Patent ID: 8688459

Claim:
A method for controlling clinical data in a medical computer system having a display, comprising: displaying a first set of clinical data from at least one clinical database in a first set of windows on the display, the display having a plurality of controls for performing a plurality of functions; generating a subset of available voice commands based upon the first set of clinical data displayed in the first set of windows from a set of voice commands stored in at least one voice command database, the subset of available voice commands having fewer voice commands than the set of voice commands; receiving at least one new item of clinical data; displaying said at least one new item of clinical data in the first set of windows; generating at least one new available voice command based on said at least one new item of clinical data; incorporating the at least one new available voice command into the subset of available voice commands; receiving a spoken command from a user via an audio input device; comparing the spoken command with the subset of available voice commands; and executing a function of the display associated with said spoken command if said spoken command corresponds to the subset of available voice commands.