15 b are a flow diagram of the assisted patient registration process 278 defined in FIG. 7 b; FIGS. 16 a and 16 b are a flow diagram of the mental status examination function 508 defined in FIG. 10 b; FIG. 17 is a flow diagram of the semantic discrepancy evaluator routine (SDER) 510 defined in FIG. 10 b; FIG. 18 is a flow diagram of the past medical history routine 512 defined in FIG. 10 b; FIG. 1