Method and system for generating textual medical reports
OwnerRick K. Tairainventor
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Abstract
A textual report generation method and system translating structured medical information into textual reports which can be customized in detail and vocabulary for different intended audiences. The structured data may exist in a pre-existing electronic medical record and/or be elicited from patients and medical professionals. Using the structured information, a disease signature is identified which, in turn, identifies the appropriate lexical domain and rules for generating a textual report describing the patient's condition. Context-free grammars are used with a system of rules corresponding to logical relations in the structured data to generate the textual reports.
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A method for generating a textual report from structured computer-based data comprising:
- collecting a body of information about a patient presenting with a disease entity, collecting the body of information using at least one of a preexisting body of data on a patient, input elicited from the patient, and input elicited from at least one medical professional;
- identifying a disease signature for the disease entity corresponding to the body of information collected about the patient;
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- using the disease signature to identify a lexical domain containing logical relations and vocabulary relevant to the disease signature and a plurality of findings made by at least one medical professional, the lexical domain following a set of rules to determine how the plurality of findings should be selected, interdepend and be textualized to generate the textual report to describe the findings.
A method for generating a textual report from structured computer-based data on a body of information about a patient using at least one of a preexisting body of data on a patient, input elicited from the patient, and input elicited from a plurality of medical professionals comprising:
- identifying a disease signature corresponding to the body of information collected about the patient;
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- using the disease signature to identify a lexical domain containing logical relations and vocabulary relevant to the disease signature and a plurality of findings made by the plurality of medical professionals, the lexical domain following a set of rules to determine how the plurality of findings should be selected, interdepend and be textualized to generate the textual report to describe the findings.
A system for generating a textual report from structured computer-based data comprising:
- a body of data on a patient including at least one of input elicited from the patient, and input elicited from a plurality of medical professionals;
- a disease signature identifier to identify a disease signature corresponding to the medical condition and symptoms of the patient;
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- a text generator that uses the disease signature to identify a lexical domain containing logical relations and vocabulary relevant to the disease signature and a plurality of findings made by the plurality of medical professionals, the lexical domain following a set of rules to determine how the plurality of findings should be selected, interdepend and be textualized to generate a textual report to describe the findings.
A system for generating a textual report from structured computer-based data on a body of information about a patient using at least one of a preexisting body of data on a patient, input elicited from the patient, and input elicited from a plurality of medical professionals comprising:
- a body of data on a patient including at least one of input elicited from the patient, and input elicited from a plurality of medical professionals;
- a disease signature identifier to identify a disease signature corresponding to the medical condition and symptoms of the patient;
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- a text generator that uses the disease signature to identify a lexical domain containing logical relations and vocabulary relevant to the disease signature and a plurality of findings made by the plurality of medical professionals, the lexical domain following a set of rules to determine how the plurality of findings should be selected, interdepend and be textualized to generate the textual report to describe the findings.
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