Medical Document Analysis for Untreated Disease Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a risk of overlooking diseases described in medical documents like interpretation reports, which can lead to serious incidents such as delayed treatment and worsening symptoms.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquires both a medical document describing recognized diseases for a patient and a document detailing treatment or disease course information. The system issues an alarm when an untreated disease, not mentioned in the treatment document, is found in the medical document.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If doctors review medical documents manually, then they can identify diseases and plan treatment, but they may overlook diseases described in the documents leading to delayed treatment
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback by automatically comparing the first medical document (diagnosis) with the second medical document (treatment plan) and generating alerts when diseases identified in the diagnosis are not addressed in the treatment plan. This feedback mechanism helps doctors detect overlooked diseases without increasing manual review time.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the diagnosis document and treatment plan document. It automatically extracts disease information from both documents, compares them, and identifies discrepancies, thereby preventing information loss without requiring additional manual intervention from doctors.
2Reliability
If doctors perform thorough review of all medical documents, then treatment completeness improves, but time for treatment decision increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically extracting and comparing disease information from medical documents before the doctor makes treatment decisions. This pre-processing identifies potential overlooked diseases and presents them as alerts, allowing doctors to focus only on critical issues rather than reviewing all documents thoroughly.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing apparatus extracts key disease information from the medical documents and separates it from the rest of the content. By extracting only the relevant disease data and comparing it between documents, the system reduces the time needed for comprehensive review while maintaining treatment completeness.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first medical document in which information on a disease recognized for a patient is described, and acquire a second medical document in which information on a treatment for the disease of the patient or information on course information on the disease of the patient is described. The processor is configured to issue, in a case in which an untreated disease, which is a disease not described in the second medical document, is present among the diseases described in the first medical document, an alarm indicating that the untreated disease is present.