Methods and systems for manifestation and transmission of follow-up notifications
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorGilan El Saadawi
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Abstract
A method for manifestation and transmission of follow-up notifications includes determining whether a document indicates a follow-up action associated with content in the document. The method includes generating at least one alert including an indication of the follow-up action. The method includes manifesting the at least one alert to at least one user.
Claims20
A method for manifestation and transmission of follow-up notifications performed by at least one computer processor of a computing device, the method comprising:
- (A) determining whether a document indicates a follow-up action associated with content in the document, wherein determining further comprises:
- analyzing the content in the document;
- setting a value in the information model based on the analyzing;
- identifying one or more rules, within the information model, based on the value;
- and
- applying the rules to identify one or more explicit and one or more implicit follow-up actions within the document, wherein the one or more explicit and one or more implicit follow-up actions comprises a recommended procedure;
- (B) generating at least one alert including an indication of at least one of the explicit and implicit follow-up actions, wherein alerts pertaining to implicit follow-up actions includes data not explicitly included in the document;
- (C) manifesting the at least one alert to at least one user;
- (D) maintaining, by a workflow application, a listing of documents that include an indication of at least one follow-up action, the listing of documents including the document indicating the explicit and implicit follow-up actions and information associated with a provider treating a patient that is a subject of the document;
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- (E) before (C), directing, by the workflow application, sending of a second alert to the provider associated with the document, before a recommended date for manifesting the at least one alert to the at least one user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions executable by at least one computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- (A) determining whether a document indicates a follow-up action associated with content in the document, wherein determining further comprises:
- analyzing the content in the document;
- setting a value in the information model based on the analyzing;
- identifying one or more rules, within the information model, based on the value;
- and
- applying the rules to identify one or more explicit and one or more implicit follow-up actions within the document, wherein the one or more explicit and one or more implicit follow-up actions comprises a recommended procedure;
- (B) generating at least one alert including an indication of at least one of the explicit and implicit follow-up actions, wherein alerts pertaining to implicit follow-up actions includes data not explicitly included in the document;
- (C) manifesting the at least one alert to at least one user;
- (D) maintaining, by a workflow application, a listing of documents that include an indication of at least one follow-up action, the listing of documents including the document indicating the explicit and implicit follow-up actions and information associated with a provider treating a patient that is a subject of the document;
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- (E) before (C), directing, by the workflow application, sending of a second alert to the provider associated with the document, before a recommended date for manifesting the at least one alert to the at least one user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.