Method for Collecting Patient's Physical Sign Data and Mobile Nusing System

• US 20140006056A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yang, Rui, Li, Yan
• Application Number:
  US13/929,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20140006056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method for collecting a patient'"'"'s physical sign data, the method comprising providing a mobile nursing system comprising a human-machine interface, collecting the physical sign data by operating the mobile nursing system, generating optional icons representing each of the patient'"'"'s physical signs in the human-machine interface when a user triggers a command to collect the physical sign data via the human-machine interface, such that the user can select a physical sign of the physical signs to be recorded, and generating an arc value slider providing a corresponding value range for the selected physical sign in the human-machine interface when the user has selected the selected physical sign of the physical signs to be recorded, such that the user can select an observed value from the corresponding value range for the selected physical sign via the arc value slider after observing the selected physical sign.

Claims

1. A method for collecting a patient'"'"'s physical sign data, the method comprising:

providing a mobile nursing system comprising a human-machine interface;

collecting the physical sign data by operating the mobile nursing system;

generating optional icons representing each of the patient'"'"'s physical signs in the human-machine interface when a user triggers a command to collect the physical sign data via the human-machine interface, such that the user can select a physical sign of the physical signs to be recorded; and

generating an arc value slider providing a corresponding value range for the selected physical sign in the human-machine interface when the user has selected the selected physical sign of the physical signs to be recorded, such that the user can select an observed value from the corresponding value range for the selected physical sign via the arc value slider after observing the selected physical sign.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the arc value slider comprises a first arc value slider and a second arc value slider, wherein the first arc value slider is configured to provide the selected physical sign with a corresponding general value range while the second arc value slider is configured to provide the selected physical sign with a corresponding accurate value range.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second arc value slider is further configured to provide the selected physical sign with the corresponding accurate value range after the user selects a general value from the first arc value slider, wherein the corresponding accurate value range corresponds to the general value.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider are oriented oppositely in the human-machine interface, an arc of the first arc value slider and an arc of the second arc value slider are bent in opposite directions, and the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider are spaced in a way to facilitate the user to concurrently operate both the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider with one hand.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider comprises a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the first arc value slider represents a subinterval within the corresponding general value range, and each segment of the second arc value slider represents a subinterval within the corresponding accurate value range.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the general value and a corresponding accurate value are selected for the observed selected physical sign by selecting a segment of the first arc value slider and a segment of the second arc value slider.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a data record time option in the human-machine interface when the user saves a physical sign data corresponding to the selected physical sign, such that the user can review all of the physical sign data recorded according to the data record time.

8. A mobile nursing system, comprising:

a human-machine interface, wherein a user interacts with the mobile nursing system via the human-machine interface; and

a patient'"'"'s physical sign data recording unit, operated by the user to record physical sign data of a patient,

wherein the patient'"'"'s physical sign data recording unit comprises an arc value slider generation unit configured to generate an arc value slider in the human-machine interface when the user has selected a physical sign of the patient'"'"'s physical signs to be recorded via the human-machine interface, the arc value slider providing a corresponding value range for the selected physical sign, such that the user can select an observed value from the corresponding value range for the selected physical sign after observing the selected physical sign from the patient.

9. The mobile nursing system according to claim 8, wherein the arc value slider generation unit is further configured to generate a first arc value slider and a second arc value slider, wherein the first arc value slider is configured to provide a corresponding general value range for the selected physical sign while the second arc value slider is configured to provide a corresponding accurate value range for the selected physical sign.

10. The mobile nursing system according to claim 9, wherein the second arc value slider is configured to show the corresponding accurate value range after the user selects a general value from the first arc value slider, wherein the corresponding accurate value range corresponds to the general value.

11. The mobile nursing system according to claim 9, wherein the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider are oriented oppositely in the human-machine interface, an arc of the first arc value slider and an arc of the second arc value slider are bent in opposite directions, and the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider are spaced in a way to facilitate the user to concurrently operate both the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider with one hand.

12. The mobile nursing system according to claim 9, wherein each of the first arc value slider and the second arc value slider comprises a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the first arc value slider represents a subinterval within the corresponding general value range and each segment of the second arc value slider represents an accurate value within the corresponding accurate value range.

13. The mobile nursing system according to claim 9, wherein different positions of each segment of the first arc value slider represent different general values in the subinterval represented by the segment.

14. The mobile nursing system according to claim 8, wherein the patient'"'"'s physical sign data recording unit further comprises a record time list generation unit configured to generate or update a record time list comprising all physical sign data record time when the user saves the recorded physical sign data of the patient by operating the human-machine interface, wherein each of the physical sign data record time in the record time list corresponds to all physical sign data recorded in a respective record time.

15. The mobile nursing system according to claim 14, wherein the record time list generation unit is further configured to present the record time list to the user via the human-machine interface, such that the user can select a particular record time to review all physical sign data recorded in the particular record time.

16. The mobile nursing system according to claim 8, further comprising a common response unit configured to provide the user with a common response list directed to nursing information such that the user can select a common response and reply rapidly.