US Patent 8738403 Methods and apparatus for updating text in clinical documentation

Based on a free-form narration of a patient encounter provided by a clinician, it may be determined that one or more clinical facts could possibly be ascertained from the patient encounter. One or more options corresponding to the one or more clinical facts may be provided to a user. A selection of a first option of the one or more options may be received from the user. The first option may correspond to a first fact of the one or more clinical facts. A textual representation of the free-form narration may be updated to identify the first fact as having been ascertained from the patient encounter.