Menu generator, system and methods for generating clinical menus
First Claim
1. A method of generating a clinical menu, comprising:
- selecting a food item from a database; and
influencing the selection of the food item based on a clinical record of an individual.
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Abstract
A method to generate a clinical menu may select a food item from a database. For this method an attribute of a clinical record may be used to influence the food selection. In a particular example, the attribute may serve as an index to assist indexing of the database. The attribute may be based on the level of micronutrients, level of a macronutrients, health condition or food preference of a patent. In another embodiment, the nutritional elements of a food item may be compared to guidelines of a patient, and a selection of the food item may be made dependent on the comparison results. In accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention, a system may comprise a host operable to access food and client databases, and a client station in communication with the host. A machine-readable storage media may store a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the host, cause it to display and operate an interactive window in the client station to establish an individual identity. The information of the individual may be used to retrieve clinical criteria from a patient database. The instructions may further be operable to influence selection of food items from a food database with preferences dependent on the clinical criteria retrieved.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of generating a clinical menu, comprising:
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selecting a food item from a database; and
influencing the selection of the food item based on a clinical record of an individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a host having access to a food database and client database;
a client station operable to communicate with the host;
machine readable storage media to store a sequence of instructions in communication with the host, which when executed thereby, cause it to display and operate an interactive window in the client station to establish information for an individual;
retrieve clinical criteria from a patient database dependent on the information established;
influence food items of a food database with selection preferences dependent on the clinical criteria retrieved for the individual; and
select food items of the food database to generate a meal dependent on the selection preferences. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A device to generate a clinical menu, comprising:
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a processing unit;
a machine-readable storage medium to retain instructions for execution by the processing unit;
the machine-readable storage medium storing a sequence of instructions which, when processed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to receive a request from a client station; and
responsive to the request received, to exchange data with the client station to configure an interactive web page, determine a patient identity, determine a dietitian identity to be associated with the patient identity, and identify at least one operative to influence clinical menu generation. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A network device to interface a customer to a clinical menu station, comprising:
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a process controller to control a process of at least one input/output device;
a machine readable storage medium in communication with the process controller to retain instructions to be executed by the process controller which, when executed thereby, cause the process controller to present a window to the customer on a screen to query and determine a patient identity; and
index a database across the network using the patient identity;
obtain a clinical menu for the patient from the database associated with the patient identity; and
present the customer the clinical menu. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An article comprising:
a machine-readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a control processor, cause the control processor to access a patient database to retrieve a clinical record of a patient; and
access a food database to identify a food item of the food database and determine nutritional elements of the food item identified;
determine nutritional guidelines from the clinical record retrieved; and
compare the nutritional elements determined for the identified food item to the nutritional guidelines determined for the patient; and
select, dependent on the comparison, the food item identified for incorporation into a clinical menu for the patient. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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