Patent ID: 9542481
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A method, performed by a computing device with at least one processor and memory, the method implemented by operations performed using the processor and the memory, with the operations comprising: processing data associated with a particular medical imaging procedure to obtain characteristics of the particular medical imaging procedure, wherein the data associated with the particular medical imaging procedure includes a source medical imaging procedure identifier applied by a source medical facility; identifying multiple standardized data values using the characteristics of the particular medical imaging procedure, wherein the identified multiple standardized data values are selected respectively from among available values of multiple standardized data fields; assigning a normalized procedure identifier to the data associated with the particular medical imaging procedure, the normalized procedure identifier providing a pre-defined value that represents a combination of the multiple standardized data values, wherein the normalized procedure identifier provides identification of a particular type of medical imaging procedure, and wherein the normalized procedure identifier is associated with the source medical imaging procedure identifier that is applied by the source medical facility to identify the particular type of medical imaging procedure; and recording, in a medical information system, the assigning of the normalized procedure identifier to the data associated with the particular medical imaging procedure; wherein the normalized procedure identifier is associated with additional medical procedure identifiers that are respectively applied by other medical facilities to identify the particular type of medical imaging procedure.