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Method for Computer-Assisted Medical Billing Using Natural Language Processing Techniques

BACKGROUND Medical billing is critical to the revenue cycle management of healthcare providers; accurate and efficient billing is crucial to reimbursing healthcare providers for their services. However, current systems depend on human coders parsing through clinical summaries and notes to list treatments for billing and insurance reimbursement....

Published: 9/8/2023 | Inventor(s): Zhuqi Miao, Suhao Chen, Andrew Gin, Thanh Thieu, William Paiva

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic

Clinical Decision Algorithm for Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy in Rural Markets

BACKGROUND Diabetes, one of the most serious and fast-growing chronic health conditions, often leads to other serious complications such as neurological, renal, ophthalmic, and heart diseases. Research has shown that more than 85% of diabetic patients develop at least one of these complications. Unfortunately, patients in rural markets are less...

Published: 10/19/2022 | Inventor(s): Tieming Liu, Saeed Piri, William Paiva

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic

A Risk Index System for Evaluating Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy

BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy is a vascular condition that damages the retina as a result of diabetes mellitus, and is the leading cause of blindness in industrialized nations, and the leading cause of blindness in adults globally. The likelihood of patients developing diabetic retinopathy is very high, with almost all of Type I and more than...

Published: 12/8/2023 | Inventor(s): William Paiva, Tieming Liu, Ru Wang, Zhuqi Miao

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Biotech & Pharmaceutical, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic