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Autonomous vs Computer-Aided Medical Coding

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Blog : AI for Electronic Health Records                                              T arget audience : Beginner Estimated reading time : 10' This article provides a synopsis of the technology involved and the advantages and expenses associated with autonomous and computer-aided medical coding. It is designed to be accessible without requiring prior expertise in healthcare processes, yet healthcare administrators, practitioners, and billing personnel are likely to find it particularly advantageous. Table of contents Health Revenue Cycle Management Medical coding Computer-assisted coding Autonomous coding Models References Health Revenue Cycle Management We'll begin by examining revenue cycle management and its critical role in medical coding, a key element in charging for healthcare services. Revenue cycle management ( RCM ) i n healthcare is a vital financial process that...

EHR Anonymization using AI

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Blog : AI for Electronic Health Records                                              T arget audience: Beginner Estimated reading time : 8' This post reviews the various techniques to identify and remove sensitive patient information from medical documents and electronic health records. Table of contents Background De-identification Techniques        Regular expressions       Terms frequency       Natural language processing with transformer Evaluation References Note : This blog is a collection of non-technical topics related to application of artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning to health care. Please refer to   Practical data science and engineering   for data, software engineering specific issues such as design and coding .  Background The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability A...