Specification-based automation methods for medical content extraction, data aggregation and enrichment
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1. A method for generating a structured medical content database from a diverse set of raw medical data, the method comprising the steps of:
- extracting content from the raw medical data according to mark-up language-based specifications, to produce a medical records database;
aggregating records in the medical records database according to rules in a generalized specification-based language, to produce an aggregated medical records database; and
enriching the aggregated medical records database using a generalized pipeline processing engine comprising mark-up language templates.
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Abstract
A method for knowledge generation from raw medical records uses XML-based specifications. The method includes content extraction, data aggregation and data enrichment. The method operates on various sources of medical data including financial data, clinical documents and medical images.
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1. A method for generating a structured medical content database from a diverse set of raw medical data, the method comprising the steps of:
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extracting content from the raw medical data according to mark-up language-based specifications, to produce a medical records database;
aggregating records in the medical records database according to rules in a generalized specification-based language, to produce an aggregated medical records database; and
enriching the aggregated medical records database using a generalized pipeline processing engine comprising mark-up language templates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program comprising code means for, when executed on a computer, instructing said computer to control steps in a method for generating a structured medical content database from a diverse set of raw medical data, the steps comprising:
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extracting content from the raw medical data according to mark-up language-based specifications, to produce a medical records database;
aggregating records in the medical records database according to rules in a generalized specification-based language, to produce an aggregated medical records database; and
enriching the aggregated medical records database using a generalized pipeline processing engine comprising mark-up language templates. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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