Patent ID: 8645157

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by one or more computer processors, a medical report; identifying and extracting key words contained within the medical report, by the one or more computer processors, the key words associated with one or more first significant findings, a modality of an image scan, and a body site; comparing, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more first significant findings to known significant finds and, in response to the comparison, assigning a significance level to the medical report, the significance level associated with a life threatening condition, a condition to act upon as soon as possible, an incidental finding to monitor, or no action required; comparing, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more first significant findings to records associated with prior exams to identify first prior exams of the prior exams that include information related to the one or more first significant findings, the prior exams associated with different patients than a patient associated with the medical report or the prior exams associated with the patient associated with the medical report; associating, by the one or more computer processors, the first prior exams with the medical report; automatically adding the medical report to a worklist, by one or more computer processors, the order in which the medical report appears in the worklist based on the significance level; displaying, by the one or more computer processors, the worklist to a healthcare practitioner; and visually differentiating, by the one or more computer processors, the medical report based on the significance level and a color code associated therewith, wherein the medical report and the first prior exams being selectable to assist the healthcare practitioner in clinical decision support.