Automated medical diagnosis reporting system
First Claim
1. An automated medical diagnosis reporting system comprising:
- a patient demographic component for maintaining patient records;
a first selection means for selecting a patient record for display;
a medical procedure component for maintaining medical procedure records;
a personnel component for maintaining medical personnel records;
a first assignment means for assigning at least one said medical procedure record to said selected patient record;
a second assignment means for assigning at least one said personnel record to each said medical procedure record;
a display component for displaying at least said selected patient record and each said assigned medical procedure record;
an image capture component for the retrieval of image data;
a third assignment means for assigning said image data to at least one said medical procedure record;
an image display component for displaying said image data; and
a diagnosis component for associating diagnostic information with at least one said medical procedure record.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a medical records and diagnostic reporting system which allows physicians to access patient information and associated procedure reports, including image data, while composing a diagnosis. The system provides the physician stored standard or customized diagnoses as templates and means for altering selected templates or transcribing new information through dictation or textual data entry. Additionally, the reporting system provides access to and data transfer from various outside medical information sources. Finally, the system generates diagnosis reports automatically upon conclusion and disseminates reports providing a number of transmission modes.
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25 Claims
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1. An automated medical diagnosis reporting system comprising:
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a patient demographic component for maintaining patient records;
a first selection means for selecting a patient record for display;
a medical procedure component for maintaining medical procedure records;
a personnel component for maintaining medical personnel records;
a first assignment means for assigning at least one said medical procedure record to said selected patient record;
a second assignment means for assigning at least one said personnel record to each said medical procedure record;
a display component for displaying at least said selected patient record and each said assigned medical procedure record;
an image capture component for the retrieval of image data;
a third assignment means for assigning said image data to at least one said medical procedure record;
an image display component for displaying said image data; and
a diagnosis component for associating diagnostic information with at least one said medical procedure record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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14. An automated medical diagnosis reporting system comprising:
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a records database component for maintaining patient records;
a diagnosis component for maintaining a catalog of standard diagnoses;
an image capture component for the retrieval of image data;
a first selection means for selecting at least one of said patient records for display;
a second selection means for selecting at least one said standard diagnosis for display as a selected medical diagnosis simultaneously with said patient record;
a third selection means for selecting said image data for display;
an image display component for the display of said image data simultaneously with said patient record and said selected medical diagnosis;
a speech recognition component for translating dictated voice data into textual data;
dictation display means for displaying said dictated data;
a first insertion means for inserting said dictated data into said selected medical diagnosis;
word processing means for editing said selected medical diagnosis;
a reporting component for formatting reports combining said patient records, said selected diagnosis, and said image data; and
a transmission component for transmitting said reports.
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16. An automated medical diagnosis reporting system comprising:
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a records database component for maintaining patient records;
a diagnosis component for maintaining a catalog of standard diagnoses;
an image capture component for the retrieval of image data;
a first selection means for selecting at least one of said patient records for display;
a second selection means for selecting at least one said standard diagnosis for display as a selected medical diagnosis simultaneously with said patient record;
a third selection means for selecting said image data for display;
an image display component for the display of said image data simultaneously with said patient record and said medical diagnosis;
access means for accessing an external source of medical information;
an external capture component for the retrieval of external textual data from said external source of medical information;
a first insertion means for inserting said external textual data into said selected medical diagnosis;
word processing means for editing said selected diagnosis;
a reporting component for formatting reports combining said patient records, said selected diagnosis, and said image data; and
a transmission component for transmitting said reports.
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20. An automated method of reporting a medical diagnosis comprising the steps of:
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entering patient demographic data;
entering information on medical personnel;
entering examination information associated with said patient data;
entering orders for procedures made by said medical personnel and associated with said patient data and said examination information;
displaying said patient data and information about said procedures on a monitor screen for viewing by a physician;
retrieving and display imaging data associated with said procedures;
displaying a menu to allow a selection of a standard diagnosis from a catalog by said physician;
retrieving a diagnosis from said catalog using said menu selection;
editing said diagnosis using dictation;
formatting a report including said patient data, said imaging data, and said edited diagnosis; and
transmitting said report. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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