PROCESSING A PATIENT STUDY

• US 20120173283A1
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Timothy L. Kelley
• Original Assignee: Timothy L. Kelley
• Inventors: Kelley, Timothy L.
• Application Number:
  US13/152,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Processing a patient study of a patient is provided. In one embodiment, a method of storing a patient study of a patient onto a server comprises obtaining a diagnostic image of the patient (480), wherein the diagnostic image includes a header; extracting the header from the diagnostic image (482); converting the diagnostic image to a non-diagnostic image (484); building a patient record using the header (486); obtaining a patient identifier using the header (488); storing the patient study to the server (490), wherein the patient study includes the patient identifier, the patient record, and the non-diagnostic image. In another embodiment, an apparatus for storing a patient study comprises a server (660) including one or more computer programs configured to obtain a diagnostic image of the patient, wherein said diagnostic image includes a header; extract said header from said diagnostic image; convert said diagnostic image to a non-diagnostic image; build a patient record using said header; obtain a patient identifier using said header; and store the patient study to the server (660), wherein the patient study includes said patient identifier, said patient record, and said non-diagnostic image.

Claims

1. A method of storing a patient study of a patient to a server, comprising:

obtaining a diagnostic image of the patient, wherein said diagnostic image includes a header;

extracting said header from said diagnostic image;

converting said diagnostic image to a non-diagnostic image;

building a patient record using said header;

obtaining a patient identifier using said header; and

storing the patient study to the server, wherein the patient study includes said patient identifier, said patient record, and said non-diagnostic image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing access to a viewing program via the server, wherein said viewing program allows for viewing said non-diagnostic image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient study further includes said diagnostic image.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

providing access to a viewing program via the server, wherein said viewing program allows for viewing said diagnostic image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining a diagnostic image of the patient further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface configured to receive user input to select said diagnostic image from an imaging modality.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said building a patient record using said header further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface configured to receive user input to enter said patient record.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining a patient identifier of the patient further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface configured to receive user input to enter said patient identifier.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said diagnostic image is in a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) format.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said non-diagnostic image is in at least one of a portable data format (PDF), a tagged image file format (TIFF), a joint photographers experts group (JPEG) format, a graphics interchange format (GIF), a portable network graphics (PNG) format, a motion picture experts group (MPEG) video, an audio video interleave (AVI) video, a hyper text markup language (HTML) format, and an Adobe©

Flash®

player format.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing educational content to the server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said educational content is selected using at least one of the patient study, said header, said diagnostic image, said non-diagnostic image, said patient identifier, and said patient record.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing advertisement content to the server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said advertisement content is selected using at least one of the patient study, said header, said diagnostic image, said non-diagnostic image, said patient identifier, and said patient record.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing services content to the server.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said services content is selected using at least one of the patient study, said header, said diagnostic image, said non-diagnostic image, said patient identifier, and said patient record.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the patient study, said header, said diagnostic image, said non-diagnostic image, said patient identifier, and said patient record is encrypted.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining a diagnostic image of the patient further includes using rules-based importing.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the patient study, said header, said diagnostic image, said non-diagnostic image, said patient identifier, and said patient record is made anonymous.

19. An apparatus for storing a patient study, comprising:

a server including one or more computer programs configured to;

obtain a diagnostic image of the patient, wherein said diagnostic image includes a header;

extract said header from said diagnostic image;

convert said diagnostic image to a non-diagnostic image;

build a patient record using said header;

obtain a patient identifier using said header; and

store the patient study to the server, wherein the patient study includes said patient identifier, said patient record, and said non-diagnostic image.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein said server is further configured to:

provide access to a viewing program, wherein said viewing program allows for viewing said non-diagnostic image.