From search engines such as Google and digital voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Siri, to self-driving cars, online banking, and recommendation engines used by Netflix and YouTube, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a part in nearly every aspect of our lives. Within the healthcare industry in particular, AI is instrumental in automating administrative tasks to ease the workload of healthcare professionals.
So, what exactly is artificial intelligence? Basically, AI is intelligence demonstrated by machines as they perceive, synthesize, and infer information. As National Inventors’ Day approaches, we’d like to shine a spotlight on the brilliant minds that discovered the power of artificial intelligence for problem-solving and symbolic methods.
John McCarthy, an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist, is one of the founding fathers of AI, together with Alan Turing, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, and Herbert A. Simon. McCarthy co-authored the document that coined the term “artificial intelligence” in the 1950s, developed the programming language family Lisp, and influenced the design of the language ALGOL. Here at ETHERFAX, we’ve incorporated AI technology into the WEAVE™ solution suite. Powered by AI, automated data extraction transforms unstructured data within documents such as PDFs, faxes, and paper-based forms into structured data that can be easily integrated into workflows, EHRs, and third-party applications. As staff no longer have to manually search for key data and type it into other applications, they can focus on more value-added tasks. Best of all, errors associated with manual data entry are eliminated, thus improving data quality and efficiency.
Here’s a quick overview of our WEAVE™ solution suite:
- WEAVE™ PDF – Data extraction transforms unstructured documents into structured, searchable PDFs ready to be integrated into workflow processes and applications.
- WEAVE™ OCR – OCR extracts text within a document, delivered as an XML or JSON payload, and allows it to be easily ingested into third-party apps. Users can also search for and extract data locked within an image.
- WEAVE™ Extract – Data extraction transforms unstructured documents into structured data in forms, turning them into usable, structured data.
- WEAVE™ Direct – Converts faxes into Direct Secure Messages that can be ingested and integrated into EHRs and automated workflows.
- WEAVE™ Transform – Transforms paper faxes machine-readable structured payloads that can be ingested and integrated into EHRs and automated workflows.