Apparatus and method for merging medical protocols
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 program for merging a first set of graphic icon images representing a first treatment plan with a second set of graphic icon images representing a second treatment plan to obtain a combined treatment plan.
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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 in real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The chart view format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Two separate medical treatment plans may be combined with duplicate or conflicting orders removed.
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32 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 program for merging a first set of graphic icon images representing a first treatment plan with a second set of graphic icon images representing a second treatment plan to obtain a combined treatment plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for displaying a graphic representation of a medical treatment plan, comprising the steps of:
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providing a first set of icon images representing a first medical treatment; providing a second set of icon images representing a second medical treatment; and combining the first set of icon images with the second set of icon images to obtain a third set of icon images representing a medical treatment including the first and second medical treatment. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article of manufacture 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 first medical treatment; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a second medical treatment; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to combine the image representing the first medical treatment with the image representing the second medical treatment to display a combined medical treatment image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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