Medical record forming and storing apparatus and medical record and method related to same
First Claim
1. A medical record forming and storing apparatus comprising:
- voice inputting means for inputting unprompted and unstructured free dictation of at least one medical personnel;
voice processing means responsive to said voice inputting means for processing the inputted voice from said voice inputting means and generating voice data therefrom;
key term recognizing means responsive to said voice data processing means for recognizing key medical terms freely dictated in an unstructured and unprompted format by the at least one medical personnel, said key term recognizing means including key medical term storing means for storing a plurality of key medical terms, comparing means responsive to said key medical term storing means for comparing the voice data with key medical terms within said key medical term storing means, separating means responsive to said comparing means for separating the key medical terms from the non-key medical terms, and non-key term eliminating means for eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
medical term matching means responsive to said key term recognizing means for matching medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with patient conditions, said medical term matching means including a knowledge database for assisting in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto; and
medical record creating means responsive to said medical term matching means for creating an actual patient medical record, said medical record creating means including draft record generating means for generating a draft medical record related to the at least one medical personnel'"'"'s dictation for review by the at least one medical personnel, record revising means responsive to the at least one medical personnel for revising the draft medical record, and record accepting means responsive to medical personnel for accepting the draft medical record.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming medical records and a medical record formed thereby are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a voice input device for inputting free dictation of medical personnel, a voice processor responsive to the voice input device for processing the inputted voice and generating voice data therefrom, and a key term recognizer responsive to the voice processor for recognizing key medical terms freely dictated by the medical personnel. The key term recognizer preferably includes a key medical term database for storing a plurality of key medical terms therein. The apparatus preferably also includes a medical term matcher responsive to the key word recognizer for matching recognized key medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with patient conditions to thereby add additional data thereto and a medical record creator responsive to the medical term matcher for creating an actual patient medical record therefrom. A method of forming medical records preferably includes generating a plurality of key medical terms, recognizing the plurality of key medical terms responsive to a key medical term database having a plurality of key medical terms stored therein, matching recognized key medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with known patient conditions stored in a knowledge database so that the knowledge database assists in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto, and creating an actual patient medical record responsive to the matched recognized key medical terms.
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55 Claims
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1. A medical record forming and storing apparatus comprising:
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voice inputting means for inputting unprompted and unstructured free dictation of at least one medical personnel;
voice processing means responsive to said voice inputting means for processing the inputted voice from said voice inputting means and generating voice data therefrom;
key term recognizing means responsive to said voice data processing means for recognizing key medical terms freely dictated in an unstructured and unprompted format by the at least one medical personnel, said key term recognizing means including key medical term storing means for storing a plurality of key medical terms, comparing means responsive to said key medical term storing means for comparing the voice data with key medical terms within said key medical term storing means, separating means responsive to said comparing means for separating the key medical terms from the non-key medical terms, and non-key term eliminating means for eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
medical term matching means responsive to said key term recognizing means for matching medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with patient conditions, said medical term matching means including a knowledge database for assisting in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto; and
medical record creating means responsive to said medical term matching means for creating an actual patient medical record, said medical record creating means including draft record generating means for generating a draft medical record related to the at least one medical personnel'"'"'s dictation for review by the at least one medical personnel, record revising means responsive to the at least one medical personnel for revising the draft medical record, and record accepting means responsive to medical personnel for accepting the draft medical record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. A medical record forming and storing apparatus comprising:
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voice inputting means for inputting unprompted and unstructured free dictation of at least one medical personnel;
voice processing means responsive to said voice inputting means for processing the inputted voice from said voice inputting means and generating voice data therefrom;
key term recognizing means responsive to said voice data processing means for recognizing key medical terms freely dictated in an unstructured and unprompted format by the at least one medical personnel, said key term recognizing means including key medical term storing means for storing a plurality of key medical terms, comparing means responsive to said key medical term storing means for comparing the voice data with key medical terms within said key medical term storing means, and separating means responsive to said comparing means for separating the key medical terms from the non-key medical terms;
medical term matching means responsive to said key term recognizing means for matching medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with patient conditions, said medical term matching means including a knowledge database for assisting in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto; and
medical record creating means responsive to said medical term matching means for creating an actual patient medical record, said medical record creating means including draft record generating means for generating a draft medical record related to the at least one medical personnel'"'"'s dictation for review by the at least one medical personnel, record revising means responsive to the at least one medical personnel for revising the draft medical record, the record revising means including knowledge database revised term matching means responsive to said knowledge database for matching terms revised by the at least one medical personnel with terms in said knowledge database, the knowledge database revised term matching means including best-fit comparing means for comparing the revised term with terms within said knowledge database based upon a best-fit matching configuration, and record accepting means responsive to medical personnel for accepting the draft medical record.
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11. A medical recording forming and storing apparatus comprising:
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a voice input device for inputting unprompted and unstructured free dictation of at least one medical personnel;
a voice processor responsive to said voice input device for processing the inputted voice and generating voice data therefrom;
a key term recognizer responsive to said voice processor for recognizing key medical terms freely dictated by the at least one medical personnel, said key term recognizer including a key medical term database for storing a plurality of key medical terms therein and a non-key term eliminator for eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
a medical term matcher responsive to said key word recognizer for matching recognized key medical terms used by the at least one medical personnel at least with patient conditions to thereby add additional data thereto, including a knowledge database having a structured tree configuration which relates patient conditions with patient treatments of the conditions so that the knowledge database assists in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto;
a medical record creator responsive to said medical term matcher for creating an actual patient medical record therefrom;
medical record storing means responsive to said medical record creator for storing an accepted medical record created therefrom for future reference. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A medical record forming apparatus comprising:
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voice inputting means for inputting dictation of at least one medical personnel;
voice processing means responsive to said voice inputting means for processing the inputted voice from said voice inputting means and generating voice data therefrom;
key term recognizing means responsive to said voice processing means for recognizing key medical terms dictated the at least one medical personnel, said key term recognizing means including key medical term storing means for storing a plurality of key medical terms, comparing means responsive to said key medical term storing means for comparing the voice data with key medical terms within said key medical term storing means, separating means responsive to said comparing means for separating the key medical terms from the non-key medical terms, and non-key term eliminating means for eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
medical term matching means responsive to said key term recognizing means for matching medical terms used by the medical personnel at least with patient conditions, said medical term matching means including a knowledge database relating patient conditions with patient treatments of the conditions so that the knowledge database assists in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto; and
medical record creating means responsive to said medical term matching means for creating an actual patient medical record, said medical record creating means including draft record generating means for generating a draft medical record related to the at least one medical personnel'"'"'s dictation for review by the at least one medical personnel, record revising means responsive to the at least one medical personnel for revising the draft medical record, and record accepting means responsive to medical personnel for accepting the draft medical record. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of forming medical records comprising the steps of:
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inputting unprompted and unstructured free dictation of at least one medical personnel;
processing the inputted voice to thereby generate voice data therefrom;
recognizing key medical terms freely dictated by the at least one medical personnel responsive to a key medical term database having a plurality of key medical terms stored therein, including the step of eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
matching recognized key medical terms used by the at least one medical personnel at least with known patient conditions to thereby add additional data thereto, including providing a knowledge database having a structured tree configuration which relates patient conditions with patient treatments of the conditions so that the knowledge database assists in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto;
creating an actual patient medical record therefrom; and
storing a created actual medical record accepted by the at least one medical personnel for future reference. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of forming medical records comprising the step of:
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inputting dictation of at least one medical personnel;
processing the inputted voice to thereby generate voice data therefrom;
recognizing key medical terms dictated by the at least one medical personnel responsive to a key medical term database having a plurality of key medical terms stored therein and eliminating non-key terms from the generated voice data;
matching recognized key medical terms used by the at least one medical personnel at least with known patient conditions; and
providing a knowledge database having a structured tree configuration for assisting in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of forming medical records comprising the step of:
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generating a plurality of key medical terms;
recognizing the plurality of key medical terms responsive to a key medical term database having a plurality of key medical terms stored therein, including eliminating non-key terms from generated data;
matching recognized key medical terms used by the at least one medical personnel at least with known patient conditions stored in a knowledge database which relates patient conditions with patient treatments of the conditions so that the knowledge database assists in further describing the actual condition of the patient by adding additional data thereto; and
creating an actual patient medical record responsive to the matched recognized key medical terms, including generating a draft medical record related to the at least one medical personnel'"'"'s dictation for review by the at least one medical personnel, revising the draft medical record responsive to the at least one medical personnel, and accepting the draft medical record. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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