Charles E Michaels

US Patent:

20080242953, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Feb 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/032619

Inventors:

Douglas K. Dew - Palm Coast FL, US
Steven J. Halpern - Oviedo FL, US
Frank J. Thomas - Lake Mary FL, US
Charles E, Michaels - Lutz FL, US
Clement C. Darrow - Bel Air MD, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600300, 434323

Abstract:

A system for guiding a user's physical examination of a patient and for generating a transcript. The system comprises: a screen requesting patient identification information, wherein the patient identification information excludes a patient name and further requesting patient medical history information; a screen requesting vital signs information; a screen requesting selection of an anatomical region of the patient for examination, wherein the user selects an anatomical region responsive to the request; a screen providing a plurality of possible observed symptoms related to the selected anatomical region, wherein the user selects one or more of the possible observed symptoms; a screen presenting possible findings that may be observed during the physical examination, wherein the user selects one or more of the possible findings based on the physical examination and a screen displaying a patient transcript responsive to information entered into the previous screens