Patient medical data graphical presentation system

• US 20060241977A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: O'Neill, Lisa T., Fitzgerald, Loretta A.
• Application Number:
  US11/231,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20060241977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance

Abstract

A system provides a comprehensive overview of patient health problems and treatments over an extended period of time in a graphical representation of diagnostic procedures, sites of disease and interventions. A user interface system for presenting patient medical information, includes at least one medical data repository including medical data identifying treatments previously received by a patient. A display processor initiates generation of data representing a graphical image of at least a portion of human anatomy. The graphical image includes multiple data items identifying the treatments previously received by the patient and corresponding user selectable links to associated treatment medical information in the at least one medical data repository. A command processor commands the display processor to initiate generation of data representing an image including additional information concerning a particular treatment in response to user selection of a link corresponding to the particular treatment identified by a particular data item of the multiple data items.

Claims

1. A user interface system for presenting patient medical information, comprising:

at least one medical data repository including medical data identifying treatments previously received by a patient;

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a graphical image presenting at least a portion of human anatomy, said graphical image including a plurality of data items identifying said treatments previously received by said patient and corresponding user selectable links to associated treatment medical information in said at least one medical data repository; and

a command processor for commanding said display processor to initiate generation of data representing an image window including additional information concerning a particular treatment in response to user selection of a link corresponding to said particular treatment identified by a particular data item of said plurality of data items.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

a data item identifies a cumulative radiation dose received by a particular anatomical portion of said patient in a radiation therapy treatment.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein

a data item identifies at least one of, (a) a cumulative chemotherapy dose and (b) a cumulative medication dose, received by a particular anatomical portion of said patient.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said at least a portion of human anatomy is a particular anatomical portion of said patient.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said treatments previously received by said patient and identified by said data items, comprise treatments received over a lifetime of said patient.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said graphical image indicates an area or volume of said at least a portion of said human anatomy affected by a treatment previously received by said patient.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein

said graphical image indicates treatment dosage variation in said affected area or volume of said at least a portion of said human anatomy.

8. A system according to claim 6, wherein

said graphical image presents said at least a portion of said human anatomy in at least one of, (a) a manipulable 2 dimensional representation and (b) a manipulable three dimensional representation, manipulable by at least one of, (i) rotation and (ii) zoom functions, in response to user command.

9. A system according to claim 6, wherein

said area or volume of said at least a portion of said human anatomy affected by said treatment previously received by said patient, is derived based on at least one of, (a) cumulative treatment dosage and (b) information identifying an orientation of an axis of treatment application in relation to said anatomy.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said at least a portion of said human anatomy comprises the whole anatomy.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said corresponding user selectable links are links to associated treatment medical information concerning treatment received by said patient over the entire lifetime of said patient, comprising at least one of, (a) therapies, (b) diagnostic studies, (c) images, (d) medications and (e) assessments.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said graphical image of said at least a portion of human anatomy identifies an orientation of an axis of treatment application in relation to said anatomy.

13. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said graphical image incorporates said at least a portion of human anatomy and said image window including said additional information concerning a particular treatment in a single image window.

14. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said graphical image presents said at least a portion of human anatomy and said image window including said additional information concerning a particular treatment in at least one of, (a) a plurality of different image windows in an image and (b) a plurality of different images.

15. A method for providing a user interface presenting patient medical information, comprising the activities of:

acquiring medical data identifying treatments previously received by a patient from at least one medical data repository;

initiating generation of data representing a graphical image presenting at least a portion of human anatomy, said graphical image including a plurality of data items identifying said treatments previously received by said patient and corresponding user selectable links to associated treatment medical information in said at least one medical data repository; and

commanding said display processor to initiate generation of data representing an image including additional information concerning a particular treatment in response to user selection of a link corresponding to said particular treatment identified by a particular data item of said plurality of data items.

16. A user interface system for presenting patient medical information, comprising:

at least one medical data repository including medical data identifying treatments previously received by a patient; and

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a composite graphical image presenting,

at least a portion of human anatomy including a plurality of data items identifying said treatments previously received by said patient, said data items having associated corresponding user selectable links to associated treatment medical information in said at least one medical data repository and

additional information concerning a particular treatment in response to user selection of a link corresponding to said particular treatment identified by a particular data item of said plurality of data items.

17. A system according to claim 16, wherein

said at least one medical data repository includes medical data identifying diagnostic images of said patient and

said composite image includes a diagnostic image of said patient derived from said at least one medical data repository.

18. A system according to claim 16, wherein

said additional information concerning a particular treatment comprises a treatment plan.

19. A system according to claim 16, wherein

said composite graphical image presents said at least a portion of human anatomy and said additional information concerning a particular treatment in a single image window.

20. A system according to claim 16, wherein

said composite graphical image presents said at least a portion of human anatomy and said additional information concerning a particular treatment in a plurality of different image windows in said composite image.