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Ultrasound laboratory information management system and method

  • US 20020198454A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2002
  • Published: 12/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A laboratory information management system comprising:

  • a plurality of linked modules which perform the following functions;

    tracking patient status from initial appointment scheduling to discharge from the laboratory following appointment;

    capturing demographics information regarding the patient;

    capturing information regarding patient treatment during the appointment for the generation of a bill for the treatment provided;

    indicating a set of suggested procedures to be performed during the appointment based on a referral diagnosis for the patient;

    capturing information regarding measurements taken or derived during the appointment;

    capturing measurement information and image data generated during the appointment;

    capturing final impressions and interpretations of laboratory staff regarding the procedures performed and the measurements derived during the appointment;

    generating a plurality of standard reports based on the procedures preformed during the appointment, the standard reports incorporating measurement information and image data captured during the appointment;

    verifying if patient has been assigned to a serial study and prompt for laboratory staff to perform additional procedures required for the serial study if not the necessary information and image data have not been captured during the appointment;

    assigning information and image data collected regarding the patient during an appointment to a research protocol if the patient has been assigned to the research protocol;

    a user interface for system users and laboratory staff interaction with the modules including required and user-customizable elements derived from at least one of the modules;

    creating ad hoc reports which incorporate information and image data captured or derived during the appointment, referral diagnoses, and laboratory staff impressions and interpretations;

    configuring user input fields, which may include specification of the nature of information to be entered into the fields and a list of allowable field entries;

    configuring and administering access privileges for system users based on an assigned role of the user and security of patient clinical and research data;

    provide separate development, testing, integration and production environments, and provide on-line access to user manuals and technical documentation regarding the environments and modules to system users;

    storing and indexing patient information, information captured during the appointment and other reports generated from the patient information and the information captured during the appointment in a relational database linked to the plurality of modules.

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