Medical advice expert
First Claim
1. A medical advice expert system, comprising:
- a graphical user interface that presents to a user coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy, and that accepts selections of the presented information made by the user; and
an electronic medical record generator responsive to the graphical user interface and recording user selections into an electronic medical record.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) presents to a clinician/user coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy, and accepts selections of the presented information made by the user. An electronic medical record generator records user selections into an electronic medical record. The logical hierarchy may be organized, for example, by physiological system, or by type of examination. The GUI includes an image of a body, from which a user can select a body part for examination, examination method selection controls, and one or more sets of buttons optimized for a touchscreen. Each button has a bulbous portion and a narrower label portion. The bulbous portion is large enough to be easily contacted with the user'"'"'s finger without the user'"'"'s finger contacting an adjacent button. The narrow label portion protrudes from the bulbous portion and can contain a text label. The controls can thus be lined up alternately in opposite orientations so that they are tightly stacked. A set of controls/buttons can be for indicating and allowing selection of systems of observation. Another set of buttons can be for indicating and allowing selection of observations. Each of these controls can correspond to a medical coding system code for a medical observation and can contain a descriptive label. The system can further comprise an expert system that suggests tests based on user selections. Suggested tests can be highlighted by the graphical user interface.
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141 Claims
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1. A medical advice expert system, comprising:
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a graphical user interface that presents to a user coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy, and that accepts selections of the presented information made by the user; and
an electronic medical record generator responsive to the graphical user interface and recording user selections into an electronic medical record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 117)
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18. A patient history and examination support system, comprising:
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a processor;
an input device connected to the processor;
a display connected to the processor; and
a graphical user interface presented on the display which assists a user in an examination of a patient and accepts medical data entered by the user, the medical data automatically corresponding to medical coding system codes, the graphical user interface comprising an image of a body, from which a user can select a body part for examination, examination method selection controls, from which the user can select an examination method, a first set of controls indicating locations to which a selected examination method can be applied, and a second set of user selectable controls based on the selected examination method and the selected body part, each second set control corresponding to a medical coding system code for a medical observation and containing a descriptive label, user selection of a second set control being medical data entered by the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface on a touch-sensitive screen, including program code which displays:
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an image of a body, from which a user, by touching a part of the body image, can select a body part for examination;
examination method selection controls, from which the user can select an examination method;
a first set of controls indicating systems of observation to which a selected examination method can be applied; and
a second set of controls, each corresponding to a medical coding system code for a medical observation and containing a descriptive label, members of the second set of controls being based on the selected examination method and a selected body part, and for each member, upon user selection of the member, the corresponding medical coding system code being stored. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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71. A medical advice expert method, comprising:
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using a graphical user interface, presenting to a user coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy;
accepting selections of the presented information made by the user; and
generating an electronic medical record by recording user selections. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A patient history and examination support method, comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface which assists a user in an examination of a patient and accepts medical data, entered by the user, that automatically corresponds with a medical coding system code, including;
presenting an image of a body, from which a user can select a body part for examination, presenting examination method selection controls, from which the user can select an examination method, presenting a first set of controls indicating systems of observation to which a selected examination method can be applied, and presenting a second set of controls based on the selected examination method and a selected body part, each second set control corresponding to a medical coding system code for a medical observation and containing a descriptive label, for each one of said second set of controls, upon user selection of the control, there being respective medical data entered. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136)
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137. A medical advice expert system, comprising:
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means for presenting to a user, using a graphical user interface, coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy;
means for accepting selections of the presented information made by the user; and
means for generating an electronic medical record by recording user selections. - View Dependent Claims (138)
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139. A patient history and examination support system, comprising:
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means for presenting a graphical user interface which assists a user in an examination of a patient and accepts medical data, entered by the user, that automatically corresponds with a medical coding system code, said means for presenting a graphical user interface comprising;
means for presenting an image of a body, from which a user can select a physiological method for examination, means for presenting examination method selection controls, from which the user can select an examination method, means for presenting a first set of controls indicating methods of observation to which a selected examination method can be applied, and means for presenting a second set of controls based on the selected examination method and a selected physiological method, each second set control corresponding to a medical coding system code for a medical observation and containing a descriptive label, for each one of said second set of controls, upon user selection of the control, there being respective medical data entered; and
means for storing codes associated with the entered medical data, the stored codes being associated with the patient.
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140. A medical advice expert computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code thereon, including program code which:
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presents to a user, using a graphical user interface, coded medical information in at least one logical hierarchy;
accepts selections of the presented information made by the user; and
generates an electronic medical record by recording user selections.
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141. A patient history and examination support computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code thereon, including program code which:
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presents an image of a body, from which a user can select a physiological method for examination;
presents examination method selection controls, from which the user can select an examination method;
presents a first set of controls indicating methods of observation to which a selected examination method can be applied;
presents a second set of controls based on the selected examination method and a selected physiological method, each second set control corresponding to a medical coding method code for a medical observation and containing a descriptive label; and
stores codes associated with the entered medical data.
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Specification