Method and system for displaying patient information

• US 20030061073A1
• Filed: 07/31/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Kumar, Manish, Gupta, Kapil, Cheong, Sek, Warner, Brent, Alban, Christopher, Prakash, Indu, Dvorak, Carl, Eichhorst, Brad, Seow, Khiang
• Application Number:
  US10/209,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20030061073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A method and system for displaying patient and administrative information in a health care environment comprising the steps of obtaining records, obtaining rules governing the display of information, applying the rules to the records to determine what information is to be displayed, and displaying the information gathered and processed in accordance with the rules. The system also allows users to select records and reports, altering the displayed information while maintaining compliance with the rules.

Claims

1. A method for displaying patient and administrative information in a health care environment, comprising:

identifying a plurality of records;

selecting a record to display from the plurality of records;

identifying a plurality of rules governing data display;

applying the identified rules governing data display to the selected record;

preparing to display processed information from the selected record in accordance with the rules governing data display; and

displaying the processed information in accordance with the rules governing data display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein preparing to display the processed information in accordance with the rules governing data display further comprises selecting data for display from the selected record.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein preparing to display the processed information in accordance with the rules governing data display further comprises emphasizing displayed information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein preparing to display the processed information in accordance with the rules governing data display further comprises

identifying a set of effected users;

identifying an individual effected user, from the set of effected users; and

displaying information about the effected user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein identifying a set of effected users comprises identifying a set of users effected by a group of information sources comprising:

the identified plurality of records,

the displayed information, and

the emphasized information.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein identifying an individual effected user comprises identifying an individual user effected by a group of information sources comprising:

the identified plurality of records,

the displayed information, and

the emphasized information.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein preparing to display information in accordance with the rules governing data display further comprises preparing a report based on a record.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein applying the rules governing data display comprises checking for an authenticated user.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein applying the rules governing data display comprises checking the identity of an authenticated user.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein applying the rules governing data display comprises checking the privileges of an authenticated user.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein applying the rules governing data display comprises checking the location of the display.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein applying the rules governing data display comprises checking at least one of the date and time of day.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein selecting data to display from the chosen record comprises automatically redacting particular record fields based on the rules governing data display.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein particular record fields comprise those containing confidential information.

15. The method of claim 3 wherein emphasizing information in the displayed record data comprises displaying textual information.

16. The method of claim 3 wherein emphasizing information in the displayed record data comprises displaying graphical information.

17. The method of claim 7 wherein preparing a report based on a record further comprises:

selecting a plurality of records to display;

allowing a user to select a record, from the plurality of displayed records;

constructing a report based on the selected record and the rules governing data display; and

displaying the report.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein constructing a report further comprises utilizing external information resources.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising locating external information resources.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein locating external information resources comprises searching the local network.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein locating external information resources comprises searching remote networks.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein external information resources further comprise documents indicated by URL.

23. A system for displaying patient and administrative information in a health care environment, having a processor, via an electronic network, the system comprising:

a memory;

a first software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to execute the step of obtaining a plurality records;

a second software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to execute the step of obtaining rules governing data display;

a third software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to execute the step of applying the rules to the plurality of records in preparation for displaying information;

a fourth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to execute the step of displaying information; and

a fifth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to execute the step of allowing the user to select a displayed record.