METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE FOLLOWING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE FROM A REMOTE LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method for enabling following of a medical procedure, selected from the group consisting of medical examinations and medical treatments, of a patient by a medical procedure apparatus from an external data processing device at a location remote from said medical procedure apparatus, said external data processing device having a monitor and an input unit associated therewith, and said medical procedure apparatus being among a plurality of different medical procedure apparatuses at a medical facility, said method comprising the steps of:
- accessing data from said external data processing device selected from the group consisting of data from a data base of a facility system of said facility comprising data for all of said medical procedure apparatuses at said facility and respective patients who will interact with the respective medical procedure apparatuses at the facility, and data of a patient information system containing data for all patients who will interact with the medical procedure apparatuses at the facility and a designation of respective specific ones of the medical procedure apparatuses with which each patient will interact;
displaying said data accessed by the external processing device at the monitor of the external processing device;
via the input unit of the external data processing device, selecting a selected item from among the data displayed at the monitor of the external data processing device, said selected item being an item from the group consisting of a specific medical procedure apparatus and a specific patient having an associated medical procedure apparatus associated therewith which the specific patient will interact; and
after selecting said selected item, establishing a data communication connection between the external data processing device and the specific medical procedure device or the associated medical procedure device and, via said data communication connection, presenting said image data at the monitor of the external data processing device during said medical procedure.
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Abstract
In a method and system following an examination or treatment of a patient by means of an imaging medical examination apparatus from an external data processing device with an associated monitor within a facility system having a number of different imaging medical examination apparatuses, data from a database of a facility system, that contains data regarding all examination devices integrated into the facility system and of the patient or patients to be examined with an examination device, and/or of a patient information system that contains data regarding all patients to be examined and the examination devices employed therefore specific to the patients are displayed on the monitor of the external data processing device. A specific displayed examination device or a specific displayed patient is selected with an input unit of the external data processing device. After the selection a data connection is established between the selected data processing device and the selected examination device or the control device thereof associated with the selected patient, such that at least the acquired image data are presented on the monitor of the external data processing device.
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1. A method for enabling following of a medical procedure, selected from the group consisting of medical examinations and medical treatments, of a patient by a medical procedure apparatus from an external data processing device at a location remote from said medical procedure apparatus, said external data processing device having a monitor and an input unit associated therewith, and said medical procedure apparatus being among a plurality of different medical procedure apparatuses at a medical facility, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing data from said external data processing device selected from the group consisting of data from a data base of a facility system of said facility comprising data for all of said medical procedure apparatuses at said facility and respective patients who will interact with the respective medical procedure apparatuses at the facility, and data of a patient information system containing data for all patients who will interact with the medical procedure apparatuses at the facility and a designation of respective specific ones of the medical procedure apparatuses with which each patient will interact; displaying said data accessed by the external processing device at the monitor of the external processing device; via the input unit of the external data processing device, selecting a selected item from among the data displayed at the monitor of the external data processing device, said selected item being an item from the group consisting of a specific medical procedure apparatus and a specific patient having an associated medical procedure apparatus associated therewith which the specific patient will interact; and after selecting said selected item, establishing a data communication connection between the external data processing device and the specific medical procedure device or the associated medical procedure device and, via said data communication connection, presenting said image data at the monitor of the external data processing device during said medical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for enabling following of a medical procedure, comprising:
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a plurality of different medical procedure apparatuses at a medical facility that each implement a medical procedure selected from the group consisting of medical examinations and medical treatments, of a patient; an external processing device at a location remote from each medical procedure apparatus, said external processing device having a monitor and input unit associated therewith; a data base selected from the group consisting of a data base of a facility system of said facility comprising data for all of said medical procedure apparatuses at said facility and respective patients who will interact with the respective medical procedure apparatuses at the facility, and a data base of a patient information system containing data for all patients who will interact with the medical procedure apparatuses at the facility and a designation of respective specific ones of the medical procedure apparatuses with which each patient will interact; said external data processing device accessing said data base to obtain data therefrom and displaying said data accessed by the external processing device at the monitor of the external processing device; said input unit of the external data processing device, allowing selection of a selected item from among the data displayed at the monitor of the external data processing device, said selected item being an item from the group consisting of a specific medical procedure apparatus and a specific patient having a medical procedure apparatus associated therewith which the specific patient will interact; and after selecting said selected item, said external data processing device establishing a data communication connection between the external data processing device and the specific medical procedure device or the associated medical procedure device and, via said data communication connection, presenting said image data at the monitor of the external data processing device during said medical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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