METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FRAMEWORK TO ASSIST IN THE EVALUATION OF MEDICAL CARE
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating medical reports to determine whether care administered to patients adheres to clinical guidelines for a medical condition, comprising:
- identifying at least one or more medical reports stored in a database related to the medical condition;
validating the identified medical reports by determining if key words associated with the medical condition found in the at least one or more reports are surrounded by a negative context;
extracting relevant data from the medical reports;
evaluating the relevant data from the medical reports with provisions set forth in the clinical guidelines corresponding to the medical condition;
storing a flag identifying one or more of the medical reports as noncompliant when its corresponding relevant data does not comply with the provisions set forth in the clinical guideline unless a valid contraindication applies; and
displaying the medical reports identified as noncompliant.
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Abstract
A computerized method for evaluating medical reports includes identifying at least one or more medical reports stored in a database related to the medical condition, validating the identified medical reports by determining if key words associated with the medical condition found in the at least one or more reports are surrounded by a negative context and extracting relevant data from the medical reports. The exemplary method also includes evaluating the relevant data from the medical reports with provisions set forth in clinical guidelines corresponding to a medical condition, storing a flag identifying one or more of the medical reports as noncompliant when its corresponding relevant data does not comply with the provisions set forth in the clinical guideline unless a valid contraindication applies and displaying the medical reports identified as noncompliant.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating medical reports to determine whether care administered to patients adheres to clinical guidelines for a medical condition, comprising:
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identifying at least one or more medical reports stored in a database related to the medical condition; validating the identified medical reports by determining if key words associated with the medical condition found in the at least one or more reports are surrounded by a negative context; extracting relevant data from the medical reports; evaluating the relevant data from the medical reports with provisions set forth in the clinical guidelines corresponding to the medical condition; storing a flag identifying one or more of the medical reports as noncompliant when its corresponding relevant data does not comply with the provisions set forth in the clinical guideline unless a valid contraindication applies; and displaying the medical reports identified as noncompliant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein for evaluating medical reports to determine whether care administered to patients adheres to clinical guidelines for a medical condition, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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a first executable portion for identifying at least one or more medical reports relating to the medical condition; a second executable portion for validating the identified medical reports by determining if key words associated with the medical condition found in the at least one or more reports are surrounded by a negative context; a third executable portion for extracting relevant data from the medical reports; a fourth executable portion for evaluating the relevant data from each report with provisions set forth in the clinical guidelines corresponding to the medical condition; and a fifth executable portion for storing a flag identifying one or more of the medical reports as noncompliant when its corresponding relevant data does not comply with the provisions set forth in the clinical guideline unless a valid contraindication applies; and a sixth executable portion for causing the medical reports identified as noncompliant to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of determining patient medical conditions by evaluating data in medical reports, comprising:
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searching data in medical reports stored in a storage device using a selected group of words to identify at least one or more concepts; extracting data from medical reports stored in a storage device; determining the context of the identified concept; tagging identified concepts with a qualifier to characterize the context of the concept; applying a set of rules to the data to determine medical conditions when a concept has not been identified; determining the medical condition based on the results of searching, determining and tagging or based on the result of application of the rules; and displaying the medical condition and the medical report as the result. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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