Automated order entry system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating placement of health care order entry, comprising:
- receiving, utilizing a first computer process, input indicative of a desired healthcare order having terms therein;
normalizing, utilizing a second computer process, the terms of the healthcare order, wherein the normalizing includes separating number strings within the healthcare order that begin a term into separate terms;
finding possible drug matches for the normalized terms, and calculating a rough score for possible order matches;
refining the rough score with a rough score adjustment; and
ranking the found possible order matches from the most-likely to match the desired healthcare order to the least-likely based upon the refined rough score,wherein the first and second computer processes are executed utilizing one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for facilitating placement of health care order entry is provided. The method includes receiving input indicative of a desired healthcare order. The order has certain terms therein that are normalized. The method also finds possible order matches for the normalized terms, and calculates a rough score for the possible order matches. The method refines the rough score with a rough score adjustment, and then ranks the found possible order matches from the most-likely to match the desired order to the least-likely based upon the refined rough score. These possible order matches can then be displayed to the user for selection.
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating placement of health care order entry, comprising:
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receiving, utilizing a first computer process, input indicative of a desired healthcare order having terms therein; normalizing, utilizing a second computer process, the terms of the healthcare order, wherein the normalizing includes separating number strings within the healthcare order that begin a term into separate terms; finding possible drug matches for the normalized terms, and calculating a rough score for possible order matches; refining the rough score with a rough score adjustment; and ranking the found possible order matches from the most-likely to match the desired healthcare order to the least-likely based upon the refined rough score, wherein the first and second computer processes are executed utilizing one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for facilitating placement of health care order entry, comprising:
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receiving, utilizing a first computer process, input indicative of a desired healthcare order having terms therein; normalizing, utilizing a second computer process, the terms of the healthcare order, wherein the normalizing includes; converting a case of the terms of the healthcare order to match that existing in a database; replacing any abbreviations with known terms corresponding to the respective abbreviations; determining whether a number exists at an end of the healthcare order; and based on a determination that the healthcare order does not end with a number, separating number strings within the healthcare order that begin a term into separate terms; identifying a plurality of possible order matches; and ranking the plurality of possible order matches from the most-likely to match the desired healthcare order to the least-likely; wherein the first and second computer processes are executed utilizing one or more computing devices.
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