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Auditing the Coding and Abstracting of Documents

  • US 20070226211A1
  • Filed: 03/27/2007
  • Published: 09/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Method of evaluating coded medical documents, the method comprising:

  • receiving one or more audit parameters;

    selecting a sample batch of coded documents from a universe of coded documents based at least in part on the received audit parameters;

    processing one or more documents of the selected sample batch to calculate a document score for each processed document based on corrections corresponding to the processed document received from one or more auditors; and

    calculating a sample score based on a function of the document scores, the sample score correlating to subjective auditor assessments of a coding process used to code the selected sample batch of coded documents.

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