Automatic retrospective review of electronic medical records
View Patent ↗Retrospective review of electronic medical records is provided. In some embodiments, a retrospective review of a plurality of electronic medical records is performed. The retrospective review includes searching for electronic medical records relevant to a medical condition. Based on the retrospective review, a plurality of studies most relevant to a present study is determined. Each of the plurality of studies are flagged for supplemental review in a worklist.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a current study from a remote server, the current study relating to a medical condition of a patient;
performing a retrospective review of a plurality of electronic medical records in the remote server for the patient, the retrospective review comprising applying a learning system to the plurality of electronic medical records to search for prior studies relevant to a medical condition;
based on the retrospective review, determining a plurality of prior studies from the plurality of electronic medical records relevant to the current study;
determining measurements of the medical condition in each of the plurality of prior studies and the current study, wherein determining comprises retrieving the measurements from a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) structured report;
determining a trend in the measurements;
flagging the plurality of prior studies illustrating the trend;
inserting the trend from the flagged plurality of prior studies into a current report;
linking the inserted trend to one or more images within the flagged plurality of prior studies via a link;
loading each of the plurality of prior studies from the remote server into a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) worklist for supplemental review;
receiving, from a user, a selection of the link within the current report; and
navigating from the report to the one or more images.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of studies is flagged for re-read.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
alerting a treating physician of the plurality of studies.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a bookmark to each of the plurality of studies within a medical imagery viewer.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
defining a key image in each of the plurality of studies.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting the worklist to a user.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding reference objects to a subsequent study for review.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the reference objects comprise bookmarks to the plurality of studies.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving from a user an indication to remove one or more of the reference objects.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving from a user an indication to adjust one or more of the reference objects.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving from a user an indication to correct one or more of the reference objects.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indication is used to train the learning system.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising linking the measurements to one or more presentation states, each presentation state being for displaying a DICOM image from which a particular measurements is obtained.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving from the user an indication of an error in an image reference of the one or more images.
15. A computer program product for retrospective review of electronic medical records, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving a current study from a remote server, the current study relating to a medical condition of a patient;
performing a retrospective review of a plurality of electronic medical records in the remote server for the patient, the retrospective review comprising applying a learning system to the plurality of electronic medical records to search for prior studies relevant to the medical condition;
based on the retrospective review, determining a plurality of prior studies from the plurality of electronic medical records relevant to the current study;
determining measurements of the medical condition in each of the plurality of prior studies and the current study, wherein determining comprises retrieving the measurements from a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) structured report;
determining a trend in the measurements;
flagging the plurality of prior studies illustrating the trend;
inserting the trend from the flagged plurality of prior studies into a current report;
linking the inserted trend to one or more images within the flagged plurality of prior studies via a link;
loading each of the plurality of prior studies from the remote server into a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) worklist for supplemental review;
receiving, from a user, a selection of the link within the current report; and
navigating from the report to the one or more images.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of studies is flagged for re-read.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , the method further comprising:
alerting a treating physician of the plurality of studies.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , the method further comprising:
providing a bookmark to each of the plurality of studies within a medical imagery viewer.