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US 2026/0018261 A1Published application
Methods and systems for converting unstructured data into an encoded, structured representation
AssigneeMcKesson Corporation
InventorsSteven Sutters, Era Prakash, Entela Duka
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for computationally converting unstructured data into an encoded, structured representation. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for patient recruitment for clinical trials.
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A method comprising:
- based on unstructured criteria data expressed as a plurality of values, each value being associated with a data value type, encoding, by at least one healthcare provider computing device, based on an encoding rule and corresponding data value type, a first portion of the unstructured criteria data as encoded data values, wherein each value of the plurality of values is associated with a data value type;
- formatting, based on a formatting rule and corresponding data value type, a second portion of the unstructured criteria data as formatted data values;
- generating, based on a clinical trial and a concatenation of the encoded data values and the formatted data values, a clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the encoding rule, the formatting rule, and the unstructured criteria data are associated with the clinical trial;
- storing, in at least one database, the clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the at least one database is accessible by at least one service provider computing device associated with the at least one healthcare provider computing device;
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- causing, based on a patient query data structure associated with a patient, a notification to be sent to at least one device associated with the patient, wherein the patient query data structure is received via the at least one service provider computing device, and wherein the notification is indicative of the patient query data structure matching the clinical trial protocol data structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- based on unstructured criteria data expressed as a plurality of values, each value being associated with a data value type, encode, based on an encoding rule and corresponding data value type, a first portion of the unstructured criteria data as encoded data values, wherein each value of the plurality of values is associated with a data value type;
- format, based on a formatting rule and corresponding data value type, a second portion of the unstructured criteria data as formatted data values;
- generate, based on a clinical trial and a concatenation of the encoded data values and the formatted data values, a clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the encoding rule, the formatting rule, and the unstructured criteria data are associated with the clinical trial;
- store, in at least one database, the clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the at least one database is accessible by at least one service provider computing device;
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- cause, based on a patient query data structure associated with a patient, a notification to be sent to at least one device associated with the patient, wherein the patient query data structure is received via the at least one service provider computing device, and wherein the notification is indicative of the patient query data structure matching the clinical trial protocol data structure.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of at least one healthcare provider computing device, cause the one or more processors to:
- based on unstructured criteria data expressed as a plurality of values, each value being associated with a data value type, encode, by the at least one healthcare provider computing device, based on an encoding rule and corresponding data value type, a first portion of the unstructured criteria data as encoded data values, wherein each value of the plurality of values is associated with a data value type;
- format, based on a formatting rule and corresponding data value type, a second portion of the unstructured criteria data as formatted data values;
- generate, based on a clinical trial and a concatenation of the encoded data values and the formatted data values, a clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the encoding rule, the formatting rule, and the unstructured criteria data are associated with the clinical trial;
- store, in at least one database, the clinical trial protocol data structure, wherein the at least one database is accessible by at least one service provider computing device;
- and
- cause, based on a patient query data structure associated with a patient, a notification to be sent to at least one device associated with the patient, wherein the patient query data structure is received via the at least one service provider computing device, and wherein the notification is indicative of the patient query data structure matching the clinical trial protocol data structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.