Automated Interpretation Of Medical Prescription Text
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1. A method for creating a prescription on a computer having a screen display comprising:
- inputting at least a portion of medical prescription text into a single interface field on said screen display wherein said text is provided as continuous text and includes information regarding at least two of the following;
medication name, dosage, route, frequency or quantity;
parsing the received portion of medical prescription text;
providing prompts and/or hints for completing the medical prescription text as said text is input into said computer;
validating the medical prescription text with respect to at least one of the dosage, route, frequency or quantity.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device, system and method of automated interpretation of medical prescription text. Prescription text may be entered into a user interface that may be analogous to a paper prescription entry such as manually written text. The system may then provide parsing, prompts and/or hints along with validity feedback as the prescription information is entered by the user.
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1. A method for creating a prescription on a computer having a screen display comprising:
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inputting at least a portion of medical prescription text into a single interface field on said screen display wherein said text is provided as continuous text and includes information regarding at least two of the following;
medication name, dosage, route, frequency or quantity;parsing the received portion of medical prescription text; providing prompts and/or hints for completing the medical prescription text as said text is input into said computer; validating the medical prescription text with respect to at least one of the dosage, route, frequency or quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following operations:
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receiving at least a portion of medical prescription text into a single interface field on a screen display wherein said text is provided as continuous text and includes information regarding at least two of the following;
medication name, dosage, route, frequency or quantity;parsing the received portion of medical prescription text; providing prompts and/or hints for completing the medical prescription text as said text is input into said computer; validating the medical prescription text with respect to at least one of the dosage, route, frequency or quantity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for processing orders from medical prescription text comprising:
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a user interface capable of receiving at least a portion of medical prescription text into a single interface field on a screen display wherein said text is provided as continuous text and includes information regarding at least two of the following;
medication name, dosage, route, frequency or quantity;a processor capable of communicating with said user interface and parsing the received portion of medical prescription text; said processor further capable of accessing at least one database and providing auto-completion prompts and/or hints from said database to said user interface for completing the medical prescription text; said processor further capable of validating the medical prescription text by comparing said medical prescription text with information from at least one database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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