System and user interface for managing and processing form information for use by portable processing and other devices
First Claim
1. A system for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
- a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command;
a repository of created electronic forms;
a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available; and
a communication processor for initiating communication of data representing a newer version form derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version.
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Abstract
A system updates a portable processing device with the latest version of customized data collection forms and associated data for use in acquisition of particular types of data for communication to a remote clinical information database. A system for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device includes a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command. The system includes a repository of created electronic forms and a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available. A communication processor initiates communication of data representing a newer version form derived from the repository to the portable processing device in response to detection of availability of the newer version. The form creator generates data associated with an individual created form for use in providing a button displayed in an image on a portable processing device and includes a preview generator for initiating generation of a preview image of a form under construction based on user entered form configuration information.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command;
a repository of created electronic forms;
a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available; and
a communication processor for initiating communication of data representing a newer version form derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for providing forms enabling medical data acquisition using a portable processing device, comprising:
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a repository containing a plurality of different types of forms for collecting a corresponding plurality of different types of data items of patient record information;
said form version detector determines whether a newer version of a particular type of form currently stored in said portable processing device is available, and said communication processor initiates communication of data representing said newer version of a form of a particular type derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing an electronic form for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a display generator for generating at least one display image enabling a user to enter configuration information for creating a desired form by supporting, selecting a data field to include in a desired form and at least one attribute associated with said selected data field including a code enabling mapping of a data element entered in said selected data field by a user to a particular location in a database, and entering location information for locating said selected data field in said desired form;
a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command; and
a preview generator for initiating generation of a preview image of a form derived using said configuration information, in response to user command. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for use in data collection and communication by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a repository of a plurality of electronic forms for acquiring data of different type;
a selection processor for selecting a particular form from said repository in response to user command, said selected form being for acquiring data of a particular type;
an interface processor for acquiring data entered using said selected particular form and for processing said data to be suitable for communication together with a form version identifier identifying a version of said particular form to a remote system; and
a communication processor for initiating communication of said processed data and said form version identifier to said remote system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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