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Managing Medical Case Chronology Data

  • US 20100305971A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2010
  • Published: 12/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A handheld apparatus comprising:

  • a user interface comprising a display and capable of receiving user input;

    a wireless network interface capable of coupling to a central medical information management system, the central medical information management system maintaining a plurality case chronology templates, each of the case chronology templates corresponding to a particular one of a plurality of practice locations and defining a series of medical events customized for the particular location, and a plurality of patient treatment records for patients receiving care at the practice locations, each of the patient treatment records linked to one of the practice locations and corresponding to a patient treatment record having a time record associated with each of the medical events defined by the case chronology template corresponding to the location;

    a memory maintaining a medical information management application; and

    a processor operable, when executing the medical information management application;

    to identify a selected one of the practice locations;

    to display a list of patient treatment records, received from the medical information management system, that correspond to the selected location;

    to identify a selected one of the patient treatment records based on user input;

    to receive a patient treatment record corresponding to the selected patient treatment record from the medical information management system;

    to display the medical events defined by the case chronology template corresponding to the selected location and, for each of the medical events, a current value of the time record associated with the medical event as indicated by the received patient treatment record;

    to receive input of a time update indicating a time for a selected one of the medical events for the received patient treatment record;

    to communicate the time update to the medical information management system;

    to receive updated information for the received patient treatment record from the medical information management system, the updated information incorporating the time update; and

    to update the display of the medical events to reflect the updated information.

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