Method and apparatus for identifying documents relevant to a search query in a medical information resource
First Claim
1. A computerized medical information system, comprising:
- a medical information resource including a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents relating to providing medical care for a patient;
a document searching index including information for each of the plurality of documents and used for searching and identifying documents that are relevant to a search query, the information for each of the documents including document words located in a plurality of document sections including title, headings, keywords, text and document type;
a search engine that receives a search query from a user and generates a set of search terms from the search query, the search engine using the set of search terms and the document searching index to identify documents that relate to the search query, the set of search terms including at least one term;
a search results module that provides a display of search results to the user based on documents identified by the search engine, wherein the search results module ranks documents in the display of search results based on at least one document section in which the search engine identified at least one term from the set of search terms.
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Abstract
A computerized system and method for providing information for use in medical care. Documents in a medical information resource may have several associated sections, such as title, headings, text, keyword and document type sections. Display of search results resulting from a user'"'"'s query may be determined based on at least one document section in which the search engine identifies at least one search term. The search engine may generate a set of search terms for identifying documents relevant to a user'"'"'s query, at least in part, by using a search term synonym resource that includes a plurality of search terms arranged in groups of associated synonyms. Synonyms in an associated group may be arranged in a hierarchical structure such that each synonym in the associated group has a parent, sibling or child relationship with each other synonym in the associated group.
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1. A computerized medical information system, comprising:
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a medical information resource including a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents relating to providing medical care for a patient;
a document searching index including information for each of the plurality of documents and used for searching and identifying documents that are relevant to a search query, the information for each of the documents including document words located in a plurality of document sections including title, headings, keywords, text and document type;
a search engine that receives a search query from a user and generates a set of search terms from the search query, the search engine using the set of search terms and the document searching index to identify documents that relate to the search query, the set of search terms including at least one term;
a search results module that provides a display of search results to the user based on documents identified by the search engine, wherein the search results module ranks documents in the display of search results based on at least one document section in which the search engine identified at least one term from the set of search terms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computerized medical information system, comprising:
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a medical information resource including a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents relating to providing health care;
a document searching index including information for each of the plurality of documents and used for searching and identifying documents that are relevant to a search query;
a search engine that receives a search query from a user and generates a set of search terms from the search query, the set of search terms including at least one term and the search engine using the set of search terms and the document searching index to identify documents that relate to the search query, wherein the search engine includes a search term synonym resource comprising a plurality of search terms that are arranged in groups of associated synonyms, wherein synonyms in an associated group are arranged in a hierarchical structure such that each synonym in the associated group has a parent, sibling or child relationship with each other synonym in the associated group, and wherein the search engine uses the search term synonym resource to identify at least one synonym search term that is associated as a synonym with at least one term in the search query and includes the at least one synonym search term in the set of search terms; and
a search results module that provides a display of search results to the user based on documents identified by the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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