Abstract: A method for coding clinical input data by a charge capture system comprises the steps of receiving clinical input data from a clinical input data source, the clinical input data including interpretations of measured data; providing one or more coding algorithms; dividing the interpretations of measured data into phrases; and processing the phrase through a pattern matcher that matches one or more elements of the phrase to an initial code. The method further includes the steps of processing the initial codes to generate a corresponding one or more billing codes; if more than one billing code is determined, ranking the billing codes in an order of significance to determine a highest ranked billing code; and providing one of the one billing code and the highest ranked billing code to a billing system.

Abstract: A system for serial comparison of physiological data, including: a controller; a user interface; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the controller, perform the steps of: receiving from a first data source a current clinical report including first set of physiological data of a patient and computer-generated first interpretive statements; accessing, from the patient file in a patient database, a previous clinical report including a second set of physiological data of the patient and physician-edited interpretive statements; mapping the physician-edited interpretive statements into one or more codes of a structured data format, wherein each code uniquely identifies a medical state; performing a serial comparison between the current clinical report and the previous clinical report to generate serial comparison interpretive statements; providing to a user, via the user interface, the serial comparison interpretive statements; and receiving, via the user interface, current physician-edited

Abstract: A system for serial comparison of physiological data, including: a controller; a user interface; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the controller, perform the steps of: receiving from a first data source a current clinical report including first set of physiological data of a patient and computer-generated first interpretive statements; accessing, from the patient file in a patient database, a previous clinical report including a second set of physiological data of the patient and physician-edited interpretive statements; mapping the physician-edited interpretive statements into one or more codes of a structured data format, wherein each code uniquely identifies a medical state; performing a serial comparison between the current clinical report and the previous clinical report to generate serial comparison interpretive statements; providing to a user, via the user interface, the serial comparison interpretive statements; and receiving, via the user interface, current physician-edited

Abstract: A display method for time-ordered dynamic lists of data including a window for a computer display having a present portion and a past portion. The present portion contains only current data. Any and all historic data is contained in the past portion. The past portion is of a specified length but may be variable and can be reviewed by the user as desired. Whenever the present portion and the past portion of the window do not represent a continuous list of data from the current data to the historic data, a visible indicator is provided to notify the user of this discontinuity.