Development of a universal medical form reader

约克卡片技术公司成立于1994年，总部设在安大略省万锦市。是一家以YMS（ymsmd.com）名义运营的数字健康服务提供商。该公司为安大略医疗从业人员提供电子病历（EMR）软件应用程序，以电子方式对患者信息进行计费、调度和管理。 YMS面临着与创建和处理医疗专业人员使用的各种表格有关的自动化挑战。向YMS系统添加新表单的过程完全是手动的，通常需要数天才能完成，这对公司的盈利能力产生了负面影响。为了应对这一挑战，YMS正在与Seneca的Al-Shatnawi教授合作开发一种软件解决方案，以自动化新表格数字化的过程。由此产生的概念验证通用表格阅读器（UFR）将分析新的便携式文档格式（PDF）表格，并提取属性和关键字，如患者姓名，年龄等。UFR将对YMS的底线产生重大影响，同样重要的是，它将为先进的研发活动铺平道路，支持降低成本和积极主动的患者护理机会。

Founded in 1994 and based in Markham ON, York Card Technology Inc. is a digital health service provider operating under the name YMS (ymsmd.com). The company supplies Ontario healthcare practitioners with the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software applications required to bill, schedule, and manage patient information electronically. YMS faces an automation challenge connected to creating and processing various forms used by medical professionals. The process for adding forms that are new to the YMS system is entirely manual and often takes days to complete, which negatively impacts the company's profitability. In order to address this challenge, YMS is partnering with Seneca's Professor Al-Shatnawi to develop a software solution to automate the process of new form digitization. The resulting proof-of-concept Universal Form Reader (UFR) will analyze new Portable Document Format (PDF) forms and extract attributes and keywords, such as patient name, age, etc. The UFR will have a significant impact on YMS' bottom line and, equally important, it will pave the way for advanced research and development activities supporting cost reduction and proactive patient care opportunities.