System and Method for the Visualization of Medical Data

• US 20140022255A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Forward Health Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Forward Health Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Barbouche, Michael, May, Joel, Studebaker, John, Thomas, Sean, Walker, Joel
• Granted Patent: US 9,679,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

The systems and methods of the present application includes embodiments that allow users to more easily and efficiently compare medical data in an automated, computerized system using a variety of visualization tools, by operation on datasets sourced from a variety of entities.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A computer-implemented method for the automated visualization of patient medical information and data, comprising:

storing medical data of managing entities in a plurality of datasets;

normalizing the data by executing database-specific calls and retrieving data from the plurality of datasets by a normalizer, the normalizer configured to analyze and organize data for normalization;

populating a database with the normalized data;

configuring an application layer to enable communication between the database and a dashboard;

displaying an output of normalized data on the dashboard, the dashboard displaying data for a relevant patient population of a given practice group within a medical provider or entire medical provider or payor organization.

5. The computer-implemented system of claim 4, comprising displaying medical data in an output form using a of Venn-diagram-type output on the dashboard.

6. The computer-implemented system of claim 5, wherein displaying medical data comprises:

selecting the Venn tool diagram via the dashboard;

querying the database to obtain the patients in selected panels and populations;

packaging patient data to transmit to the dashboard;

showing a list of populations on the dashboard;

selecting populations and graphically displaying the union of populations and non-union of populations with other chosen populations;

selecting patient criteria via intersections or excluded areas;

querying the database to obtain and return the list of patients meeting the criteria; and

displaying the patient list meeting the criteria.

7. The computer-implemented system of claim 4, comprising displaying medical data in an output form using a scatter plot-type output on the dashboard.

8. The computer-implemented system of claim 7, wherein displaying medical data comprises:

selecting the Scatter tool diagram via the dashboard;

querying the database to obtain a panel of patients and patient demographic and clinical observation data;

packaging patient data to transmit to the dashboard;

selecting categorical characteristics for each patient;

selecting continuous characteristics for each patient;

displaying an individual point on the dashboard, each point designating a patient;

displaying categorical characteristics via color or shape on the dashboard;

displaying continuous data on x and y axes via the position of the marker;

selecting groups of patients;

showing the number of patients in the current selection;

querying the database to obtain and return the list of patients; and

displaying the patient list.

9. The computer-implemented system of claim 4, comprising displaying medical data in an output form using an orbit plot-type output on the dashboard.

10. The computer-implemented system of claim 9, wherein displaying medical data comprises:

selecting the patient;

querying the database to obtain patient event information;

displaying a circle on the dashboard, the circle depicting the patient;

selecting a time frame to view via two slider on a timeline;

displaying all patient events and relationships within the selected time frame.

11. A computer-implemented system for the automated visualization of patient medical information and data, comprising:

a plurality of datasets, each dataset comprised of medical data stored by managing entities;

a normalizer configured to execute database-specific calls and retrieve data from the plurality of datasets, the normalizer configured to analyze and organize data for normalization;

a database populated with normalized data obtained from the normalizer;

an application layer configured to enable communication between the database and a dashboard;

the dashboard configured to display an output of normalized data, the dashboard displaying data for a relevant patient population of a given practice group within a medical provider or entire medical provider or payor organization.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the database is an SQL database.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the database is a general purpose database management storage system.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the database comprises a flat file or a series of files.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the database comprises non-volatile memory residing in a computer.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the database comprises a relational database or a series of databases.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the system is selected from the group consisting of a cloud computing system, client-server system, standalone computer processing environment, and any combination thereof.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the normalized data contains consolidated data.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the normalized data is a patient data superset.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the normalizer creates a set of metadata having at least one quality measure of the data.

21. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the dashboard is configured to display medical data in an output form using a of Venn-diagram-type output, the dashboard configured to graphically display the data as overlapping circles wherein the intersections of the circles contain specific patient populations.

22. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the dashboard is configured to display medical data in an output form using a scatter plot-type output, the dashboard configured to graphically display patient data based on categorical characteristics and continuous characteristics, wherein the characteristics are displayed in the form of a point, letter, shape, symbol or color.

23. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the dashboard is configured to display medical data in an output form using an orbit plot-type output, the dashboard configured to display data of a particular patient, the patient graphically depicted as a circle or orbit and patient events depicted as additional circles or orbits.