Method and system for monitoring medical examination and/or treatment activities
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring medical examination or medical treatment activities for a specific patient, each comprising a plurality of different work processes performed in a medical system having a plurality of networked modalities, comprising the steps of:
- associating a time ascertainment unit with each of said modalities and, in the time ascertainment unit for that modality, generating time data comprising a designation of at least one of a starting point and a duration of a planned work process occupying that modality, a designation of an estimated remaining time for said work process at said modality after said work process has begun at said modality, and a designation of completion of said work process at said modality; and
electronically automatically generating a personal time lapse plan for said specific patient from said time data generated by each of said time ascertainment units; and
graphically displaying said time lapse plan.
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Abstract
In a method and medical system for monitoring examination and/or treatment activities embodying a number of different work processes and regarding a specific patient, wherein a medical system has a number of networked modalities., time data are determined for the individual modalities as to the starting point and/or the duration of a planned work process, on the estimated remaining time for a work process that has already started, and the finish of the concerned work process, at the respective modalities using time ascertainment units. A personal time lapse plan assigned to the patient in question is then created for graphical output based on the determined time data.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring medical examination or medical treatment activities for a specific patient, each comprising a plurality of different work processes performed in a medical system having a plurality of networked modalities, comprising the steps of:
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associating a time ascertainment unit with each of said modalities and, in the time ascertainment unit for that modality, generating time data comprising a designation of at least one of a starting point and a duration of a planned work process occupying that modality, a designation of an estimated remaining time for said work process at said modality after said work process has begun at said modality, and a designation of completion of said work process at said modality; and
electronically automatically generating a personal time lapse plan for said specific patient from said time data generated by each of said time ascertainment units; and
graphically displaying said time lapse plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical system comprising:
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a plurality of different modalities for respectively performing different work processes on a patient, the respective work processes, in combination, forming an activity selected from the group consisting of medical examination activities and medical treatment activities;
a network connecting said modalities;
at each modality, a time ascertainment unit for determining time data for that modality comprising a designation of at least one of a starting point and a duration of a planned at work process for that modality, a designation of an estimated remaining time for completion of said work process at said modality after said work process has begun at said modality, and a designation of completion of the work process at that modality;
a time visualization device connected to said network for communicating via said network with said time ascertainment units for generating a time lapse plan for said patient from said time data; and
a display device in communication with said time visualization device for graphically displaying said time lapse plan. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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