Patent ID: 6304848
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G06Q,G10L,G16H

Abstract:
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; andmedical 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.