Method, system and apparatus for data reuse

• US 20070038611A1
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dictaphone Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Gervais, Sean, Titemore, Robert, Boone, Keith, Ogrinc, Harry, Chaparala, Sunitha, Manoukian, Roubik, Fordyce, Cameron, Hopkins, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 8,370,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• 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 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A system and method may be disclosed for facilitating the creation or modification of a document by providing a mechanism for locating relevant data from external sources and organizing and incorporating some or all of said data into the document. In the method for reusing data, there may be a set of documents that may be queried, where each document may be divided into a plurality of sections. A plurality of section text groups may be formed based on the set of documents, where each section text group may be associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group includes a plurality of items. Each item may be associated with a respective section from each document of the set of documents. A selected item within a selected section text group may be focused. The selected item may be extracted to a current document. The current document may be exported to a host application.

Claims

1. A method for reusing at least one captioned section from at least one prior computer medical record associated with one or more attributes in a new computer medical record, said method comprising the steps of:

querying a database of prior computer medical records with at least one attribute to identify any prior computer medical records associated with each said attribute;

retrieving captioned sections contained within said identified prior computer medical records;

reviewing said captioned sections;

selecting at least one of the captioned sections;

reviewing at least a portion of text/graphics contained within said prior identified medical records associated with said selected caption;

selecting at least one of said displayed sections; and

causing the said at least one selected display section to be inserted into a new medical record.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the content of said sections is normalized to conform with a predetermined standard.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the step of normalizing comprises:

extracting content from said sections;

comparing said content against at least one predetermined standard, said at least one predetermined standard relating to subject matter of said content;

modifying said content to conform with said at least one predetermined standard; and

modifying said sections to incorporate said modified content.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein said normalized sections are displayed to said user for selection and insertion into said new medical record.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said attribute relates to a record type.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein said record type comprises a discharge summary.

7. The method according to claim 5 wherein said record type comprises an admission form.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said attribute relates to an individual who created said medical record.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein said attribute relates to a department which created said medical record.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein said attribute relates to a patient.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein said attribute relates to a time frame in which said at least one medical record was created.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to patient history.

14. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to family history.

15. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to a diagnosis.

16. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to a treatment plan.

17. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to medications.

18. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to allergies.

19. The method according to claim 1 wherein said section relates to a physical examination.

20. The method according to claim 1 wherein said headings are displayed on a graphical display operatively connected to said computer.

21. The method according to claim 1 wherein said sections are displayed on a graphical display operatively connected to said computer.

22. The method according to claim 1 wherein said headings are selected via a mouse operatively connected to said computer.

23. The method according to claim 1 wherein said headings are selected via a keyboard operatively connected to said computer.

24. The method according to claim 1 wherein said sections are selected via a mouse operatively connected to said computer.

25. The method according to claim 1 wherein said sections are selected via a keyboard operatively connected to said computer.

9. The method according to claim 9 wherein a physician created said medical record.