Patent ID: 8239216
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer perform a method of finding information in an electronic medical record, the method comprising: receiving a search query from a user to search the electronic medical record, wherein the electronic medical record is associated with a patient, and wherein the electronic medical record includes a plurality of electronic documents that describe a medical history for the patient and is stored on the computer-storage media; identifying one or more components of the electronic medical record that contain text that matches the search query, wherein each of the one or more components is a section of text within the electronic medical record that includes one or more words; determining a query-responsiveness score for each of the one or more components that match the search query, wherein the query-responsiveness score indicates how responsive an individual component is to the search query, wherein determining the query-responsiveness score of each of the one or more components further comprises: presenting search results that communicate information describing each of the one or more components, wherein the search results are displayed ordered according to the query-responsiveness score assigned to each of the one or more components.