Method and system for generating and validating clinical reports with built-in automated measurement and decision support
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1. A method for generating and validating a clinical report, comprising:
- collecting data;
interpreting automated measurements and decision support data within one or more template based collection forms;
interpreting one or more logical constraint specifications described by a formal specification language within the one or more template based collection forms;
validating the collected data as it is collected by comparing the collected data against the interpreted logical constraint specifications;
generating a warning condition when data cannot be validated against the interpreted data constraint rules;
continuing to collect data when data is successfully validated against the interpreted data constraint rules; and
generating a validated report comprising the collected and validated data based on a template provided within the template based collection forms.
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Abstract
A method and system for generation and validation of clinical reports with built-in automated measurement and decision support is provided. XML templates may be used for ensuring report data quality. The template data may include static, dynamic, calculated data, and others. The validation method may be based on formal logical constraint specifications. The constraint descriptions may include data types, cardinality, order, co-occurrence, Boolean logic, read-only data, regular expression patterns, etc. The method can be used to validate collected data on-the-fly based on constraint specifications without human interaction.
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1. A method for generating and validating a clinical report, comprising:
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collecting data;
interpreting automated measurements and decision support data within one or more template based collection forms;
interpreting one or more logical constraint specifications described by a formal specification language within the one or more template based collection forms;
validating the collected data as it is collected by comparing the collected data against the interpreted logical constraint specifications;
generating a warning condition when data cannot be validated against the interpreted data constraint rules;
continuing to collect data when data is successfully validated against the interpreted data constraint rules; and
generating a validated report comprising the collected and validated data based on a template provided within the template based collection forms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for generating and validating a clinical report, comprising:
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a data collector for receiving data, interpreting automated measurements and decision support data, and interpreting one or more logical constraint specifications described by a formal specification language;
a data validator for validating the collected data as it is collected by comparing the collected data against the interpreted logical constraint specifications; and
template based collection forms for providing the one or more logical constrain specifications and for providing a template for the generated report. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and
a program storage device readable by the computer system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for generating and validating a clinical report, the method comprising;
collecting data;
interpreting automated measurements and decision support data within one or more template based collection forms;
interpreting one or more logical constraint specifications described by a formal specification language within the one or more template based collection forms;
validating the collected data as it is collected by comparing the collected data against the interpreted logical constraint specifications;
generating a warning condition when data cannot be validated against the interpreted data constraint rules;
continuing to collect data when data is successfully validated against the interpreted data constraint rules; and
generating a validated report comprising the collected and validated data based on a template provided within the template based collection forms. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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