Healthcare management system having improved printing of display screen information

• US 20090150174A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Buck, Schuyler, Young, Morris J., Bush, Jason
• Application Number:
  US11/999,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150174A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• 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 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

A healthcare management system generates stylized reports of the physiological information from a display portion of the user interface using a pre-formatted report structure for each of a plurality of different display screens.

Claims

1. A healthcare management system configured to receive and process physiological information data related to at least one patient, the healthcare management system comprising:

a computing device configured to access and download physiological information data;

a memory accessible by the computing device to store the downloaded physiological information data;

a user interface having a display which receives display information from computing device;

software configured to operate on the computing device and implement a plurality of features and functions to manage the physiological information data, the software including instructions to display a plurality of user inputs on a menu portion of the display of the user interface to permit selections from the plurality of features and functions, the software also including instructions to display physiological information on a display portion of the display of the user interface adjacent the menu portion, the physiological information being displayed on the display portion of a plurality of different display screens based on the user input selections from the menu portion; and

means for generating a stylized report of the physiological information from the display portion of any of the plurality of different display screens, the generating means using a pre-formatted report structure for each of the plurality of different display screens.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pre-formatted report structure includes a header portion including identification information related to the at least one patient.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification information includes a patient'"'"'s name, a date of birth, and a patient identification number.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the header includes a header image stored in the memory.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the report structure includes a footer portion.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the footer portion includes a page number.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the footer portion includes a date of the report.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the report structure includes at least one image stored in the memory which is combined with the physiological information from the display portion in the stylized report, the at least one image being at least one of a trademark, a coupon, an advertisement, and a reminder.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the report structure includes a first page title portion.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the report structure includes a content portion including the physiological information from the display portion of the display of the user interface.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for sending the stylized report to an output device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the output device is one of a fax machine, an e-mail device, and a printer.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display screens includes a summary screen, a patient profile screen, a logbook and records screen, and a graphs screen, the same pre-formatted report structure being used to generate the stylized report from the display information in the display portion on each of the plurality of display screens.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the displayed physiological information comprises reports and graphs related to the physiological information data.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the displayed physiological information comprises at least one of diaries of blood glucose values;

reports showing a plurality of blood glucose values and times to which the blood glucose values correspond;

standard day reports wherein the blood glucose values are grouped according to the time of day taken;

standard week reports wherein the blood glucose values are grouped according to the day of the week taken; and

trend graphs to illustrate temporal trends in blood glucose values.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the physiological information data is received from a portable device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is one of a meter, a pump and a PDA-type device.

18. A method for providing a stylized report of the physiological information from a healthcare management system configured to receive and process physiological information data related to at least one patient, the healthcare management system comprising a computing device configured to access and download physiological information data, a memory accessible by the computing device to store the downloaded physiological information data, and a user interface having a display which receives display information from the computing device;

the method comprising;

providing a plurality of different features and functions to manage the physiological information data;

displaying a plurality of user inputs on a menu portion of the display of the user interface;

receiving a first user input selection from the user interface to select one of the plurality of different features and functions;

displaying physiological information on a display portion of the display of the user interface adjacent the menu portion, the physiological information being displayed on the display portion of a plurality of different display screens depending on the first user input received during the receiving step;

receiving a second user input to send physiological information being displayed on the display portion of the user interface to an output device;

generating a stylized report of the physiological information from the display portion of the user interface using a pre-formatted report structure for each of the plurality of different display screens; and

sending the stylized report to the output device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the output device is one of a fax machine, an e-mail device, and a printer.

20. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 18.