Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically processing a clinical record for a patient to detect protected health information (phi) violations

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory that is executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a record comprising at least one page and containing clinical information associated with a first patient;
• receiving respective first patient identification values for one or more patient identification parameters corresponding to the first patient;
• automatically processing the record to identify first example instances referencing the patient identification parameters including values therefor;
• automatically processing the record to identify second example instances of the first patient identification values;
• automatically processing the record to determine whether any of the at least one page contained therein cannot be semantically linked to another one of the at least one page in the record;
• and
• assigning a grade to each of the at least one page indicating a degree of confidence that the record does not include clinical information associated with a second patient based on the first example instances, the second example instances, and the determination whether any of the at least one page contained therein cannot be semantically linked to another one of the at least one page in the record.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied in the medium that is executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a record comprising at least one page and containing clinical information associated with a first patient;
• receiving respective first patient identification values for one or more patient identification parameters corresponding to the first patient;
• automatically processing the record to identify first example instances referencing the patient identification parameters including values therefor;
• automatically processing the record to identify second example instances of the first patient identification values;
• automatically processing the record to determine whether any of the at least one page contained therein cannot be semantically linked to another one of the at least one page in the record;
• and
• assigning a grade to each of the at least one page indicating a degree of confidence that the record does not include clinical information associated with a second patient based on the first example instances, the second example instances, and the determination whether any of the at least one page contained therein cannot be semantically linked to another one of the at least one page in the record.