Abstract: Computer-based, natural language processing systems and methods are provided for review of clinical documentation and other medical records, and for clinical documentation improvement. The systems and methods are configured to review documents in the record using a natural language processor and to identify clinical indicators with associated contextual information. The clinical indicators are compared to scenarios to generate markers based on an information model. The markers used to generate physician queries and other informational requests with supporting evidence for each query based on indicators identified in the record. In additional examples, pragmatic guidelines including business-based rules can also be utilized, either in combination with, or as part of, the scenarios in the information model.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using a communications network coupling a plurality of computer systems, a database, and a at least one external data source together to facilitate communication therebetween. The plurality of computer systems is configured to extract at least one term from a medical order for the patient, identify at least one medical concept related to an extracted term, and identify at least one medical data element related to an identified medical concept. The plurality of computer system is further configured to query the database for the identified at least one medical data element, query the at least one external data source to retrieve at least one guideline for performing at least one intervention associated with the at least one medical data element, and generate a user interface that displays at least a portion of a result from the queries.

Abstract: Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision (processing or transmitting a medical record or other resource, e.g.) conditionally. Such signaling may be partly based on one or more symptoms, regimen attributes, performance indicia (compliance indications, e.g.), privacy considerations (patient consent, e.g.), contextual considerations (being in or admitted by a care facility, e.g.), sensor data, or other such determinants. In some contexts this may trigger an incentive being manifested (as a dispensation of an item, e.g.), an intercommunication (telephone call, e.g.) beginning, a device being configured (enabled or customized, e.g.), data distillations being presented or tracked, or other such results.

Abstract: A health information exchange responds to providers' health document requests by directly accessing sources of those documents, thereby providing the requesters with more up-to-date health documents than may be available from a conventional health information exchange. The health information exchange of the invention is particularly advantageous in, although not limited to, the exchange of health documents in the behavioral-health or other medical fields where chronic conditions are treated and where patient information is frequently changed and/or augmented.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein includes distributed systems for secure storage and retrieval of encrypted biological specimen data. According to one embodiment, the system may comprise a submission device client operable to send, to a patient record server device, a patient record; and receive, from the patient record server device, a confirmation of receipt of the patient record. The system may further comprise a patient record server device comprising a first processor and second memory, a second communications interface associated with the first processor and second memory and operable to receive, from the submission device client, the patient record; send, to the submission device client, the confirmation of receipt of the patient record; receive, from a member device client, patient profile information; determine search results based on the patient profile information; and send, to the member device client, information indicating the search results.

Abstract: A system and method including: receiving medical data related to a patient; identifying two or more assessments to be performed by a case manager based on the medical data, each including a different set of questions to be answered by the patient, and each set of questions is directed to a different medical condition that the patient is at risk of having based on the medical data; prioritizing the two or more assessments based on the medical data and additional input from the case manager; displaying, in a user interface of a case manager terminal, a listing of questions from the highest priority assessment; receiving a response to a first question; reprioritizing the two or more assessments based on the response; and, displaying, in the user interface, a listing of unanswered questions from the set of questions included in the assessment having the highest priority based on the reprioritizing.

Abstract: A method for the collection, capture, processing, storage and tracking of data for both electronic source health records and for electronic clinical trial purposes by electronically collecting clinical trial data at a clinical trial site, instantly preserving all of the clinical trial data as an electronic source document, archiving the clinical trial data in a trusted data server maintained by a third party, transmitting an acknowledgement upon successful archiving of the clinical trial data, and transmitting the clinical trial data to a clinical trial database only after successful archiving of said clinical trial data. A method for electronically gathering clinical trial data. A method of maintaining discrete data records based upon a single clinical data input.

Abstract: One or more systems, computer-storage media, and methods are described for receiving, storing, and distributing clinical information to clients subscribed to or granted access to the information. Initially, content packages containing clinical information are received and stored. Datasets are extracted from the content packages and stored. The datasets and content packages are made available to clients via an online marketplace which enables one or more clients to edit, update, or request to merge a plurality of datasets.

Abstract: A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads a medication order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information only from the MMU. The medication order is performed only after delivery data validation. The MMU also determines drug-drug incompatibility. The MMU can modulate (start, stop, and dynamically adjust) medication order performance. The medical device wirelessly receives a patient ID to automatically associate with the patient. During delivery, the medical device caches an updated drug library to replace an existing one. The medical device displays a patient picture for validation. The MMU evaluates the performance of medical devices and caregivers based medical device feedback. The MMU adjusts the output of medical device information conveyed to a caregiver.

Abstract: A method of efficiently resolving cases within a system includes (a) receiving a set of cases within the system, (b) running an automated clustering agent to automatically create a plurality of clusters of related cases based on similarities between the related cases, each cluster including a plurality of cases, and (c) processing a set of the clusters of cases through a pipelined case cluster resolution system, the pipelined case cluster resolution system including a plurality of computerized agents and at least one human agent operating in a defined order, the pipelined case cluster resolution system resulting in a resolution of each case of a cluster of the plurality of clusters of related cases, each case having a same resolution as each other case in its respective cluster. An apparatus and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for aggregating, partitioning, and storing healthcare data. Healthcare data is collected from various disparate healthcare data sources. The data is aggregated into batches of the same type of data. From here, the data is partitioned according to the data's originating healthcare data source. The aggregated and partitioned healthcare data is then stored in a long term storage data store. This system of storing healthcare data allows for efficient retrieval and processing by computing solutions that need access to batches of healthcare data. The system also reduces costs associated with storing data as duplicate storage is eliminated.

Abstract: A data entry method includes, in a computer-based data record including a plurality of data fields, defining one or more data fields for which desired field data is to be acquired. A data source in possession of the desired field data is contacted, and the desired field data is received from the data source.

Abstract: The system monitors user actions in a user payment system and provides targeted advertisements to a user where the user opts-in as a participant in an advertising program. The system is further configured to track and distribute revenue from the advertising program to various parties including the user, healthcare providers, and user payment systems providers.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that provide a dynamic reporting functionality that can identify important information and dynamically present a report about the important information that highlights important findings to the user. The described systems and methods are generally described in the field of diabetes management, but are applicable to other medical reports as well. In one implementation, the dynamic reports are based on available data and devices. For example, useless sections of the report, such as those with no populated data, may be removed, minimized in importance, assigned a lower priority, or the like.

Abstract: A method for implementing a radiation therapy knowledge exchange starts with searching a database of cases studies and selecting a case study. The selected case study is downloaded. The downloaded case study is applied to a medical case, wherein the downloaded case is applied using deformable image registration to deform reference images of the downloaded case to medical images of the medical case. After application of the downloaded case study, the medical case is uploaded to the network, wherein uploading the medical case allows at least the submitting clinician to download, review, and edit at least a portion of the medical case to create a reviewed medical case. Finally, the reviewed medical case is downloaded and applied to the medical case to create a final medical case.

Abstract: Methods and systems for fulfillment gateway are described. In one embodiment, a prescription order for a prescription drug is received from an order processing station. An order message associated with the prescription order is generated. The order message has a prescription parameter and a dispensation preference for fulfilling the prescription order. The order message is assigned to an order fulfillment station based on the prescription parameter, the dispensation preference and a dispensary attribute of the order fulfillment station. In other embodiments, the order message is selected for delivery based on based on the prescription parameter, the dispensation preference and a dispensary attribute of the order fulfillment station. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems (for outputting a case summary) receive an electronic medical record (EMR) for the medical patient, extract medical data from the EMR, provide a list of medical problems relevant to the EMR, identifying relations between the medical problems and the medical data using a question-answering (QA) system, and output the clinical summary for the EMR. The clinical summary comprises the list of medical problems, the medical data, and the relations.

Abstract: A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure.

Abstract: Disclosed and described systems, methods, and apparatus provided facilitate analysis, presentation, and comparison of clinical information. An example system includes a processor configured to provide a patient library interface. The interface displays a plurality of events along a patient timeline and a list of items for comparison to a clinical scenario. The scenario is specified in an interface configuration to trigger collection of the list of comparison items. The processor receives and adds items to the list based on a relevancy analysis of each item to the clinical scenario. The processor facilitates feedback to add, remove, and rate relevance of item(s) in the list. The processor displays item(s) from the list in conjunction with documentation from the clinical scenario and facilitates user interaction with the item(s) and documentation. The processor updates a data source based on the user feedback and user interaction.