COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING A PORTION OF A DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE WITH AN ELECTRONIC RECORD

• US 20080166031A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: HOFFMAN, MARK A., DUELLO, DAVID M., HUMPHREY, LOUIS M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,773,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• 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

A computerized method for associating one or more portions of a diagnostic image with one or more electronic records is provided. The method includes receiving a diagnostic image having data particular to at least two persons and associating a first portion of the diagnostic image with an electronic record. The method may further include storing the first portion of the diagnostic image with the electronic record and/or associating and storing a common portion of the diagnostic image with the electronic record, the common portion consisting of data common to each person whose data is shown on the image. In one embodiment, the method may further include modifying the received diagnostic image and associating and storing the modified image with an electronic record. A computer system for associating at least a portion of a diagnostic image with an electronic record is also provided.

Claims

1. A method in a computing environment for associating one or more portions of a diagnostic image with at least one electronic record, the method comprising:

receiving the diagnostic image, the diagnostic image including data particular to at least two persons;

modifying the diagnostic image to create a modified image; and

associating the modified image with the electronic record.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the diagnostic image comprises at least one of capturing the diagnostic image and importing the diagnostic image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the diagnostic image comprises parsing the diagnostic image to create the modified image, the modified image consisting of data particular to a first of the at least two persons.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising storing the modified image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising parsing the diagnostic image to create a common image portion, the common image portion consisting of data common to each of the at least two persons.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the data common to each of the at least two persons comprises at least one of a molecular weight marker, a positive control, and a negative control.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing the common image portion with the electronic record.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising aggregating the modified image and the common image portion to create a hybrid image.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising storing the hybrid image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the diagnostic image comprises parsing the diagnostic image to create the modified image, the modified image consisting of data particular to a first of the at least two persons and data common to each of the at least two persons.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data common to each of the at least two persons comprises at least one of a molecular weight marker, a positive control, and a negative control.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing the modified image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the diagnostic image comprises obscuring at least a portion of the diagnostic image to create the modified image, the modified image consisting of data particular to a first of the at least two persons.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing the modified image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising obscuring the diagnostic image to create a common image portion, the common image portion consisting of data common to each of the at least two persons.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the data common to each of the at least two persons comprises at least one of a molecular weight marker, a positive control, and a negative control.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the common image portion with the electronic record.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising aggregating the modified image and the common image portion to create a hybrid image.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing the hybrid image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the diagnostic image comprises obscuring at least a portion of the diagnostic image to create the modified image, the modified image consisting of data particular to a first of the at least two persons and data common to each of the at least two persons.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the data common to each of the at least two persons comprises at least one of a molecular weight marker, a positive control, and a negative control.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising storing the modified image with the electronic record, the electronic record being correlated with the first of the at least two persons.

23. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image including data particular to at least two persons;

modifying the diagnostic image to create a modified image; and

associating the modified image with an electronic record.