Computer-assisted abstraction for reporting of quality measures
First Claim
1. A method of tracking quality measures in one or more documents, wherein said documents are respectively associated with content abstracted from the documents, said method comprising:
- determining that the one or more documents belong to a collection of documents that correspond to a single patient encounter;
determining, based on the abstracted content, a quality measure category;
obtaining a quality measure definition corresponding to a quality measure included in the determined quality measure category, said definition including at least one quality measure criterion, keywords corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion and queries corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion;
determining, based on the keywords corresponding to the criterion, whether a portion of the abstracted content satisfies the at least one quality measure criterion;
determining that no information was located in the documents satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria;
selectively generating, based on the quality measure definition, a report including the query corresponding to the criterion, a query response, and indicates criteria in the definition for which no abstracted content satisfying the criteria was included in the collection of documents;
determining that the patient encounter is ongoing; and
generating an alert to take an action for satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria that has not been satisfied, while the encounter is ongoing.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for tracking quality measures in abstracted documents. Embodiments include, determining, based on the abstracted content, a quality measure category, obtaining a quality measure definition corresponding to a quality measure included in the determined quality measure category, determining, based on keywords corresponding to the criterion, whether a portion of the abstracted content satisfies a criterion, recording, in association with the criterion, a reference to the portion of the abstracted content that satisfies the criterion; and selectively generating, a report including the query corresponding to the criterion, a query response, and the portion of the abstracted content satisfying the criterion.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of tracking quality measures in one or more documents, wherein said documents are respectively associated with content abstracted from the documents, said method comprising:
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determining that the one or more documents belong to a collection of documents that correspond to a single patient encounter; determining, based on the abstracted content, a quality measure category; obtaining a quality measure definition corresponding to a quality measure included in the determined quality measure category, said definition including at least one quality measure criterion, keywords corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion and queries corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion; determining, based on the keywords corresponding to the criterion, whether a portion of the abstracted content satisfies the at least one quality measure criterion; determining that no information was located in the documents satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria; selectively generating, based on the quality measure definition, a report including the query corresponding to the criterion, a query response, and indicates criteria in the definition for which no abstracted content satisfying the criteria was included in the collection of documents; determining that the patient encounter is ongoing; and generating an alert to take an action for satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria that has not been satisfied, while the encounter is ongoing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for tracking quality measures in one or more documents, wherein said documents are respectively associated with content abstracted from the documents, comprising:
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a processor; a display device; a user-input device; and a non-transient computer-readable information storage device having program instructions recorded therein, said program instructions when executed by the processor controlling the system to; determine that the one or more documents belong to a collection of documents that correspond to a single patient encounter; determine, based on the abstracted content, a quality measure category; obtain a quality measure definition corresponding to a quality measure included in the determined quality measure category, said definition including at least one quality measure criterion, keywords corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion and queries corresponding to the at least one quality measure criterion; determine, based on the keywords corresponding to the criterion, whether a portion of the abstracted content satisfies the at least one quality measure criterion; determine that no information was located in the documents satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria; selectively generate, based on the quality measure definition, a report including the query corresponding to the criterion, a query response, and indicates criteria in the definition for which no abstracted content satisfying the criteria was included in the collection of documents; determine that the patient encounter is ongoing; and generate an alert to take an action for satisfying the at least one quality measure criteria that has not been satisfied, while the encounter is ongoing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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