Patent ID: 8160899

Claim:
A computer based patient clinical records system for dental practices, with the dental practices having a collection of general patient information and a related collection of dental examination and treatment information, said dental patient clinical records system comprising a computer and non-transitory computer readable storage media storing a plurality of non-transitory instructions for enabling operation of said computer, said computer comprising: a processor accessing the computer readable storage media, the computer readable storage media storing a plurality of non-transitory instructions; said plurality of non-transitory instructions including: a. a first plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to obtain a particular patient record from a first collection of general patient information; b. a second plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to obtain information from a second collection of related dental examination and treatment data are specific to the particular patient; c. a third plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to display a plurality of windows on a display of the computer, with a first window displaying general patient information of the particular patient, a second window displaying a dental chart, and a third window displaying an editable window having at least one of dental examination information and dental treatment information related to the particular patient, said third window providing an item entry module including a procedure selection plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to specify a procedure and a rules plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to limit user item selection to a plurality of items based on the specified procedure; d. an anesthesia treatment plurality of instructions stored on the computer readable media, said anesthesia treatment plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to obtain anesthesia treatment information from the user for incorporation into the second collection that are specific to the particular patient; e. a patient observation plurality of instructions stored on the computer readable media, said patient observation plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to obtain data observed from the particular patient relating to when the patient received the anesthesia treatment and f. an anesthesia record plurality of instructions stored on the computer readable media, said anesthesia record plurality of instructions for execution by the computer to store an anesthesia record in the related collection, the anesthesia record having together both the anesthesia treatment information along with the data observed from the particular patient relating to when the particular patient received the anesthesia treatment, the anesthesia record including stored measurements of blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation of the blood.