Multi-Modality Case Management System and Method
First Claim
1. A method of multi-modality medical case management in a multi-modality medical processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, identifying information about a patient;
generating a unique identifier corresponding to the patient;
associating the identifying information with the unique identifier;
receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, first medical data acquired from the patient from a first medical instrument, the first medical data being associated with a first medical modality;
storing the first medical data in a data repository, the first medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository;
receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, second medical data acquired from the patient from a second medical instrument, the second medical data being associated with a second medical modality different than the first medical modality; and
storing the second medical data in the data repository, the second medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.
-
Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A method of multi-modality medical case management in a multi-modality medical processing system, the method comprising:
-
receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, identifying information about a patient; generating a unique identifier corresponding to the patient; associating the identifying information with the unique identifier; receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, first medical data acquired from the patient from a first medical instrument, the first medical data being associated with a first medical modality; storing the first medical data in a data repository, the first medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository; receiving, at the multi-modality medical processing system, second medical data acquired from the patient from a second medical instrument, the second medical data being associated with a second medical modality different than the first medical modality; and storing the second medical data in the data repository, the second medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A multi-modality medical processing system, comprising:
-
a data repository; and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium that stores a plurality of instructions for execution by at least one computer processor, wherein the instructions are for; receiving identifying information about a patient; generating a unique identifier corresponding to the patient; associating the identifying information with the unique identifier; receiving first medical data acquired from the patient from a first medical instrument communicatively coupled to the multi-modality medical processing system, the first medical data being associated with a first medical modality; storing the first medical data in the data repository, the first medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository; receiving second medical data acquired from the patient from a second medical instrument communicatively coupled to the multi-modality medical processing system, the second medical data being associated with a second medical modality different than the first medical modality; and storing the second medical data in the data repository, the second medical data being associated with the unique identifier in the data repository.
-
-
18. A multi-modality medical processing system, comprising:
a computing system communicatively coupled to a first medical instrument and a second medical instrument, the computing system including; a user interface component configured to receive identifying information about a patient; a first modality workflow component configured to receive first medical data acquired from the patient from the first medical instrument, the first medical data being in a first medical modality; a second modality workflow component configured to receive second medical data acquired from the patient from the second medical instrument, the second medical data being in a second medical modality different from the first medical modality; a multi-modality case management (MMCM) workflow component configured to associate a unique identifier with the identifying information, the first medical data, and the second medical data; and a data repository configured to store the identifying information, the first medical data, and the second medical data in association with the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
Specification