IP Library Granted Patent US 8,700,395
Granted Patent B2
US 8,700,395 · App. 13/614,645 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Transcription data extraction

Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman (Wellesley, MA); Paul Egerman (Weston, MA); George Zavaliagkos (Acton, MA)
Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,700,395
App. No.
13/614,645
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type.

Claims (31)

1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer, perform a method of providing a formatted transcription from an original transcription related to patient data, the method comprising:

identifying at least one trigger phrase in the original transcription;

determining whether text located subsequent to the at least one trigger phrase includes data of a data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase; and

formatting the at least one trigger phrase and/or the data when the data is determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein formatting comprises inserting at least a portion of the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase in association with the at least one field to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein formatting comprises including the at least one field in the formatted transcription in association with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein identifying the at least one trigger phrase includes using at least one trigger phrase model, and wherein the original transcription and the formatted transcription are used to adapt the at least one trigger phrase model.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein formatting comprises removing at least a portion of the trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein formatting comprises inserting the data type into the formatted transcription in association with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

7. A system for providing a formatted transcription from an original transcription related to patient data, the system comprising:

at least one computer-readable storage medium to store the original transcription; and

at least one computer capable of accessing the at least one computer-readable storage medium, the at least one computer programmed to:

identify at least one trigger phrase in the original transcription;

determine whether text located subsequent to the at least one trigger phrase includes data of a data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase; and

format the at least one trigger phrase and/or the data when the data is determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein the at least one computer is configured to insert at least a portion of the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase in association with the at least one field to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein the at least one computer is configured to include the at least one field in the formatted transcription in association with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one computer is configured to use at least one trigger phrase model, and configured to use the original transcription and the formatted transcription to adapt the at least one trigger phrase model.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one computer is configured to remove at least a portion of the trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one computer is configured to insert the data type into the formatted transcription in association with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

13. A computer-implemented method of providing a formatted transcription from an original transcription related to patient data, the method comprising:

identifying at least one trigger phrase in the original transcription;

determining whether text located subsequent to the at least one trigger phrase includes data of a data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase; and

formatting the at least one trigger phrase and/or the data when the data is determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein formatting comprises inserting at least a portion of the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase in association with the at least one field to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one trigger phrase is associated with at least one field in a table, and wherein formatting comprises including the at least one field in the formatted transcription in association with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein identifying the at least one trigger phrase includes using at least one trigger phrase model, and wherein the original transcription and the formatted transcription are used to adapt the at least one trigger phrase model.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein formatting comprises removing at least a portion of the trigger phrase to produce, at least in part, the formatted transcription.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein formatting comprises inserting the data type into the formatted transcription in associate with the data determined to be of the data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether text preceding the at least one trigger phrase includes data of a data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

20. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to determine whether text preceding the at least one trigger phrase includes data of a data type corresponding to the at least one trigger phrase.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2021
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: DELIVERHEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 055827/0853 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: ESCRIPTION, INC.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 055042/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2012
From: ZIMMERMAN, ROGER S.; EGERMAN, PAUL; ZAVALIAGKOS, GEORGE
To: ESCRIPTION
Reel/Frame 029334/0260 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13023046 · Feb 8, 2011
Continuation 12587297 · Oct 5, 2009
Continuation 11080689 · Mar 14, 2005
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