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Table 1 Field composition, data type and recording method of outpatient medical records in the ESR system

From: Evaluation of the clinical application effect of eSource record tools for clinical research

Field name

Data type

Main recording method

Demographics

Structured

Optical character recognition

Visit time

Structured

Voice input

History of present illness

Free text

Voice recognition/NLP parsing transcribed text to generate records

Past history

Free text

Voice recognition/NLP parsing transcribed text to generate records

Personal history

Free text

Voice recognition/NLP parsing transcribed text to generate records

Menstrual history

Free text

Voice recognition/NLP parsing transcribed text to generate records

Marriage history

Free text

Voice recognition/NLP parsing transcribed text to generate records

Physical examination

Free text

Voice input

Specialty situation

Free text

Voice input

Auxiliary examination

Free text

Voice input/optical character recognition

Initial diagnosis

Structured

Voice input

Treatment plan

Free text

Voice input