Patent ID: 7374535

Claim:
A medical information system, comprising: A. a display device responsive to display signals representative of medical text in an image field, B. a display signal controller including: i. memory including stored data representative of a plurality of discrete phrases, each of said phrases being a sequence of words, or abbreviations or symbols therefore, representative of a medical condition, ii. user select device responsive a user action to: a display two or more of said plurality of discrete phrases, b. select a sequence of two or more of said phrases and identify text entry points representative of desired positions of said phrases in said image field, iii. user text entry device responsive to user action to selectively determine text to be deleted from said selected sequence of phrases and additional text to be displayed in said image field at desired positions in said image field in or between said selected phrases, iv. display signal generator responsive to said select device and said text entry device to generate said display signals, said display signals being representative of said selected phrases and said determined text at their respective desired positions in said image field, wherein said display device generates a split-screen region having a first subregion and a second subregion, and wherein said display signal generator effects said display device to display said display signals representative of said determined text in said first subregion and to display a graphical plot of said medical condition associated with a patient and as represented by said selected phrases as a function of time in said second subregion.