Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for use in a health care management system that includes a voice recognition system having a first queue, a transcription service node having a second queue, at least one portable user interface device, and a memory. A voice file is created using a portable user interface device. The voice file is sent to the voice recognition system and is stored in the first queue. The voice recognition system creates a text file based on the voice file. Both the text file and the voice file are placed in the second queue of the transcription service node for manual processing by a transcriptionist. The transcriptionist edits the text file based on the voice file. The edited text file is stored in the memory. The edited text file is then used to train the voice recognition system so as to avoid errors which would otherwise need to be corrected by the transcriptionist.

Abstract: A health care management method and system are used to relieve health care personnel of the burden of administrative, regulatory and reimbursement tasks which distract them from practicing medicine. The system includes a central database and at least one portable user interface device. The central database stores a plurality of medical records associated with a plurality of patients. The portable user interface device includes a display and a memory. A subset of the plurality of medical records is stored in the memory of the portable user interface device. The portable user interface device presents on the display a plurality of selectable windows including at least one activity initiation window for ordering health care activities associated with a selected patient and an activity status window for presenting a list of the ordered health care activities and the status of each ordered health care activity.