Apparatus and method for recording progress notes
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording progress notes, comprising a bar code input data source including a plurality of bar codes indicative of preassigned input information,at least some of said bar codes being indicative of information in a form selected from the group consisting of words and phrases,a computer having memory means and programmable data processing means,input means operative to scan selected bar codes of said data source and to input the scanned codes into said computer memory means,said programmable data processing means being operative to compile and edit said scanned codes, including the scanned codes of the aforementioned some of said bar codes so as to generate full text progress notes, in complete sentences, of the preassigned input information indicated by said scanned codes,said programmable data processing means being operative to assign a respective numeric value to each scanned code and to then edit each scanned codes as a function of the numeric value thereof.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for reporting progress notes includes a system wherein a collection of bar encoded input data is selectively scanned by a portable hand-held wand. Stored data is downloaded from the wand at the end of a day or session into a computer which edits the data into phrases, combines the phrases into sentences and the sentences into paragraphs to produce an organized readable full text report without any manual writing, dictation, or transcription.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording progress notes, comprising a bar code input data source including a plurality of bar codes indicative of preassigned input information,
at least some of said bar codes being indicative of information in a form selected from the group consisting of words and phrases, a computer having memory means and programmable data processing means, input means operative to scan selected bar codes of said data source and to input the scanned codes into said computer memory means, said programmable data processing means being operative to compile and edit said scanned codes, including the scanned codes of the aforementioned some of said bar codes so as to generate full text progress notes, in complete sentences, of the preassigned input information indicated by said scanned codes, said programmable data processing means being operative to assign a respective numeric value to each scanned code and to then edit each scanned codes as a function of the numeric value thereof.
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9. A method for recording progress notes, comprising providing a bar code input data source including a plurality of bar codes indicative of respective preassigned input information relating to a progressing factual situation, at least some of said bar codes being indicative of information in a form selected from the group consisting of words and phrases,
providing a computer having a memory means and a programmable data processing means, providing a bar code reader, examining said progressing factual situation, proposing a treatment for said progressing factual situation, scanning, with said bar code scanner, selected bar codes of said bar code input data source which are descriptive of the examined condition of said progressing factual situation and the proposed treatment thereof, downloading said bar code reader, thereby imputting said scanned codes into said computer memory means, causing said programmable data processing means to compile and edit said scanned codes, including the scanned codes of the aforementioned some of said bar codes, so as to generate full text progress notes, in complete sentences, of the preassigned input information indicated by said scanned codes, and said causing step comprising assigning a respective numeric value to each scanned code and then editing said scanned codes as a function of the numeric value thereof.
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16. An apparatus for recording progress notes, comprising a bar code input data source including a plurality of bar codes indicative of preassigned input information,
at least some of said bar codes being indicative of information in a form selected from the group consisting of words and phrases, a computer having memory means and programmable data processing means, input means operative to scan selected bar codes of said data source and to input the scanned codes into said computer memory means, said programmable data processing means being operative to compile and edit said scanned codes, including the scanned codes of the aforementioned some of said bar codes so as to generate full text progress notes, in complete sentences, of the preassigned input information indicated by said scanned codes, said programmable data processing means being operative to assign a respective numeric value to each scanned code and to then edit each of the scanned codes as a function of the numeric value thereof, and said numeric values being operative to cause editing of the type selected from the group consisting of the injection of punctuation the addition of conjectives or conjective phrases or phrase rearrangement.
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17. An apparatus for recording progress notes, comprising a bar code input data source including a plurality of bar codes indicative of preassigned input information,
at least some of said bar codes being indicative of information in a form selected from the group consisting of words and phrases, a computer having memory means and programmable data processing means, input means operative to scan selected bar codes of said data source and to input the scanned codes into said computer memory means, said programmable data processing means being operative to compile and edit said scanned codes, including the scanned codes of the aforementioned some of said bar codes so as to generate full text progress notes, in complete sentences, of the preassigned input information indicated by said scanned codes, said programmable data processing means being operative to assign a respective numeric value to each scanned code and to the edit each of the scanned codes as a function of the numeric value thereof, said numeric values being operative to cause editing of the type selected from the group consisting of the injection of punctuation, the addition of conjectives or conjective phrases or phrase rearrangement, and said programmable data processing means being operative to output the preassigned input information corresponding to said scanned codes in complete sentence form.
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