Patent Issued for Automated clinical documentation system and method (USPTO 12073361).

A patent has been issued for an automated clinical documentation system and method by Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. The system aims to track procedural events in patient encounters by obtaining encounter information, processing it to generate an encounter transcript, and locating procedural events within the transcript. The system can confirm the identity of encounter participants and authenticate informed medical consent events using audio and machine vision encounter information. This technology has the potential to improve the efficiency and accuracy of clinical documentation in the transition from paper-based to digital records. [Extracted from the article]