Clinically intelligent parsing
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1. A method of correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format, the method comprising:
- parsing an input sequence representing textual information into plural terms;
searching a medical database to associate each term with a medical diagnosis; and
translating each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database.
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A method, a device and a system for correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format are provided. The method includes parsing an input sequence representing textual information into plural terms; searching a medical database to associate each term with a medical diagnosis; and translating each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database.
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1. A method of correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format, the method comprising:
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parsing an input sequence representing textual information into plural terms; searching a medical database to associate each term with a medical diagnosis; and translating each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A device of correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format, the device comprising:
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a parsing means for parsing an input sequence representing textual information into plural terms; a searching means for searching a medical database to associate each term with a medical diagnosis; and a translating means for translating each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format, the system comprising:
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a medical vocabulary file; and a medical database which includes coded phrases and coded diagnosis, and specifies relationships between the coded phrases and the coded diagnoses; wherein the medical vocabulary file and the medical database are accessed to parse the input sequence into plural terms, and the medical database is accessed to associate each term with a medical diagnosis, and to translate each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A system correlating medical information of a first format to medical information of a second format, the system comprising:
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a processor, the processor being able to execute a software module; one or more data storage devices coupled to the processor, the data storage devices storing a medical vocabulary file, and a medical database; one or more input devices connected to the processor for sending input to the processor; and a display device connected to the processor for displaying an output of the processor; wherein the software module is executed to access the medical vocabulary file and the medical database to parse an input sequence representing textual information into plural terms, and to access the medical database to associate each term with a medical diagnosis, and to translate each term into a coded phrase previously associated with the medical diagnosis in the medical database. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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