Patent ID: 7716072
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A template builder building a custom template that will be used by a health care provider to generate an electronic document for a patient during a subsequent encounter with the patient, the template builder comprising: means for a user to select a type of electronic document that will be generated from the custom template during the subsequent encounter with the patient, the type of electronic document selected defining one or more predefined sections that will be built in the custom template; and means for building one or more predefined sections in the custom template that is configured for the user to draft and/or select one or more sentences in at least one of the one or more predefined sections and that is configured for the user to define and/or select one or more fields for completing at least one of the one or more sentences, wherein one or more fields include at least one of a default control type that is subsequently and automatically populated with the patient information during the encounter with the patient, an input box that creates a point in a sentence where data can subsequently be manually input by the user during the encounter with the patient, and a select list that creates a list of different options that can subsequently be chosen by the user as text for completing at least one of the one or more sentences during the encounter with the patient.