METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A TREATMENT TIMELINE USER INTERFACE

• US 20200135307A1
• Filed: 10/11/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Topcon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Topcon Corporation)
• Inventors: Trefethen, John Thomas, Morris, James Alvin, Ryan, Travis Christopher, Zhang, Junsheng
• Granted Patent: US 11,183,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system and method for generating and displaying a treatment timeline user interface includes maintaining a database of patient information. The patient information includes patient identification information and exam data associated with patients. In response to a request for information pertaining to a particular patient, a treatment timeline user interface is generated and displayed based on information associated with the particular patient stored in the database. Input is received requesting modification of the displayed treatment timeline and, in response, the treatment timeline is updated and displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

maintaining a patient database of patient information, the patient information comprising a plurality of patient identifiers and associated examination data;

receiving a particular patient identifier;

generating a treatment timeline of a patient based on patient information associated with the particular patient identifier, the treatment timeline comprising;

a plurality of individual exam markers arranged by a date and a time of a respective exam along a first axis and arranged by exam modality along a second axis; and

a modality label identifying a modality that was used to examine a patient;

a date label identifying a date associated with the respective exam; and

displaying the treatment timeline.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the treatment timeline;

updating the treatment timeline based on the request to generate an updated treatment timeline; and

displaying the updated treatment timeline.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of individual exam markers represents examination data associated with a patient, a modality, and a date and time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein a thumbnail of examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein multiple thumbnails of examination data are displayed in response to selection of multiple ones of the plurality of individual exam markers.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the request to modify the treatment timeline comprises input selecting a modality label and the updated treatment timeline comprises a display of a thumbnails of examination data pertaining to a modality identified by the modality label.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

maintaining a patient database of patient information, the patient information comprising a plurality of patient identifiers and associated examination data;

receiving a particular patient identifier;

generating a treatment timeline of a patient based on patient information associated with the particular patient identifier, the treatment timeline comprising;

a plurality of individual exam markers arranged by a date and a time of a respective exam along a first axis and arranged by exam modality along a second axis; and

a modality label identifying a modality that was used to examine a patient;

a date label identifying a date associated with the respective exam; and

displaying the treatment timeline.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the treatment timeline;

updating the treatment timeline based on the request to generate an updated treatment timeline; and

displaying the updated treatment timeline.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of individual exam markers represents examination data associated with a patient, a modality, and a date and time.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a thumbnail of examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein multiple thumbnails of examination data are displayed in response to selection of multiple ones of the plurality of individual exam markers.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the request to modify the treatment timeline comprises input selecting a modality label and the updated treatment timeline comprises a display of a thumbnails of examination data pertaining to a modality identified by the modality label.

15. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

maintaining a patient database of patient information, the patient information comprising a plurality of patient identifiers and associated examination data;

receiving a particular patient identifier;

generating a treatment timeline of a patient based on patient information associated with the particular patient identifier, the treatment timeline comprising;

a plurality of individual exam markers arranged by a date and a time of a respective exam along a first axis and arranged by exam modality along a second axis; and

a modality label identifying a modality that was used to examine a patient;

a date label identifying a date associated with the respective exam; and

displaying the treatment timeline.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the treatment timeline;

updating the treatment timeline based on the request to generate an updated treatment timeline; and

displaying the updated treatment timeline.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of individual exam markers represents examination data associated with a patient, a modality, and a date and time.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein a thumbnail of examination data is displayed in response to selection of one of the plurality of individual exam markers.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein multiple thumbnails of examination data are displayed in response to selection of multiple ones of the plurality of individual exam markers.