INTEGRATED AND INTUITIVE DISPLAY OF CLINICAL INFORMATION

• US 20090132588A1
• Filed: 11/21/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Janicki, Christopher, Mahesh, Prakash, Kariathungal, Murali, Gill, Sukhdeep
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for clinical review of a patient comprising: a plurality medical studies relating to a medical history of the patient, each of said plurality of medical studies comprising a representation; a user interface for permitting a user to interact with said representations; a chronology of said representations displayable through said user interface, wherein each of said representations is selectable by said user to form a selected chronological medical study; and a plurality of relevant representations displayable through said user interface, said plurality of relevant representations automatically generated based at least in part on said selected chronological medical study and at least one relevance criterion, wherein each of said plurality of relevant representations is selectable to form a selected relevant medical study. In an embodiment, the system further comprises at least one thumbnail image displayed in said user interface, said at least one thumbnail image corresponding to a series of images in said selected relevant medical study, wherein said at least one thumbnail image is selectable to display said series of images in said selected relevant medical study.

Claims

1. A system for clinical review of a patient comprising:

a plurality medical studies relating to a medical history of the patient, each of said plurality of medical studies comprising a representation;

a user interface for permitting a user to interact with said representations;

a chronology of said representations displayable through said user interface, wherein each of said representations is selectable by said user to form a selected chronological medical study; and

a plurality of relevant representations displayable through said user interface, said plurality of relevant representations automatically generated based at least in part on said selected chronological medical study and at least one relevance criterion, wherein each of said plurality of relevant representations is selectable to form a selected relevant medical study.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one thumbnail image displayed in said user interface, said at least one thumbnail image corresponding to a series of images in said selected relevant medical study, wherein said at least one thumbnail image is selectable to display said series of images in said selected relevant medical study.

3. The system of claim 2 further comprising an external monitor output for feeding a display of said series of images in said selected relevant medical study to an external monitor.

4. The system of claim 2 further comprising at least one virtual monitor displayable in said user interface, said series of images in said selected relevant medical study displayable in said at least one virtual monitor.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said user interface permits said user to drag and drop said at least one thumbnail image into said at least one virtual monitor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein each of at least a portion of said representations comprise corresponding preview information, wherein said user initiates a preview interaction with one of said representations to view said corresponding preview information in the proximate vicinity of said preview interaction.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein said user interface is dynamically configurable according to at least one of:

a thumbnail scale for adjusting a size of said at least one thumbnail image, and a paging selection for paging through said representations.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of medical studies comprise a radiology study.

9. A method for clinical review of a patient comprising:

permitting a user to interact through a user interface,

chronologically displaying in said user interface chronological representations for each of a plurality medical studies relating to a medical history of the patient,

facilitating said user to select one of said chronological representations to form a selected chronological medical study; and

automatically displaying a plurality of relevant representations through said user interface based at least in part on said selected chronological medical study and at least one relevance criterion, wherein each of said plurality of relevant representations is selectable to form a selected relevant medical study.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying at least one thumbnail image in said user interface, said at least one thumbnail image corresponding to a series of images in said selected relevant medical study, wherein said at least one thumbnail image is selectable to display said series of images in said selected relevant medical study.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising feeding an output signal for displaying said series of images in said selected relevant medical study to an external monitor.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying said series of images in said selected relevant medical study through at least one virtual monitor.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising facilitating said user to drag and drop said at least one thumbnail image into said at least one virtual monitor.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying preview information for at least one of said chronological representations and at least one of said relevant representations in response to a user-initiated preview interaction.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising facilitating dynamic configuration of said user interface according to at least one of:

a thumbnail scale for adjusting a size of said at least one thumbnail image, and a paging selection for paging through said representations.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein said plurality of medical studies comprise a radiology study.

17. A computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

an interaction routine for permitting a user to interact through a user interface,

a chronological display routine for chronologically displaying in said user interface chronological representations for each of a plurality medical studies relating to a medical history of the patient,

a selection routine for facilitating said user to select one of said chronological representations to form a selected chronological medical study; and

a relevance routine for automatically displaying a plurality of relevant representations through said user interface based at least in part on said selected chronological medical study and at least one relevance criterion, wherein each of said plurality of relevant representations is selectable to form a selected relevant medical study.

18. The set of instructions of claim 17 further comprising a thumbnail display routine for displaying at least one thumbnail image in said user interface, said at least one thumbnail image corresponding to a series of images in said selected relevant medical study, wherein said at least one thumbnail image is selectable to display said series of images in said selected relevant medical study.

19. The set of instructions of claim 18 further comprising a virtual monitor display routine for displaying said series of images in said selected relevant medical study through at least one virtual monitor.

20. The set of instructions of claim 17 further comprising a preview display routine for displaying preview information for at least one of said chronological representations and at least one of said relevant representations in response to a user-initiated preview interaction.