US 12,033,638 B2
Methods and apparatus for formatting text for clinical fact extraction
Frank Montyne, Sint-Martens-Latem (BE); David Decraene, Drongen (BE); Joeri Van der Vloet, Bornem (BE); Johan Raedemaeker, Buggenhout (BE); Ignace Desimpel, Mont de l'enclus (BE); Frederik Coppens, Kerksken (BE); Tom Deray, Meise (BE); James R. Flanagan, Eagle River, WI (US); Mariana Casella dos Santos, Ghent (BE); Marnix Holvoet, Ghent (BE); Maria van Gurp, Destelbergen (BE); David Hellman, Oak Hill, VA (US); Girija Yegnanarayanan, Raleigh, NC (US); and Karen Anne Doyle, Annapolis, MD (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,327.
Application 17/579,327 is a continuation of application No. 15/892,107, filed on Feb. 8, 2018, granted, now 11,250,856.
Application 15/892,107 is a continuation of application No. 13/489,266, filed on Jun. 5, 2012, granted, now 9,905,229.
Application 13/489,266 is a continuation of application No. 13/030,959, filed on Feb. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,768,723.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328046 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/00 (2024.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/26 (2013.01) [G10L 2015/228 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized method comprising:
receiving, using a processor, a free-form text documenting a patient encounter provided by a clinician;
automatically extracting, using the processor, a fact containing a clinical term by analyzing a first portion of the free-form text;
receiving an editing of the extracted fact by the clinician;
determining an inconsistency between the free-form text and the editing of the extracted fact;
upon determining the inconsistency, automatically updating, using the processor, a second portion of the free-form text to be consistent with the editing of the extracted fact by the clinician, the second portion of the free-form text being different from the first portion of the free-form text; and
providing, using the processor, a first alert associated with the determined inconsistency to the clinician while the patient encounter is still in progress.