Granted Patent B2

US 8,947,374 · App. 13/022,310 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

Claims (69)

1. A method comprising:

initializing a touch phrase button by a processor, wherein the initializing comprises associating a first text with the touch phrase button;

receiving an input associated with the touch phrase button;

updating, by the processor, a state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to a save state in response to the input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button comprises automatically associating a second text with the touch phrase button without user input of the second text, wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button; and

communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the communicating the state of the touch phrase button occurs automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving note data associated with the touch phrase button.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

initializing a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receiving a second input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the second input, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configured for compilation in a report.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving text associated with a custom question;

receiving a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receiving a second answer type associated with the custom question;

displaying the text associated with the custom question;

receiving a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receiving a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the first answer type comprises a yes or no type response, a number type response, a text type response, a date type response, a select list type response, a toggle through type response, or a multiple select list type response;

the second answer type comprises a yes or no type response, a number type response, a text type response, a date type response, a select list type response, a toggle through type response, or a multiple select list type response; and

the first answer type is different from the second answer type.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button in place of the first text.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button further comprises changing an appearance of the touch phrase button.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the changing the appearance of the touch phrase button comprises changing an icon, a font, or text formatting of the touch phrase button.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating the state of the touch phrase button changes the state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to the save state.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface configured to:

present a touch phrase button;

receive an input associated with the touch phrase button; and

a processor configured to:

initialize the touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a first text with the touch phrase button;

update a state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to a save state in response to the received input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button comprises automatically associating a second text with the touch phrase button without user input of the second text, wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button; and

communicate the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the state of the touch phrase button is communicated automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive note data associated with the touch phrase button.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

initialize a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receive a second input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

update a state of the touch phrase button based upon the second input, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configure for compilation in a report.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configure to:

receive text associated with a custom question;

receive a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receive a second answer type associated with the custom question;

display the text associated with the custom question;

receive a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receive a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.

16. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

initializing a touch phrase button by a processor, wherein the initializing comprises associating a first text with the touch phrase button;

receiving an input associated with the touch phrase button;

updating a state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to a save state in response to the input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button comprises automatically associating a second text with the touch phrase button without user input of the second text, wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button; and

communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the communicating the state of the touch phrase button occurs automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 16 , wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

receiving note data associated with the touch phrase button; and

receiving additional data associated with the touch phrase button.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

initializing a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receiving a input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the input associated with the second touch phrase button, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configure for compilation in a report.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

receiving text associated with a custom question;

receiving a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receiving a second answer type associated with the custom question;

displaying the text associated with the custom question;

receiving a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receiving a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.

Assignments (14)