MEDICAL RECORD SUMMARIZATION
Medical Records Don’t ComeWith a Short Version.
A diagnosis might appear in one document, followed by months of treatment notes, test results, and visits with different providers.
Each record tells part of the history. Putting those details together takes time, especially when the information is spread across a large file.
Lexmata prepares a focused account of what’s documented, helping your team understand the relevant medical information without having to assemble it from scratch.
FOCUSED ON THE DETAILS
Get to the Information That Matters.
Summarization brings relevant medical details into a clearer format, guided by what your team needs to review.
Diagnoses & Findings
Review documented diagnoses, imaging results, clinical findings, and other relevant medical information.
Treatments & Procedures
Understand the treatments, medications, procedures, and therapies documented throughout the records.
Providers & Visits
Follow the care documented across physicians, hospitals, specialists, and other medical providers.
Symptoms & Complaints
Review documented symptoms, patient complaints, and changes in condition throughout the medical history.
WHAT SUMMARIZATION LOOKS LIKE
The Details, Without All the Digging.
A useful summary gives your team a more manageable way to review the medical information while keeping the original documentation accessible.
MEDICAL SUMMARY · EXCERPT
Documented Lumbar Spine History
Following a motor vehicle collision on March 2, 2023, the patient reported lower-back pain radiating into the left leg. Initial lumbar X-rays showed no acute fracture.Persistent symptoms prompted further evaluation, and an April 6 MRI documented an L4-L5 disc protrusion with mild left foraminal narrowing.
SUPPORTING RECORDS
Source References
Each summarized finding includes references to supporting medical records so your team can review the original information when needed.
SUPPORTING RECORD 1pp. 1-14
Select a numbered reference in the excerpt to view its supporting record.
YOUR MATTER. YOUR PRIORITIES.
Tell Us What Mattersto Your Review.
Not every case needs the same information.
One review may focus on a particular injury and its treatment history. Another may require attention to specific diagnoses, providers, or periods of care.
Tell us what your team needs to understand. We’ll use those instructions to guide the summarization and can apply consistent review criteria across multiple files.
YOUR REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS
PART OF LEXMATA EXPLAIN
Summarization and ChronologyWork Together.
Summarization brings relevant medical information together. Fact Chronology presents important events in date order. Both are included in Lexmata Explain, along with Identification and Organization.
INCLUDED IN LEXMATA EXPLAIN
Summarization
What the medical records document.
Disc protrusion at L4-L5 with mild left foraminal narrowing. pp. 23-26
Fact Chronology
When relevant medical events occurred.
- 03/02/2023ED Visit
- 03/14/2023Office Visit
- 04/06/2023MRI Lumbar Spine
EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE REVIEW
25+ Years of Medical Record Experience.
We’ve been working with medical records long before AI entered the picture.
Our patented Extract OCR process helps capture information from printed records, scanned documents, and handwritten notes, including details that ordinary document searches may miss.
That technology supports our medical record review services, helping our team work with information from a wide range of document formats.
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Questions About Medical Record Summarization
What information can Lexmata summarize?
Lexmata can summarize documented diagnoses, treatments, procedures, provider visits, medical findings, and other information relevant to your review instructions.
Is Summarization the same as Fact Chronology?
No. Summarization brings medical information into a focused account of what’s documented. Fact Chronology presents relevant medical events in chronological order. Both are included within Lexmata Explain.
Can we specify which information to focus on?
Yes. Tell us which diagnoses, treatment periods, providers, or other medical details matter to your review. We use those instructions to guide the work.
Can we verify the information in a summary?
Yes. Summarized information includes references to the supporting medical records so your team can review the original documentation.
Can Lexmata summarize scanned or handwritten records?
Yes. Our Extract OCR process is designed to capture information from printed, scanned, and handwritten records. Results depend on the quality and legibility of the original documents.
Which Lexmata service includes Summarization?
Summarization is included in Lexmata Explain, which also includes Identification, Organization, and Fact Chronology.
Do we need to install software?
No. Lexmata provides the review service and delivers the results. There is no software to install, no subscription, and no long-term contract.
Give Your Team aClearer Medical Picture.
Send us your medical records and tell us what your team needs to review. We’ll handle the summarization work so you can spend more time focusing on the case.
No software to install. No subscriptions. No long-term contracts.