SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD DATA
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1. A computerized system for sharing electronic health records, comprising:
- a first electronic interface appliance in communication with a first electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a first format, said interface appliance comprising;
(a) a communication interface that exchanges information with a second electronic interface appliance in communication with a second electronic medical records system, said second electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a second format;
(b) a processor in communication with the first electronic medical records system and the second electronic interface appliance that executes software instructions to;
(i) receive patient data for a single patient from the first electronic medical records system;
(ii) retrieve patient data for the same patient from the second electronic interface appliance;
(iii) standardize terms and treatment codes occurring in the patient data; and
(iv) displaying on a user interface, in a standard format, data from said first electronic medical records system and said second electronic interface appliance.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for the display of electronic medical records retrieved from a plurality of electronic medical records storage systems where the display is formatted in such a way as to present a consistent user interface to a user as that user interacts with one or more of the plurality of electronic medical records storage systems. The system and method configured so only store the retrieved records in a transitory manner such that a common electronic medical records database is not created for a time period longer than required to display and interact with the displayed data.
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1. A computerized system for sharing electronic health records, comprising:
a first electronic interface appliance in communication with a first electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a first format, said interface appliance comprising; (a) a communication interface that exchanges information with a second electronic interface appliance in communication with a second electronic medical records system, said second electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a second format; (b) a processor in communication with the first electronic medical records system and the second electronic interface appliance that executes software instructions to; (i) receive patient data for a single patient from the first electronic medical records system; (ii) retrieve patient data for the same patient from the second electronic interface appliance; (iii) standardize terms and treatment codes occurring in the patient data; and (iv) displaying on a user interface, in a standard format, data from said first electronic medical records system and said second electronic interface appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized method of presenting electronic medical record data comprised of data from a plurality of electronic medical record systems to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a first electronic interface appliance, patient data from a first electronic medical records system in a first format; receiving, at the first electronic interface appliance, patient data from a second electronic interface appliance in communication with a second electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a second format; receiving a user input which identifies at least one patient; processing the received patient data to identify patient data in said first electronic medical records system and said second electronic medical records system belonging to the identified patient(s); and presenting the identified patient data in a predefined user interface which is displayed on a display device in communication with the first interface appliance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computerized system for sharing electronic health records comprised of:
a first electronic interface appliance in communication a first electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a first format, said interface appliance comprising; (a) a communication interface that retrieves information from an electronic medical terminology dictionary and exchanges information with a second electronic interface appliance in communication with a second electronic medical records system, said second electronic medical records system comprising patient data in a second format; (b) a processor in communication with the first electronic medical records system, the electronic medical terminology dictionary, and the second electronic interface appliance that executes software instructions to; (i) receive patient data about a patient from the first electronic medical records system; (ii) retrieve patient data about the patient from the second electronic interface appliance; (iii) identify medical terms and treatment codes in the patient data received from the first medical records system; (iv) identify medical terms and treatment codes in the patient data retrieved from the second electronic interface appliance; (v) locate the identified terms in the dictionary of medical terms and determine a standardized term for each identified term; (vi) replace the identified terms in received and retrieved patient data with the standardized term for each such identified term; (vii) compare the patient data obtained from the first electronic medical records system with the patient data retrieved from a second electronic interfaces appliance, identify duplicate patient data records found during the comparison, and remove the identified duplicate records from the patient data retrieved from the second electronic interface appliance; and (viii) create a user interface which comprises patient data received from the first electronic medical records system and patient data retrieved from the second electronic interface appliance. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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