Hands-free speech-based natural language processing computerized clinical decision support system designed for veterinary professionals

A hands-free speech-based natural language processing clinical decision support (CDS) system for use by a veterinary professional during a veterinary procedure while the user's hands are occupied or unable to access patient or pharmaceutical data without stopping the procedure, comprising:

• a stationary device or mobile device having a microphone and a speaker or earphone connected by wire or wirelessly;
• a natural language processing server programmed with computer software dialog model to interpret the raw voice data connected to said stationary device or mobile device via communications network;
• a patient information database with patient information connected to said stationary device or mobile device via communications network;
• a database with formulary rules to define protocols connected to a remote hosted computer application server via communications network;
• a patient session database to store patient session attributes while determining protocols connected to a remote hosted computer application server via communications network;
• a tracking database to track user actions and decisions connected to a remote hosted computer application server via communications network;
• an analytics system for analyzing user actions and decisions for audit, training and legal purposes connected to a remote hosted computer application server via communications network;
• interface for network interconnectivity to hospital information systems (HIS);
• interface for net interconnectivity to pharmaceutical inventory and purchasing to ensure availability of protocols before recommendation and to trigger ordering of pharmaceuticals when inventory runs low;
• a logic state rules engine functioning in parallel to the aforementioned dialog model to facilitate diagnosis and filter protocols based on patient condition and attributes through a sequential process of computer generated questions deployed through the aforementioned audio device(s) and user responses that include the ability to request the system repeat a request or edit a previously entered patient attribute;
• and, a networked application for document generation of a digital and/or print report for long term data retention.