Naturally expressed medical procedure descriptions generated via synchronized diagrams and menus

Abstract

A computing device-based system and method are described for generating a medical procedure description recorded into the system by a physician. The system and method manipulate a set of database records comprising medical content which is naturally descriptive of clinical procedures and clinically accurate diagrams which are naturally descriptive to document a medical procedure. To support the generation of a set of said medical procedure descriptions, the system and method provide interchangeable, connected, ontologically-based medical procedure database cartridges of medical content terms, rules, and diagrams that naturally describe constrained procedure representations for clinical procedure descriptions.

1 . A method for documenting a medical procedure, comprising the steps of:
 (a) recording a medical procedure description; and   (b) constructing said medical procedure description using a synchronized diagram and menu system.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said constructing said medical procedure description comprises the steps of:
 (a) accessing a procedures representations database of procedure term and attributes representations;   (b) selecting a procedure term and attributes representation from said procedure representations database that is associated with said medical procedure description; and   (c) constructing said medical procedure description using said selected term and attributes representation via synchronized diagram and menu system.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said accessing a procedures representations database of said procedure term and attributes representations further comprises:
 (a) accessing a database of procedure terminologies that are interconnected to said procedures representations database of said procedure term and attributes representations.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein said accessing a database of procedure terminologies further comprises:
 (a) accessing a database of diagrams interconnected to said procedures representations database.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein said selecting said procedure term and attributes representation further comprises:
 (a) automatically selecting a plurality of diagrams from said database of diagrams that are interconnected to said procedure term and attributes representation.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein said constructing said medical procedure description further comprises:
 (a) associating said diagram for said procedure term and attributes representation to said menu, wherein said diagram and said menu are synchronized in their medical procedure description   
     
     
         7 . A method for documenting a medical procedure, comprising the steps of:
 (a) recording a medical procedure description;   (b) constructing said recording a medical procedure description using a synchronized diagram and menu system;   (c) accessing a procedures representations database of procedure term and attributes representations; and   (d) selecting a procedure term and attributes representation from said procedure representations database that is associated with said medical procedure description.   
     
     
         8 . The method for documenting a medical procedure according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 (e) accessing a database of procedure terminologies.   
     
     
         9 . The method for documenting a medical procedure according to  claim 8  further comprising:
 (f) accessing a database of diagrams interconnected to said procedures representations database of said procedure term and attributes representations.   
     
     
         10 . The method for documenting a medical procedure according to  claim 9  further comprising:
 (g) automatically selecting a plurality of diagrams from said database of diagrams that are interconnected to said procedure term and attributes representation; and   (h) associating said diagram for said procedure term and attributes representation to said menu, wherein said diagram and said menu are synchronized in their medical procedure description.   
     
     
         11 . A documentation system for medical procedure descriptions comprising:
 (a) a computing device;   (b) a user interface residing on said computing device for recording a medical procedure description; and   (c) a diagram and menu system configured for construct a medical procedure description, wherein said diagram and menu system concisely summarizes said medical procedure description.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said system further comprises a first database residing on said computing device, said database operably connected to said user interface and comprising medical content including a plurality of medical procedure descriptions, diagrams, and programming logic. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein said system further comprises a second database residing on said computing device, said second database operably connected to said user interface and comprising a set of procedures terms and attributes representations. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein said system further comprises an anticipatory user interface for accessing said procedure terms and attributes representations, wherein said medical procedure description is concisely constructed using said diagram and menu system. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein said system further comprises a diagram and menu ontology interference engine residing on said user interface.