System and Method for Using Decision Rules to Identify and Abstract Data from Electronic Health Sources

A non-transitory computer readable medium for determining patient eligibility for inclusion within a condition specific registry based upon patient records electronically stored in at least one electronic health reporting database, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:

• encoding, in a first syntax, eligibility criteria, wherein the encoded eligibility criteria is stored in a computer with a memory having a medical logic module;
• interpreting the first syntax with a first parsing routine to generate source code for a first recognizer of the first syntax;
• parsing relational database management system statements derived from interpreting the first syntax;
• querying the at least one electronic health database with the parsed statements;
• determining patient eligibility based upon the query results;
• and
• recording query results in computer memory haying a registry memory sector.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for determining patient eligibility for inclusion within a condition specific registry, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:

• encoding, in Arden Syntax, eligibility criteria, wherein the encoded eligibility criteria is stored in a computer with a memory having a medical logic module;
• interpreting the Arden Syntax with a first parsing routine to generate source code for a first recognizer of the Arden syntax, wherein interpreting the Arden Syntax with a first parsing routine to generate source code for a first recognizer of the Arden Syntax, further comprises:
• interpreting the Arden Syntax with ANTLR parsing routine to generate source code for a first recognizer of the first syntax;
• parsing SQL statements derived from interpreting the Arden syntax, wherein parsing structured query language (SQL) system statements derived from interpreting the Arden Syntax, further comprises:
• employing an Akiban SQL parser to parse the structured query language (SQL) system statements derived from interpreting the Arden Syntax;
• querying the at least one electronic health database with the parsed statements;
• determining patient eligibility based upon the query results;
• and
• recording query results in computer memory having a registry memory sector.