Patent Application

App. No. 12/586,215

Abstract

Claims (14)

1 . A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of medical records comprising:

associating an electronic document with an electronic patient chart;

submitting said electronic document for first physician review; and

automatically restricting another submission of said electronic document for second physician review upon detection of first physician review of said electronic document.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically updating a review status indicator for said electronic document associated with said electronic patient chart upon detection of first physician review of said electronic document.

3 . A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:

compiling multiple patient transcripts into a single document file;

inputting said document file into a computer system; and

separating said patient transcripts within said computer system according to at least one of predetermined character sets, patient specific information, and patient identifiers to obtain separated patient transcripts.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising automatically associating said separated patient transcripts with a corresponding patient record.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein said step of separating said patient transcripts is facilitated by detecting patient specific information in at least one of transcription headers, footers, titles, and metadata.

6 . A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:

storing patient records in at least one database and in at least one file format; and

exporting at least a portion of said patient records to a single file of a uniform format.

Assignments (11)