SSA To Use Computers to Analyze Disability Claims In Indiana

The Indianapolis Star reports that Kia Green, a spokeswoman for Social Security, has stated that Social Security will use computers to perform an “intelligent analysis” of medical records that it receives through the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC) that is operated by The Regenstrief Institute. I reported the original press release about what The Regenstrief Institute is doing here. The original press release from Social Security did not mention that as the medical records are transferred from the Indiana Network for Patient Care that SSA’s computers would perform the “intelligent analysis” of the medical records. According to The Indianapolis Star article, if the system deems the information significant, it sends an alert to the decision makers reviewing the file. For example, if the medical file of a patient with end-stage renal disease shows the person is undergoing dialysis, an alert goes out. It would be interesting to see what the computers are searching for, what SSA has determined merits an alert, and what kind of reports the system generates.