METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO PRESENT CHANGES IN CLINICAL RECORDS

• US 20110154191A1
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kolanthara, Abhilash, Kuriakose, Biby, Nandi, Harsha, Maddox, Donna
• Application Number:
  US12/644,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154191A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/256
• 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

Abstract

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to present changes in clinical records are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a difference between first and second clinical records of a patient, forming an animated clinical record display including the first clinical record and an animated depiction of the identified difference, and presenting the animated clinical record display at an output device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a difference between first and second clinical records of a patient;

forming an animated clinical record display including the first clinical record and an animated depiction of the identified difference; and

presenting the animated clinical record display at an output device.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user selections identifying the first and second clinical records; and

querying a clinical records database to obtain the first and second clinical records.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and the animated depiction of the identified difference comprises at least one of moving, rotating, bouncing, rotating, swirling, highlighting, changing the color of, or underlining the text.

4. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises first text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and forming the animated clinical record display comprises:

moving second text in the presented first clinical record to form a modified presented first clinical record; and

inserting the first text in the modified presented first clinical record.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and forming the animated clinical record display comprises:

adding the text to the presented first clinical record to form a modified presented first clinical record; and

emphasizing the added text in the modified presented first clinical record using at least of a different font, a different font style, a different background color, a different font color, a different font style, or underlining.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises text absent in the first clinical record and present in the second clinical record, and forming the animated clinical record display comprises:

inserting the text to the presented first clinical record; and

emphasizing the inserted text using at least of a different font, a different font style, a different font color, a different background color, a different font style, or striking through.

7. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises first text absent in the first clinical record and present in the second clinical record, and forming the animated clinical record display comprises:

moving second text in the presented first clinical record to form a modified presented first clinical record;

inserting the first text in the modified presented first clinical record; and

emphasizing the inserted text using at least of a different font, a different font style, a different font color, a different background color, a different font style, or striking through.

8. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein inserting the first text comprises at least one of moving, vibrating, rotating, bouncing, or swirling the first text.

9. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identified difference comprises text absent in the first clinical record and present in the second clinical record, and forming the animated clinical record display comprises:

adding the text to the presented first clinical record; and

emphasizing the added text in the modified presented first clinical record using at least of a different font, a different font style, a different font color, a different background color, a different font style, or striking through.

10. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the animated clinical record display comprises presenting at least one of a record keystroke, a mouse movement, or a selection.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a differencer to identify a difference between first and second clinical records, the first and second clinical records associated with a same patient;

an animator to form clinical record display including the first clinical record and an animated emphasized representation of the identified difference; and

an output device to present the animated clinical record display.

12. An apparatus as defined in claim 11, further comprising:

an input device to receive selections representative of the first and second clinical records; and

an interface to query a clinical records database to obtain the first and second clinical records.

13. An apparatus as defined in claim 11, wherein the identified difference comprises text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and the emphasized representation of the identified difference comprises at least one of a different font, a different font style, a different font color, a different background color, a different font style, a moving, or an underlining of the text.

14. An apparatus as defined in claim 11, wherein the identified difference comprises text absent in the first clinical record and present in the second clinical record, and the emphasized representation of the identified difference comprises at least one of a different font, a different font style, a different font color, a different background color, a different font style, a moving, or a striking through of the text.

15. An apparatus as defined in claim 11, wherein the identified difference comprises first text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and the clinical record display comprises:

moving second text in the first clinical record to form a gap; and

moving the first text into the gap.

16. An apparatus as defined in claim 15 wherein moving the first text comprises at least one of moving, vibrating, rotating, bouncing, or swirling the first text.

17. An article of manufacture storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:

identify a difference between first and second clinical records of a patient;

present the first clinical record at an output device; and

modify the presented first clinical record to emphasize the identified difference.

18. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 17, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to:

receive user selections identifying the first and second clinical records; and

query a clinical records database to obtain the first and second clinical records.

19. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 17, wherein the identified difference comprises first text present in the first clinical record and absent in the second clinical record, and wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to modify the presented first clinical record by presenting an animated display including:

moving second text in the presented first clinical record to form a modified presented first clinical record; and

inserting the first text in the modified presented first clinical record.

20. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 19, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the machine to insert the first text by at least one of moving, vibrating, rotating, bouncing, or swirling the first text.

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