System and method for a seamless user interface for an integrated electronic health care information system
First Claim
1. An electronic health care system comprising:
- a modular framework including a plurality of activities, each activity providing an aspect of patient care, the framework adaptable for accepting additional activities forming a single integrated system; and
a display in communication with the modular framework for providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface adaptable for displaying information corresponding to one or more of the activities and including a common menu format utilized by the graphical user interface for communicating available operations in the graphical user interface, and common visual components utilized by the graphical user interface for displaying information to a system user.
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Abstract
An electronic health care system includes a modular framework and a display in communication with the modular framework for providing a graphical user interface to a system user. The modular framework includes a plurality of activities, each activity providing an aspect of patient care, where the framework is adaptable for accepting additional activities forming a single integrated system. The graphical user interface is adaptable for displaying information corresponding to one or more of the activities, and includes a common menu format for communicating available operations in the graphical user interface, and common visual components for displaying information to a system user.
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40 Claims
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1. An electronic health care system comprising:
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a modular framework including a plurality of activities, each activity providing an aspect of patient care, the framework adaptable for accepting additional activities forming a single integrated system; and
a display in communication with the modular framework for providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface adaptable for displaying information corresponding to one or more of the activities and including a common menu format utilized by the graphical user interface for communicating available operations in the graphical user interface, and common visual components utilized by the graphical user interface for displaying information to a system user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. A graphical user interface for an electronic health care system which provides a system user a plurality of activities, comprising:
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a common menu format utilized by the graphical user interface for communicating available operations in the graphical user interface; and
a workspace including common visual components utilized by the graphical user interface for displaying information to a system user upon selection of an available option by the system user, the workspace having an activities toolbar listing available activities within the workspace, and an activities display area for displaying information corresponding to at least one selected activity.
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21. A method of providing a health care system having an integrated graphical user interface, comprising:
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within the health care system, providing a plurality of activities in a modular framework, each activity providing an aspect of patient care;
displaying a menu in a common menu format on the graphical user interface, the menu communicating available operations to a system user; and
displaying common visual components for the activities on the graphical user interface, the common visual components providing information to the system user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40)
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38. A method of providing an integrated graphical user interface for a system user of a health care system, comprising:
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displaying a menu in a common menu format on the graphical user interface for communicating available options to the system user; and
displaying a workspace including common visual components utilized by the graphical user interface for displaying information to the system user upon selection of an available option by the system user, including providing an activities toolbar listing available activities within the workspace, and providing an activities display area for displaying information corresponding to at least one selected activity.
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