SYSTEMS USER INTERFACES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL DATA

• US 20090055735A1
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Rucker, Donald W., Zaleski, John R., Scarlat, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 7,895,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Illustrative embodiments comprise systems, user interfaces, and/or methods for automatically acquiring data representing a plurality of medical parameters of a patient, processing the data for presentation to a user via a display device, and initiating display of one or more image windows, which present processed data representing the plurality of medical parameters of the patient

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a patient medical parameter processor adapted for automatically acquiring data representing a plurality of medical parameters of a patient and processing said data for presentation to a user via a display device; and

a display processor adapted for initiating display of;

a plurality of image windows presenting processed data representing said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, said plurality of windows incorporating a single variable scale timeline; and

a plurality of user interface elements implemented using object oriented executable code, each of said plurality of user interface elements adapted to provide a user selectable single setting of image display format characteristics shared by said plurality of image windows.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises time scale selected from a logarithmic time scale, semi-logarithmic scale, and exponential time scale.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale, and

said first time scale is presented together with data representing compressed medical parameter data of said patient, said compressed medical parameter data comprising a reduced number of data points.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale,

said first time scale is presented together with data representing compressed medical parameter data of said patient, said compressed medical parameter data comprising a reduced number of data points, and

said reduced number of data points is derived from amalgamated data points.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said plurality of image windows are derived using a corresponding plurality of object-oriented programming objects sharing common core attributes and inheriting attributes from parent classes.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said plurality of user interface elements comprises a cross hair adapted to show values for each of said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, each of said values corresponding to a substantially common time from said single variable scale timeline.

9. A system according to claim 1. wherein

said plurality of user interface elements comprises a documentation tool adapted to receive entry of at least textual notes.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said plurality of user interface elements is dependent on a role of the user.

8. A system according to claim I, wherein

said user selectable single setting is a time value.

11. A method, comprising:

automatically acquiring data representing a plurality of medical parameters of a patient and processing said data for presentation to a user via a display device; and

initiating display of;

a plurality of image windows presenting processed data representing said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, said plurality of windows incorporating a single variable scale timeline; and

a plurality of user interface elements implemented using object oriented executable code and providing a user selectable single setting of image display format characteristics shared by said plurality of image windows.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale, and

said first time scale is presented together with data representing compressed medical parameter data of said patient, said compressed medical parameter data comprising a reduced number of data points.

14. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said single variable scale timeline comprises a first time period having a first time scale and a second time period having a second time scale, said first time scale differing from said second time scale,

said first time scale is presented together with data representing compressed medical parameter data of said patient, said compressed medical parameter data comprising a reduced number of data points, and

said reduced number of data points is derived from amalgamated data points.

15. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said plurality of image windows are derived using a corresponding plurality of object-oriented programming objects sharing common core attributes and inheriting attributes from parent classes.

16. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said plurality of user interface elements comprises a cross hair adapted to show values for each of said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, each of said values corresponding to a substantially common time from said single variable scale timeline.

17. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said user selectable single setting is a time value.

18. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said plurality of user interface elements comprises a documentation tool adapted to receive entry of at least textual notes.

19. A method according to claim 11, wherein

said plurality of user interface elements is dependent on a role of the user.

20. A machine-readable medium comprising machine instructions for activities comprising:

automatically acquiring data representing a plurality of medical parameters of a patient and processing said data for presentation to a user via a display device; and

initiating display of;

a plurality of image windows presenting processed data representing said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, said plurality of windows incorporating a single variable scale timeline; and

a plurality of user interface elements implemented using object oriented executable code and providing a user selectable single setting of image display format characteristics shared by said plurality of image windows.

21. A signal comprising machine instructions for activities comprising:

automatically acquiring, data representing a plurality of medical parameters of a patient and processing said data for presentation to a user via a display device; and

initiating display of;

a plurality of image windows presenting processed data representing said plurality of medical parameters of said patient, said plurality of windows incorporating a single variable scale timeline; and

a plurality of user interface elements implemented using object oriented executable code and providing a user selectable single setting of image display format characteristics shared by said plurality of image windows.