Product Launch: Clinical Data Transformer (Beta)

Clinical notes are the backbone of patient care, yet the valuable medical information they contain is locked in free text. The Clinical Data Transformer (CDT) from Coforix automatically extracts structured, coded medical data from unstructured clinical notes. CDT is now available as an API for beta access, enabling hospitals, researchers, and health-tech companies to turn clinical documentation into standardized data — without building anything in-house.

Why is this needed?

Healthcare organizations generate vast amounts of clinical documentation every day. This free text contains critical information about diagnoses, procedures, symptoms, and findings — however, it is nearly impossible to use at scale without standardization. Manual medical coding is slow, expensive, and error-prone. Clinicians have to work with incomplete patient records, researchers spend weeks building study cohorts from unstructured records, and hospitals struggle to unlock actionable insights from their own data. CDT solves this by automating the entire pipeline: clinical note in, structured coded data out.

Value-add for healthcare developers and researchers

Clinical notes are automatically transformed into standardized SNOMED CT-coded data
FHIR R4B-compliant output integrates directly with EHR systems and data platforms
Transparent AI: every extracted concept is traceable back to the exact text in the original note

The challenge: from free text to structured data

Hospitals, research institutions, and healthcare IT companies have long recognized the need to structure clinical documentation. Some have attempted to build extraction pipelines in-house, but this requires significant NLP expertise, access to clinical terminologies, and ongoing maintenance. Off-the-shelf tools often lack the clinical depth needed for reliable medical coding. Coforix developed CDT to bridge this gap — an API that combines advanced AI with SNOMED CT terminology mapping and FHIR interoperability, offered as a ready-to-use service.

The solution: an AI-powered medical coding API

The Clinical Data Transformer:

Extracts disorders, procedures, symptoms, findings, morphologic abnormalities, and allergies from clinical notes
Maps every concept to standardized SNOMED CT codes
Delivers superior performance and accuracy
Associates findings with dates and tracks disease progression through temporal reasoning
Returns results as structured JSON or FHIR R4B Bundles — ready for analysis or system integration
Works as a multilingual solution

Why integrate with Coforix’s CDT API?

No need for in-house NLP development or self-hosting; Coforix takes care of everything
Simple REST API: submit a clinical note, retrieve coded results
Fully FHIR R4B compliant for seamless integration with EHRs and healthcare data platforms
SNOMED CT International Edition for standardized clinical terminology
One secure environment with full governance and EU hosting according to GDPR

The next step for AI in healthcare practice

The Clinical Data Transformer turns clinical documentation into a foundation for building. With structured, coded data readily available via a simple API call, healthcare organizations, data scientists, and researchers can focus on what matters: developing clinical workflow tools, powering real-world evidence studies, automating quality registrations, or feeding data pipelines that drive better patient outcomes. CDT removes the most time-consuming step in the chain, so teams can move faster from raw clinical text to actionable applications.

Want to know more?

Request a demo or discuss implementation options
Want to try the API? Request beta access
Explore the full documentation and case studies at cdt-beta.coforix.ai