Patent ID: 7133937

Claim:
A system for inputting data into an electronic medical record comprising: a pen-like input device with an elongated body having a first end and a second end; a stylus point at the first end of the pen-like input device configured to point to a touch screen; a microphone element at the second end of the pen-like input device for receiving speech signals from a user; a microphone activation button located on the elongated body, wherein the activation button is activated and deactivated to enable and disable speech recognition by the microphone element; and a logician database coupled with the pen-like input device such that the logician database is configured to send data to an external system from the pen-like input device, and is further configured to receive data from the external system when requested by the pen-like input device, wherein the external system includes a practice management system, a transaction system, a laboratory system, a document imaging system, a hospital information system and a clinical data repository; wherein fields in the electronic medical record are populated with the input data when the microphone activation button is activated, and further wherein the input data includes the speech signals collected by the microphone.