Electronic medical record using text database
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1. A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of:
- receiving output about individual patient encounters from a content generator;
generating context information related to the output of the content generator in a free form text output;
storing context information for each individual patient encounter in a textual database comprising a plurality of encounter records, said storing step comprising;
forming a textual header for an encounter record in the database corresponding to the individual patient encounter, said textual header having a variable plurality of descriptors and associated values bound together as a string of text; and
appending the textual header to the generated context information to form the encounter record, wherein a text object is formed; and
responsive to a user command, displaying information from said textual database on a display.
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Abstract
An electronic medical record system stores data about patient encounters arising from a content generator in free-form text. A header for each encounter record also uses text to store context information for each encounter record. Each header comprises a plurality of attributes embodied as a field descriptor and a value, bound together as a text object. By binding the field descriptors to the values, each encounter record is complete in itself, without reference to database keys, thereby providing a self-validating record storage system.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of:
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receiving output about individual patient encounters from a content generator; generating context information related to the output of the content generator in a free form text output; storing context information for each individual patient encounter in a textual database comprising a plurality of encounter records, said storing step comprising; forming a textual header for an encounter record in the database corresponding to the individual patient encounter, said textual header having a variable plurality of descriptors and associated values bound together as a string of text; and appending the textual header to the generated context information to form the encounter record, wherein a text object is formed; and responsive to a user command, displaying information from said textual database on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of:
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receiving output about individual patient encounters from a content generator; generating context information related to the output of the content generator; storing context information for each individual patient encounter in a textual database comprising a plurality of encounter records, said storing step comprising; forming a textual header for an encounter record in the textual database corresponding to the individual patient encounter, said textual header having a plurality of descriptors and associated values bound together as a string of text; appending the textual header to the generated context information to form the encounter record in the textual database, wherein a text object is formed; and storing the headers for each encounter record in a header database separate from said textual database; and responsive to a command from a user, displaying information from said textual database on a display. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic medical record system comprising:
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one or more content generators; a plurality of workstations for storing and retrieving information related to electronic medical records; and a central controller coupled to said workstations and said content generators for; receiving output about individual patient encounters from a content generator; generating context information related to the output of the content generator; storing context information for each individual patient encounter in an encounter record in a textual database comprising a plurality of encounter records, said storing step comprising; forming a textual header for an encounter record in the database corresponding to the individual patient encounter, said textual header having a plurality of descriptors and associated values bound together as a string of text; and appending the textual header to the generated context information to form the encounter record, wherein a text object is formed; and responsive to a user command, displaying information from said textual database on a display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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