diff --git a/pyhealth/datasets/base_dataset.py b/pyhealth/datasets/base_dataset.py
index 91a1c95a..f40676d8 100644
--- a/pyhealth/datasets/base_dataset.py
+++ b/pyhealth/datasets/base_dataset.py
@@ -849,44 +849,74 @@ def set_task(
             cache_dir = Path(cache_dir)
             cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
+        proc_params = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "input_schema": task.input_schema,
+                "output_schema": task.output_schema,
+                "input_processors": (
+                    {
+                        f"{k}_{v.__class__.__name__}": vars(v)
+                        for k, v in input_processors.items()
+                    }
+                    if input_processors
+                    else None
+                ),
+                "output_processors": (
+                    {
+                        f"{k}_{v.__class__.__name__}": vars(v)
+                        for k, v in output_processors.items()
+                    }
+                    if output_processors
+                    else None
+                ),
+            },
+            sort_keys=True,
+            default=str
+        )
+
         task_df_path = Path(cache_dir) / "task_df.ld"
-        samples_path = Path(cache_dir) / f"samples_{uuid.uuid4()}.ld"
+        samples_path = Path(cache_dir) / f"samples_{uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, proc_params)}.ld"
 
         task_df_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         samples_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        
+        if not (samples_path / "index.json").exists():
+            # Check if index.json exists to verify cache integrity, this
+            # is the standard file for litdata.StreamingDataset
+            if not (task_df_path / "index.json").exists():
+                self._task_transform(
+                    task,
+                    task_df_path,
+                    num_workers,
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.info(f"Found cached task dataframe at {task_df_path}, skipping task transformation.")
 
-        # Check if index.json exists to verify cache integrity, this
-        # is the standard file for litdata.StreamingDataset
-        if not (task_df_path / "index.json").exists():
-            self._task_transform(
-                task,
+            # Build processors and fit on the dataset
+            logger.info(f"Fitting processors on the dataset...")
+            dataset = litdata.StreamingDataset(
+                str(task_df_path),
+                transform=lambda x: pickle.loads(x["sample"]),
+            )
+            builder = SampleBuilder(
+                input_schema=task.input_schema,  # type: ignore
+                output_schema=task.output_schema,  # type: ignore
+                input_processors=input_processors,
+                output_processors=output_processors,
+            )
+            builder.fit(dataset)
+            builder.save(str(samples_path / "schema.pkl"))
+
+            # Apply processors and save final samples to cache_dir
+            logger.info(f"Processing samples and saving to {samples_path}...")
+            self._proc_transform(
                 task_df_path,
+                samples_path,
                 num_workers,
             )
-
-        # Build processors and fit on the dataset
-        logger.info(f"Fitting processors on the dataset...")
-        dataset = litdata.StreamingDataset(
-            str(task_df_path),
-            transform=lambda x: pickle.loads(x["sample"]),
-        )
-        builder = SampleBuilder(
-            input_schema=task.input_schema,  # type: ignore
-            output_schema=task.output_schema,  # type: ignore
-            input_processors=input_processors,
-            output_processors=output_processors,
-        )
-        builder.fit(dataset)
-        builder.save(str(samples_path / "schema.pkl"))
-
-        # Apply processors and save final samples to cache_dir
-        logger.info(f"Processing samples and saving to {samples_path}...")
-        self._proc_transform(
-            task_df_path,
-            samples_path,
-            num_workers,
-        )
-        logger.info(f"Cached processed samples to {samples_path}")
+            logger.info(f"Cached processed samples to {samples_path}")
+        else:
+            logger.info(f"Found cached processed samples at {samples_path}, skipping processing.")
 
         return SampleDataset(
             path=str(samples_path),
@@ -902,4 +932,4 @@ def _main_guard(self, func_name: str):
                 f"{func_name} method accessed from a non-main process. This may lead to unexpected behavior.\n"
                 + "Consider use __name__ == '__main__' guard when using multiprocessing."
             )
-            exit(1)
\ No newline at end of file
+            exit(1)