Methods and apparatus to organize patient medical histories

An apparatus to organize a patient medical history, comprising:

• a report analyzer to extract information from a medical report, wherein the information is related to a clinical event associated with the medical report;
• a classification module to assign a classification to the medical report using the extracted information;
• a severity measurement module to determine a severity of the clinical event associated with the medical report using the extracted information and to assign a severity score to the medical report;
• a record updater to update a record corresponding to the medical report in a data store to reflect the assigned classification and severity score;
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• a user interface to enable a healthcare practitioner to query the data store using the classification and severity score.

A medical information system, comprising:

• one or more data entry systems to receive medical reports including information related to clinical events associated with the medical reports;
• a data center in communication with the data entry systems to receive and store the medical reports in a data store;
• a record organizer comprising:
• a classification module to assign classifications to the medical reports;
• a severity measurement module to assign severity scores to the medical reports based on the information related to the clinical events associated with the medical reports;
• a record updater to update records corresponding to the medical reports in the data store to reflect the assigned classifications and severity scores;
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• one or more workstations in communication with the data store, wherein the workstations implement a user interface to enable a healthcare practitioner to query the data store using the classifications and severity scores.