System and method for auto-reuse of document text
First Claim
1. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising acts of:
- a) in response to a user requesting document text reuse for a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report;
b) in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report;
selecting document text from at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient, in accordance with one or more rules for a document type corresponding to the first medical report, andinserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and
c) in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiating another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the one or more rules.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically reusing document text (e.g. repeated phrases or lists) in a newly created document having a predetermined document type (e.g. medical record). The present invention determines whether business rules exist for the predetermined document type associated with the newly created document. If business rules for the predetermined document type exist, the present invention determines whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the newly created document. If the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the newly created document, the present invention selects document text from one or more stored documents in accordance with the business rules for the predetermined document type corresponding to the newly created document. The present invention then automatically inserts the selected document text into the newly created document.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising acts of:
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a) in response to a user requesting document text reuse for a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; b) in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; selecting document text from at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient, in accordance with one or more rules for a document type corresponding to the first medical report, and inserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and c) in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiating another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system for reusing document text, the computer system comprising:
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a computer having a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing the computer to; a) provide a user with a user interface to request document text reuse for a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient; b) determine whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; c) in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; select document text from one or more second medical reports documenting one or more past clinical encounters with that particular patient, in accordance with one or more rules for a document type corresponding to the first medical report, and insert the selected document text into the first medical report; and d) in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiate another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising acts of:
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creating, in response to a request from a user, a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient; in response to the user requesting document text reuse for the first medical report, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; retrieving data from at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient, based upon at least one rule in a rule set defined by the user, and populating the first medical report with the retrieved data; and in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiating another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the rule set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising:
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creating a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient; in response to a user requesting document text reuse for the first medical report, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; selecting from a data set at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient; selecting document text from the at least one second medical report in accordance with one or more business rules, and inserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiating another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the one or more business rules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system for reusing a portion of document text from an archived document in a newly created document, the system comprising:
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a computer, the computer having a central processing unit and a computer code mechanism; at least one data set operatively connected to the computer; and at least one archived medical report stored in the at least one data set, the at least one archived medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with a particular patient; wherein the computer is configured to; provide a user with an interface to define at least one rule to be stored in the at least one data set; create, in response to a request from the user, a new medical report documenting a clinical encounter with that particular patient; in response to the user requesting document text reuse for the new medical report, determine whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the new medical report; in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the new medical report; insert text from the at least one archived medical report into the new medical report in accordance with the at least one rule, and in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the new medical report, initiate another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the at least one rule. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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