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Filters

Dennis Johns edited this page Mar 30, 2026 · 4 revisions

Filters

Overview

Filters allow users to refine what is displayed in the document panel by controlling which concepts are visible based on type, grouping, and confidence.


When to Use

Use filters when you need to:

  • Focus on specific types of clinical concepts
  • Reduce visual noise in dense documents
  • Prioritize high-confidence extracted concepts
  • Explore relationships between concepts

Filter Types

1. Concept List

  • View all extracted concepts within the document
  • Select a concept to view additional details

concept List

What’s happening: The system aggregates mentions of the same concept and displays them as a single item.

Why it matters: Allows users to quickly navigate and explore key concepts without scanning the full document.


2. Group Filter

  • Filter concepts by semantic group (e.g., Mass, Behavior)
  • Unselected groups appear greyed out

concept Filter

What’s happening: Concepts are categorized into predefined semantic groups.

Why it matters: Helps users focus on specific categories of clinical information.


3. Confidence Filter

  • Displays a distribution of confidence levels
  • Adjustable threshold using a slider

confidence Filter

What’s happening: Each concept is assigned a confidence score based on extraction accuracy.

Why it matters: Users can filter out low-confidence concepts to improve reliability of interpretation.


Definitions

  • Mention: An individual occurrence of a concept in text
  • Concept: A normalized entity representing one or more mentions

System Behavior

  • Filtering updates the document view dynamically
  • Concepts below the confidence threshold are greyed out
  • Multiple filters can be applied simultaneously
  • Filtering does not remove concepts, only changes visibility

Example

A user reviewing a document can:

  • Use the Group Filter to view only medications
  • Adjust the Confidence Filter to hide low-confidence results
  • Select a concept from the Concept List to explore its mentions

Notes & Edge Cases

  • Low-confidence concepts may still be relevant in some contexts
  • Some concepts may belong to multiple semantic groups
  • Filtering may result in minimal visible content if thresholds are too strict

Related Documentation

  • See Patient Document Timeline for document selection
  • See Event Document Flow for how concepts relate to events

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