System and method for creation of operative notes for use in surgical facilities
First Claim
1. A method of generating operative notes by a surgeon after a surgical procedure comprising:
- displaying a list of patient cases for which operative notes need to be created;
displaying a procedure performed for one of the patient cases;
displaying a list of sections for an operative note and text that comprises a selected section from of the list of sections of the operative note;
inserting predetermined text into the operative note having indicia indicating where the surgeon must modify the operative note to include information specific to the patient upon which the surgical procedure has been performed; and
providing means for successively identifying the indicia where text must be inserted into the operative note.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a computer program and method of generating operative notes by a surgeon after a surgical procedure. The software and method include the steps of 1) displaying a list of patient cases for which operative notes need to be created, 2) displaying a procedure performed for one of the patient cases, 3) displaying a list of sections for an operative note and text that comprises a selected section from of the list of sections of the operative note, 4) inserting predetermined text into the operative note having indicia indicating where the surgeon must modify the operative note to include information specific to the patient upon which the surgical procedure has been performed, and 5) providing means for successively identifying the indicia where text must be inserted into the operative note.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of generating operative notes by a surgeon after a surgical procedure comprising:
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displaying a list of patient cases for which operative notes need to be created;
displaying a procedure performed for one of the patient cases;
displaying a list of sections for an operative note and text that comprises a selected section from of the list of sections of the operative note;
inserting predetermined text into the operative note having indicia indicating where the surgeon must modify the operative note to include information specific to the patient upon which the surgical procedure has been performed; and
providing means for successively identifying the indicia where text must be inserted into the operative note. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Computer software for entering operative notes by a surgeon after a surgical procedure performing the steps of:
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displaying a list of surgeons authorized to prepare operative notes; and
displaying a list of patient cases for which operative notes need to be created in response to the selection of a particular surgeon from the list of surgeons authorized to prepare operative notes;
displaying a procedure performed for the patient case;
displaying a list of sections for an operative note and text that comprises a selected section from of the list of sections of the operative note;
providing means for the surgeon to select a section of the operative note to view that section of the operative note;
inserting predetermined text into the operative note having indicia indicating where text must be inserted into the predetermined text to customize the operative note to the patient upon which the surgical procedure has been performed; and
providing means for successively identifying the indicia where text must be inserted into the operative note. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for creating operative notes by surgeons after performing a medical procedure comprising:
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a database of predetermined text containing operative notes for a plurality of surgeons and a plurality of procedures, the database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising a separate operative note for a particular procedure and having at least one surgeon associated with each operative note, and wherein each operative note comprises indicia for indicating where the operative note must be modified to customize the operative note to a particular patient upon which the procedure was performed;
means for displaying a list of patient cases for which operative notes need to be created;
means for selecting a patient case from the list of patient cases;
means for selecting a particular operative note from the database of operative notes;
means for successively directing the surgeon to the indicia of the operative note indicating where the operative note must be modified;
means for editing the selected operative note to insert text into the predetermined text to customize the operative note to the patient upon which the procedure was performed. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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