Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing guidance to medical professionals. In some embodiments, at least one natural language understanding engine is used to analyze at least one narrative provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images. One or more decision rules are applied to one or more facts extracted by the at least one natural language understanding engine from the at least one narrative, and a result of applying the one or more decision rules to the one or more facts extracted from the at least one narrative is used to provide guidance to the radiologist.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a medical report to determine whether the medical report includes at least one instance of at least one category selected from a group consisting of: gender error, laterality error, and critical finding. In some embodiments, one or more portions of text are identified from the medical report. Contextual information associated with the medical report is used to determine whether the identified one or more portions of text comprise at least one instance of at least one category selected from the group.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing guidance to medical professionals. In some embodiments, at least one natural language understanding engine is used to analyze at least one narrative provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images. One or more decision rules are applied to one or more facts extracted by the at least one natural language understanding engine from the at least one narrative, and a result of applying the one or more decision rules to the one or more facts extracted from the at least one narrative is used to provide guidance to the radiologist.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a medical report to determine whether the medical report includes at least one instance of at least one category selected from a group consisting of: gender error, laterality error, and critical finding. In some embodiments, one or more portions of text are identified from the medical report. Contextual information associated with the medical report is used to determine whether the identified one or more portions of text comprise at least one instance of at least one category selected from the group.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing guidance to medical professionals. In some embodiments, at least one natural language understanding engine is used to analyze at least one narrative provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images. One or more decision rules are applied to one or more facts extracted by the at least one natural language understanding engine from the at least one narrative, and a result of applying the one or more decision rules to the one or more facts extracted from the at least one narrative is used to provide guidance to the radiologist.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for facilitating guideline compliance. In some embodiments, a report provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images is analyzed to determine whether the radiologist provided an item of information called for by at least one guideline. If it is determined that the radiologist failed to provide the item of information called for by the at least one guideline, at least one assumption is automatically made with respect to the item of information, and the radiologist is prompted to review the at least one assumption. In some embodiments, one or more decision rules are generated based at least in part on at least one published guideline relating to at least one aspect of radiology, the one or more decision rules for use in automatically determining whether a radiologist's report complies with the at least one published guideline.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a medical report to determine whether the medical report includes at least one instance of at least one category selected from a group consisting of: gender error, laterality error, and critical finding. In some embodiments, one or more portions of text are identified from the medical report. Contextual information associated with the medical report is used to determine whether the identified one or more portions of text comprise at least one instance of at least one category selected from the group.