Patent ID: 8738396

Claim:
An integrated medical software system with embedded transcription functionality comprising: a processor configured to implement: a clinical software module that is configured to be executed by the processor to create an electronic document and to capture clinical data for a patient in the electronic document during an encounter with the patient; a transcription software application that is configured to be executed by the processor to select predefined clinical data that will appear within the electronic document in response to speech commands and to automatically transcribe dictated clinical data that will appear within the electronic document in response to dictation, the predefined clinical data being previously linked to at least one of a diagnosis code and a procedure code and the dictated clinical data being automatically linked to at least one of a diagnosis code and a procedure code as it is transcribed; and an account management software module that is configured to be executed by the processor to automatically generate at least one of a bill, a claim, or a statement for the patient using the at least one of a diagnosis code and a procedure code linked to at least one of the predefined clinical data and the dictated clinical data; wherein the processor is further configured to link the dictated clinical data automatically in real time to a clinical flag by: (i) converting the dictated clinical data into text; (ii) parsing the text to determine a meaning; and (iii) providing a link from a portion of the text associated with the meaning to the clinical flag.