Method and system for creating reports

• US 20090150331A1
• 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: McKinney, Ryan Scott, Buck, Schuyler, Young, Morris J.
• Application Number:
  US11/999,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150331A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A system and method for reporting medical information permits a user to produce reports by storing report templates in a database, selecting at least two of the report templates and storing the selected report templates in the database as a new report template. The user can also change parameters associate with the previously stored report templates when creating the new report template.

Claims

1. A method of preparing a report template, including the steps of:

storing a plurality of report templates in a database;

selecting a first report template and a second report template from the plurality of report templates; and

storing the first and second report templates in the database as a third report template.

2. The method according to claim 1, further including the steps of selecting a fourth report template from the plurality of report templates and storing the third report template and the fourth report template in the database as a fifth report template.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first report template includes a parameter and further including the step of changing the parameter of the first report template before storing the third report template.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the parameter is the time period covered by the report template.

5. The method according to claim 1, further including the step of naming the third report template.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of report templates stored in the database are grouped by report type.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein reports for individuals is one of the report types.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein reports for groups of individuals is one of the report types.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the report templates in at least one of the report type groups are further grouped by report category.

10. The method according to claim 1, further including the step of populating at least one of the first and the second report templates with medical information relating to an individual.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the medical information includes data relating to diabetes management.

12. The method according to claim 1, further including the step of previewing at least one of the first and the second report templates on a display.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first report template include a graph.

14. A system for preparing a report template, including:

a database;

a plurality of report templates stored in the database;

means for selecting a first report template and a second report template from the plurality of report templates; and

means for storing the first and second report templates in the database as a third report template.

15. The system according to claim 14, further including means for editing the report templates stored in the database.

16. The system according to claim 14, further including means for assigning a name to the third template.

17. The system according to claim 14, further including means for creating a new report template.

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the database includes medical information for populating at least one of the plurality of report templates.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the medical information includes data relating to diabetes management.

20. The system according to claim 14, further including means for outputting the third report template.