Method and apparatus for graphical user interface-based and variable result healthcare plan
First Claim
1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:
- a display for displaying data;
input means for supplying input data;
a storage location, coupled with the display and the input means, for storing data, images, and programs; and
processing means, coupled to the display means, the input means, and the storage means, for controlling the storage means, the input means, and the display means in response to stored programs and input data to perform data processing operations;
wherein the display includes,a plurality of graphic icon images, stored in the storage location, arranged on the display representing a medical treatment plan;
wherein the stored programs includes,a first program for splitting an icon image representing a result in the medical treatment plan into a first icon image representing a first result and a second icon image representing a second result; and
a second program for providing a separate results/flow control node pair having informational connections that are coupled to the first icon image and the second icon image, the separate results/flow control node responsive to the icon image.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based on real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The view chart format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node located in certain time slots. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. A result node may be split into two result nodes. Each result node may be positioned in a different time slot corresponding to when results are available.
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29 Claims
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1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:
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a display for displaying data; input means for supplying input data; a storage location, coupled with the display and the input means, for storing data, images, and programs; and processing means, coupled to the display means, the input means, and the storage means, for controlling the storage means, the input means, and the display means in response to stored programs and input data to perform data processing operations; wherein the display includes, a plurality of graphic icon images, stored in the storage location, arranged on the display representing a medical treatment plan; wherein the stored programs includes, a first program for splitting an icon image representing a result in the medical treatment plan into a first icon image representing a first result and a second icon image representing a second result; and a second program for providing a separate results/flow control node pair having informational connections that are coupled to the first icon image and the second icon image, the separate results/flow control node responsive to the icon image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying a graphic representation of a medical treatment plan, comprising the steps of:
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providing a set of icon images representing a first medical treatment; providing a separate results/flow control node pair responsive to results sought in the set of icon images selecting a first icon image representing a result in the set of icon images; splitting the first icon image into a first result icon image and a second result icon image; and providing information to the first result icon image and the second result icon image in response to the separate results/flow control node pair receiving the results sought in the first icon image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article of manufacture including a computer readable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for displaying a medical treatment plan, the computer readable program code means in the article of manufacture comprising:
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computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a medical treatment having a result icon image; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to split the result icon image into a first result icon image and a second result icon image; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to provide a separate results/flow control node pair having informational connections that are coupled to the first result icon image and the second result icon image, the separate results/flow control node responsive to the result icon image. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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