System and method for the automatic generation of patient-specific and grammatically correct electronic medical records

Abstract

A system and method for automatically generating patient-specific and grammatically correct electronic medical records is disclosed. The system and method of an example embodiment includes retrieving a statement from a data object, the data object including the statement, at least one response option corresponding to the statement, and at least one sentence fragment corresponding to the response option; generating, using a processor, a user interface view that includes the statement; receiving a response corresponding to the statement; correlating the response to the at least one response option; retrieving the sentence fragment that corresponds to the correlated response option; and generating, using the processor, a patient-specific and grammatically correct electronic medical record using the retrieved sentence fragment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 generating, using a data processor, a user interface to prompt a user to enter a response option;   mapping, using the data processor, the response option to one or more corresponding sentence fragments using mapping data in a data object, the data object including a plurality of statements, a plurality of response options corresponding to each statement, and mapping data that maps each of the plurality of response options to at least one corresponding sentence fragment, text content of the plurality of response options being different than text content of a corresponding sentence fragment, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding sentence fragments, the mapping data further including, for each of the plurality of response options, data that maps a particular response option to a corresponding specific location in an electronic medical record, the specific location being individually pre-defined for each of the plurality of response options, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding specific locations in the electronic medical record;   retrieving the one or more mapped sentence fragments to which the response option is mapped;   identifying, using the data processor, a specific location in the electronic medical record corresponding to the chosen response option using the mapping data in the data object; and   placing the one or more mapped sentence fragments into the electronic medical record at the specific location.   
     
     
         2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  further including providing a set of control options for configuring the generation of the user interface. 
     
     
         3 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the response option is received via a website user interface. 
     
     
         4 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the response option is received from a patient. 
     
     
         5 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  further including retrieving medical data from a medical database. 
     
     
         6 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein a link target specifying a set of follow-on queries that relate to the response option is provided for the user. 
     
     
         7 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the electronic medical record is one or more of: a medical history, a surgical record, a mental health record, hospital record, counseling record, coaching record, physical therapy record, mental therapy record, and behavioral therapy record. 
     
     
         8 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  further including an auto-conjugate control option. 
     
     
         9 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  further including a filtering control option. 
     
     
         10 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  further including retrieving patient demographic information for insertion into the electronic medical record. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   a memory coupled to the processor to store information related to electronic medical records, the memory including a data object including a plurality of statements, a plurality of response options corresponding to each statement, and mapping data that maps each of the plurality of response options to at least one corresponding sentence fragment, text content of the plurality of response options being different than text content of a corresponding sentence fragment, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding sentence fragments, the mapping data further including, for each of the plurality of response options, data that maps a particular response option to a corresponding specific location in an electronic medical record, the specific location being individually pre-defined for each of the plurality of response options, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding specific locations in the electronic medical record;   an input component to retrieve a statement from the data object; to generate a user interface view that includes the statement; to receive a response corresponding to the statement; and to correlate the response to a chosen one of the plurality of response options; and   an output component to map the chosen response option to one or more corresponding sentence fragments using the mapping data in the data object; to retrieve the one or more mapped sentence fragments to which the chosen response option is mapped; to identify a specific location in the electronic medical record corresponding to the chosen response option using the mapping data in the data object; to place the one or more mapped sentence fragments into the electronic medical record at the specific location.   
     
     
         12 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  being further configured to provide a set of control options for configuring the generation of the user interface view. 
     
     
         13 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the response is received via a website user interface. 
     
     
         14 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the response is received from a patient. 
     
     
         15 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  being further configured to retrieve medical data from a medical database. 
     
     
         16 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  wherein a link target specifying a set of follow-on queries that relate to the response option is provided for the user. 
     
     
         17 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the medical record is one or more of: a medical history, a surgical record, a mental health record, hospital record, counseling record, coaching record, physical therapy record, mental therapy record, and behavioral therapy record. 
     
     
         18 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  being further configured to provide an auto-conjugate control option. 
     
     
         19 . The system as claimed in  claim 11  being further configured to retrieve patient demographic information for insertion into the electronic medical record. 
     
     
         20 . An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium having machine executable instructions embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
 generate a user interface to prompt a user to enter a response option;   map the response option to one or more corresponding sentence fragments using mapping data in a data object, the data object including a plurality of statements, a plurality of response options corresponding to each statement, and mapping data that maps each of the plurality of response options to at least one corresponding sentence fragment, text content of the plurality of response options being different than text content of a corresponding sentence fragment, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding sentence fragments, the mapping data further including, for each of the plurality of response options, data that maps a particular response option to a corresponding specific location in an electronic medical record, the specific location being individually pre-defined for each of the plurality of response options, at least one response option of the plurality of response options being mapped to a plurality of corresponding specific locations in the electronic medical record;   retrieve the one or more mapped sentence fragments to which the response option is mapped;   identify a specific location in the electronic medical record corresponding to the chosen response option using the mapping data in the data object; and   place the one or more mapped sentence fragments into the electronic medical record at the specific location.