Software for generating documents using an object-based interface and item/property data storage

• US 20050210044A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediNotes Corporation (Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: MediNotes Corporation (Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nanziashvilli, Gavril, Tarbell, Joseph, Faux, Peter, Hills, Davin
• Application Number:
  US11/040,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20050210044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An object-based computer software application for generating medical documents includes the use of metadata objects to represent user-interface components and medical objects based on the metadata objects. In addition, patient data objects are generated from medical objects as selected by a user. The metadata objects, medical objects and patient data objects are stored in and retrieved from a relational database. The application also makes use of a table structure of each of the three object components. The table structure includes a first table in which is stored the object and a second table in which is stored a plurality of properties associated with the object.

Claims

1. A computer software application using object-oriented programming for generating medical documents, comprising:

(a) metadata objects used to represent user-interface components;

(b) medical objects based on the metadata objects;

(c) patient data objects generated from medical objects as selected by a user; and

(d) a relational database for storing and retrieving the metadata objects, the medical objects and the patient data objects.

2. A computer software application as defined in claim 1, further comprising a table structure of each of the three object components and wherein the table structure comprises a first table in which is stored the object and a second table in which is stored a plurality of properties associated with the object.

3. A computer software application a defined in claim 1, further comprising a user interface for monitoring patient object data over time comprising a user interface list that displays to a user patient object data specific to a specified medical object.

4. A computer software application as defined in claim 1, further comprising a user interface by which a user selects a current version of data of a selected patient'"'"'s object data for a specific medical object.

5. A computer software application as defined in claim 1, further comprising a user interface by which a user generates a medical document which recites patient data objects created outside of the document.

6. A computer software application as defined in claim 1, further comprising a metadata object which represents a position within a medical document and which associates a medical object with the position.

7. A computer software application as defined in claim 1, further comprising user interface by which a user generates a list of one or more medical objects or patient data objects for identifying by varying levels of risk of a patient of a selected medical object.