Systems and Methods for a Visual Indicator to Track Medical Report Dictation Progress

• US 20090287487A1
• Filed: 05/14/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Fitzgerald, Timothy, Ferguson, Susan, Rossman, Daniel, Stavrinakis, Kimberly
• Application Number:
  US12/120,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20090287487A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for medical report dictation including a database component, a voice recognition component, and a user interface component. The database component is adapted to store a plurality of available templates. Each of the plurality of available templates is associated with a template cue. Each template cue includes a list of elements. The voice recognition component is adapted to convert a voice data input to a transcription data output. The user interface component is adapted to receive voice data from a user related to an image and the user interface component is adapted to present a visual indicator to the user. The visual indicator is based on a template cue associated with a template selected from the plurality of available templates. The user interface utilizes the voice recognition component to update the visual indicator.

Claims

1. A system for medical report dictation, the system comprising:

a database component adapted to store a plurality of available templates, wherein each of the plurality of available templates is associated with a template cue, wherein each template cue includes a list of elements;

a voice recognition component adapted to convert a voice data input to a transcription data output; and

a user interface component adapted to receive voice data from a user related to an image, wherein the user interface component is adapted to present a visual indicator to the user, wherein the visual indicator is based on a template cue associated with a template selected from the plurality of available templates, wherein the user interface utilizes the voice recognition component to update the visual indicator.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of available templates is created by the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of available templates is specific to an exam.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of available templates is specific to a subspecialty.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of available templates is specific to an organization.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the voice recognition component resides on a server separate from the user interface component.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the database component resides on a server separate from the user interface component.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is integrated with a radiology information system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is adapted not to display the converted transcription data output.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is further adapted to present the converted transcription data output to the user for review.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is adapted to notify the user if entries in the visual indicator are not addressed.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator is dynamically updated.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein updating the visual indicator includes altering a status indicator associated with an element in the visual indicator.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is adapted to present the image to the user.

15. A method for medical report dictation, the method comprising:

selecting a template from a plurality of available templates stored in a database component, wherein each of the plurality of available templates is associated with a template cue, wherein each template cue includes a list of elements;

providing a visual indicator to a user, wherein the visual indicator is based on a template cue associated with the selected template;

receiving voice data from the user related to an image, wherein the voice data is provided to a voice recognition component;

receiving transcription data from the voice recognition component, wherein the transcription data is based on the voice data; and

updating the visual indicator based at least in part on the transcription data.

16. The method of claim 15, further including presenting the transcription data to the user for review.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the visual indicator is dynamically updated.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein updating the visual indicator includes altering a status indicator associated with an element in the visual indicator.

19. The method of claim 15, further including presenting the image to the user.

20. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

a user interface routine configured to receive voice data from a user related to an image, present a visual indicator to the user, and utilize a voice recognition component to update the visual indicator, wherein the visual indicator is based on a template cue associated with a template selected from a plurality of available templates stored in a database component, wherein each of the plurality of available templates is associated with a template cue, wherein each template cue includes a list of elements.