Method, system, and apparatus for assembly, transport and display of clinical data

1 . A method for distributing shared medical information, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a document processed through a natural language processing system, said document having corresponding associated medical facts;

obtaining an healthcare information system data set;

extracting a set of data elements from said document and its corresponding associated medical facts and from said healthcare information system data set according to first pre-defined standard;

formatting said medical document into a second predefined standard;

formatting said extracted data elements according to the first predefined standard;

converting said formatted medical document and said formatted extracted data elements into a predefined application format;

encrypting said application format; and

distributing said application format.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said first predefined standard is a CCR standard.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said second predefined standard is a CDR standard.

4 . A method for distributing a document bundled with associated facts to a user, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a document transcribed from an audio file created by said user;

determining associated facts corresponding to said document;

defining a single format suitable for packaging said document and the associated facts;

encapsulating said document and the associated facts in said single format;

transporting said encapsulated document and associated facts to said user in a fashion suitable for singular or longitudinal viewing by said user;

collecting and storing sets of document packages in a repository;

searching said repository;

generating reports from the results of said search;

adding metadata to the results of said searches; and

encapsulating, encrypting, and distributing said sets of document packages.