How Does CIE Work?

When used as a standalone decision support tool, CIE can help the doctor to understand patient symptoms in detail, and provide the necessary critical information to accurately diagnose the case. When integrated with Electronic Medical Records (EMR), it offers a more seamless consultation experience by interacting with the patient before the consultation to collect and present all patient data in a structured case sheet, so that clinicians can have a more informed conversation with patients and make a more nuanced diagnosis.

As a Stand-alone Decision Support Tool

Step1
CIE chatbot acts as the primary interface of interaction, where the doctor inputs all clinically relevant information of their patient (such as demographic details, symptoms, medical history, etc) in the tool.
Step 2
The tool analyses this clinical information through the standard clinical inquiry process to determine the most appropriate probable causes of the reported symptom.
Step 3
Based on the above analysis, clinical suggestions such as Differential Diagnosis (DDx), Lab & imaging recommendations, and Referral Specialty are generated.

When Integratedinto EMR

Step1
As a pre-consult interaction, a chatbot generates clinical inquiries based on the most common clinical conditions reported by the user, as per patient demographics, including clinical, medical and surgical history.
Step 2
The chief complaint as presented by the user, forms the premise of the inquiry generated, and follows the SOCRATES method to capture detailed clinical information about the symptoms. CIE then prepares an automated case sheet based on information collected.
Step 3
This detailed information is converted into a case sheet for doctors’ easy reference to the history of presenting illness. CIE analyses this case info to arrive at a differential diagnosis (DDx) along with lab & imaging investigations for decision support in primary care and non-chronic cases.
Step 4
The CIE integrated EMR Template allows clinicians to either reconcile the data or add and edit the parameters as per virtual/physical examination.
Step 5
A prescription is generated with the help of CIE generated information after the final sign off on the case sheet by the clinician.
Dr using CIE

How Can Doctors Use CIE?

Dr using CIE
  1. Click on ‘Experience CIE’.
  2. Fill in your details along with the MCI registration number.
  3. Accept Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy by ticking on the check-box.
  4. Verify your mobile number with an OTP after successful log-in, you will be redirected to the CIE Decision Support Tool.
  5. Go through the ‘How To Use’ section.
  6. Input your patient's clinical information and follow the automatically generated inquiry flow.
  7. Upon completion of the inquiry phase, CIE will analyse the reported case data in real time and offer clinical suggestions in the case report page.
  8. You can click on → ‘Download Case Report’ to get a PDF version for your reference.

Experience CIE

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Understanding the Technology Behind CIE

Clinical Intelligence Engine (CIE) is developed using the latest techniques in AI & ML employing millions of clinical data points from Apollo’s clinical knowledge base and real-time data from Apollo Hospital’s clinical cases. CIE comprehends all routinely prevalent case-mix in primary care OP; over 1300+ most common to uncommon diseases along with 800+ unique symptoms. It is thoroughly validated by Apollo doctors and external validators, and has been tested for accuracy using 1000s of clinical vignettes and real-world clinical data.

The Core Components of CIE

  • Clinical NLP
    Clinical NLP

    Identifies clinical concepts, phrases, context, relationships such as age, gender, symptoms, diseases, drug names, lab test names, treatment, etc and converts it to a knowledge graph.

  • Clinical NLP
    Clinical Knowledge Base

    Captures disease specific assessments, diagnosis and management details from specialists, case sheets, etc. 500+ specialists from Apollo have created this knowledge base.

  • Clinical NLP
    Reasoning Engine

    The brain of the CIE is built on millions of parsed records and brings together inquiry, recommendations, predictions, etc.

  • Clinical NLP
    Clinical Inquiry

    NLG based system which ascertains the correct questions to ask based on the chief complaint and medical history of the patient.

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