating, by the processor, a second distribution of information in the second transaction data; comparing, by the processor, the first and second distributions; generating a map relating the first number of fields using the first semantic system to information of the second number of fields using the second semantic system, the map being a function of the comparing; and using the map, communicating information between the first and second semantic systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for automatic mapping of semantics in healthcare, the system comprising:
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at least one memory operable to store first transaction data in a first database, the first transaction data corresponding to a collection of a first number of fields using a first semantic system to store information, and second transaction data in a second database, the second transaction data corresponding to a second semantic system different than the first semantic system and the second database comprising a second number of fields using the second semantic system to store information; and a processor configured to; calculate a first distribution of information in the first transaction data; calculate a second distribution of information in the second transaction data; compare the first and second distributions; generate a map relating the first transaction data associated with a first selected one of the variables, values, or variables and values of the first transaction data of the first semantic system to the second transaction data associated with the second selected one of the variables, values, or variables and values of the second transaction data of the second semantic system, the map being a function of the comparing; and using the map, communicating information between the first and second semantic systems. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for mapping of semantics in healthcare, the storage medium comprising instructions to:
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access first transaction data in a first database, the first transaction data corresponding to a collection of a first number of fields using a first semantic system to store information, wherein accessing the first transaction data in the first semantic system, comprises accessing the first transaction data representing variables, values for the variables, or the variables and the values for the variables; generate a first distribution of information in the first transaction data; access second transaction data in a second database, the second transaction data corresponding to a second semantic system different than the first semantic system and the second database comprising a second number of fields using the second semantic system to store information, wherein accessing the second transaction data in the second semantic system comprises accessing the second transaction data representing variables, values for the variables, or the variables and the values for the variables labeled differently in the second semantic system than for the first semantic system; generate a second distribution of information in the second transaction data; compare the first and second distributions; create a map relating the first number of fields using the first semantic system to the second number of fields using the second semantic system, the map being a function of the comparing; and using the map, communicate information between the first and second semantic systems. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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