Patent ID: 8630842
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for producing healthcare data records from graphical inputs by computer users, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of user input categories; displaying on a graphical display, and in a first zone, a plurality of icons that correspond to a first of the user input categories, and receiving in the first zone a first user selection of a first icon of the plurality of icons; displaying on the graphical display, in a second zone that is spatially separated from the first zone and has an edge that is nearest to the first zone that does not overlap an edge of the first zone that is nearest the second zone, a plurality of icons that correspond to a second of the user input categories, and receiving in the second zone a second user selection of a second icon of the plurality of icons; displaying on the graphical display one or more icons that correspond to a physical target on which a medical action or observation is performed, and receiving at the one or more icons that correspond to the physical target a third user selection of the physical target; and applying a syntax to topics of the first, second, and third selections to generate a grammatical description of the medical action or observation using the at least two of the first, second, and third user selections, the syntax being applied to building the grammatical description from multiple separate sub-sentence clauses after at least one of the first, second, and third user selections are received, wherein one of the first or second user input categories represents an object on which an action is performed, and the other of the first or second input categories represents the action that is performed on the object, and wherein icons in the second zone are displayed for any selection by the user in the first zone.