Method and system for creating user-defined outputs

• US 20090150758A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Logikos, Inc., Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Gejdos, Igor, Buck, Schuyler, Young, Morris J., Bush, Jason, McKinney, Ryan Scott, Leahy, Scott W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,365,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/200
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof

Abstract

A system and method for creating a template configured to generate reports for reporting medical information. The method allows a user to generate a single template that may be then utilized in order to create a plurality of reports for numerous patients. The template is created by dragging and dropping the desired information onto a blank report. Once the desired format of the template has been set by the user, the user may save the template for future use.

Claims

1. A method of creating a template for reporting information comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of content items on a first portion of a display;

providing a template section on a second portion of the display; and

placing at least one of the content items on the template section at a desired location.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of placing at least one of the content items includes the steps of:

dragging at least one of the content items from the first portion of the display to the second portion of the display; and

dropping at least one of the content items at the desired location on the template section.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the content item includes a graph.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3 further including the step of altering the size of the graph.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4 wherein the step of altering the size of the graphic display occurs after the step of placing the graph in the template section.

6. The method as set forth claim 4 further including the step of modifying at least one of an x-axis or a y-axis as the size of the graph is altered.

7. The method as set forth claim 6 wherein both the x-axis and the y-axis are modified as the size of the graph is altered.

8. The method as set forth in claim 3 further including the step of selecting the information displayed on the graph.

10. The method as set forth in claim 3 wherein the content item includes two graphs.

11. The method as set forth claim 1 further including the step of saving the template in a database.

12. The method as set forth in claim 11 further including the step of previewing the template prior to saving the created template.

13. The method as set forth in claim 1 further including the step of generating a report based upon the template.

14. The method as set forth in claim 13 wherein the report is a letter.

9. The method as set forth in 3 further including the step of displaying statistical information related to the graph.

15. A method for creating a template capable of generating at least one report comprising the steps of:

providing a list including a plurality of content items;

displaying a template section; and

moving at least one of the content items from the list to a desired location in the template section.

16. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 15 wherein the moving step includes the steps of:

dragging at least one of the content items from the list to the template section; and

dropping at least one of the content items at the desired location.

17. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 15 wherein the content item includes medical information.

18. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 17 wherein the medical information relates to a plurality of blood glucose measurements of a patient.

19. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 15 wherein at least one of the content items includes a graph.

20. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 19 further including the step of changing the size of the graph.

21. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 20 wherein the size of the graph is changed after it moved to the template section.

22. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 20 further including the step of modifying at least one of an x-axis or a y-axis of the graph as the size of the graph is altered.

23. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 21 wherein both the x-axis and the y-axis are modified.

24. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 22 further including the step of adding a slide bar to the graph.

25. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 19 wherein the graph includes statistical data.

26. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 25 wherein the graph includes a selectable box that controls whether statistical data is displayed on the graph.

27. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 15 wherein the list is located in a first portion of a display and the template section is located in a second portion of the display.

28. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 15 further including the step of saving the template in a database.

29. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 28 further including the step of viewing the template before saving it.

30. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 19 wherein the graph includes medical data.

31. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 30 further including the step of changing the medical data shown on the graph.

32. The method for creating a template as set forth in claim 31 wherein the medical data is changed after the graph is moved to the template section.