Death certificates are used in several processes, and thus can be utilized by numerous businesses and users. Pesonal data obtained from death certificates is necessary for insurance claims – confirming the cause of death, but also date, and other information. Death certificates are necessary for inheritance proceedings, as well as daily operations of funeral homes. Since they are issued by local authorities – including healthcare institutions – this automated process of data extraction can be helpful in registering deceased patients in mortuaries.

The platform supports common file types, including PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PNG, JPG, TIFF, and emails. After data extraction, data appears in a file, ready to be downloaded as CSV or XLSX or safely imported into the internal processing system of your choice through API or Zapier.

Depending on the issuing entity, a death certificate might include personal information about the deceased, as well as the cause of death, time of death and factors contributing to death. If there’s an autopsy report, the document details manner of death and any precise information about the cause. Other information may refer to the occupation of the deceased, marital status, and information about parties included in the proceedings (hospital, registration desk, funeral home and others). Depending on your specific needs, you may adjust the fields that you require – if needed, you can limit the extractd data to personal information or expand the list to include many more fields. This is completely up to you, and your process that you wish to automate with AI OCR.