Medical information system
First Claim
1. A multiple image medical information system, comprising:
- A. a display device responsive to display signals for generating n medical data images in an image field, where n is an integer, each of said images being in an associated one of n regions of said image field, B. a multitasking display controller for generating said display signals, including;
i. data device for generating patient data representative of patient-related information, said patient data including m subsets of said patient data, where m is an integer greater than n, ii. user select device responsive to user action to select k of said m subsets of said patient data, where k is an integer greater than 1 m and less than or equal to n, iii. display signal generator responsive to said user select device for generating k of said display signals, each of said k display signals being representative of an associated one of said selected subsets of patient data and being associated with one of said regions of said image field, whereby said k medical data images corresponding to said k selected subsets of said patient data are displayed on said display devices in the respective associated regions of said image field, and wherein one of said regions associated with one of said subsets is a split-screen region having a first subregion and a second subregion, and wherein said display signal generator effects display of said subset of patient data in tabular form in said first subregion, and wherein said display signal generator is responsive to a user drag-and-drop action and a selected portion of said data in tabular form to effect a graphical display of said selected portion in said second subregion.
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Abstract
A medical information system receives patient data and information from various sources and displays such information in a variety of formats for use by members of a medical team in a hospital, clinic, or office. The system (10) includes a primary display (12), and an associated display controller (14) and system storage device (16). The controller (14) is coupled to a primary interface unit (20). Keyboard and/or pointing device (22), scanner (24), audio input and/or output device (26) and printer (28) are all coupled by way of interface (20) to the display controller (14). Access to selected subsets of patient information is provided by user selection of specific data sets identified by job function selection icons. Multiple types of patient data are selectively displayed simultaneously, and to multiple remote users.
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34 Claims
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1. A multiple image medical information system, comprising:
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A. a display device responsive to display signals for generating n medical data images in an image field, where n is an integer, each of said images being in an associated one of n regions of said image field, B. a multitasking display controller for generating said display signals, including;
i. data device for generating patient data representative of patient-related information, said patient data including m subsets of said patient data, where m is an integer greater than n, ii. user select device responsive to user action to select k of said m subsets of said patient data, where k is an integer greater than 1 m and less than or equal to n, iii. display signal generator responsive to said user select device for generating k of said display signals, each of said k display signals being representative of an associated one of said selected subsets of patient data and being associated with one of said regions of said image field, whereby said k medical data images corresponding to said k selected subsets of said patient data are displayed on said display devices in the respective associated regions of said image field, and wherein one of said regions associated with one of said subsets is a split-screen region having a first subregion and a second subregion, and wherein said display signal generator effects display of said subset of patient data in tabular form in said first subregion, and wherein said display signal generator is responsive to a user drag-and-drop action and a selected portion of said data in tabular form to effect a graphical display of said selected portion in said second subregion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A multiple image medical information system, comprising:
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A. a display device responsive to display signals for generating n medical data images in an image field, where n is an integer, each of said images being in an associated one of n regions of said image field, B. a multitasking display controller for generating said display signals, including;
i. data device for generating patient data representative of patient-related information, said patient data including m subsets of said patient data, where m is an integer greater than n, ii. user select device responsive to user action to select k of said m subsets of said patient data, where k is an integer greater than 1 m and less than or equal to n, iii. display signal generator responsive to said user select device for generating k of said display signals, each of said k display signals being representative of an associated one of said selected subsets of patient data and being associated with one of said regions of said image field, whereby said k medical data images corresponding to said k selected subsets of said patient data are displayed on said display devices in the respective associated regions of said image field wherein at least one of the m subsets of patient data is representative of a plot of at least two measured patient characteristics as a function of a reference parameter on a common scale. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medical information system, comprising:
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A. a display device responsive to display signals for generating an image, B. a display controller for generating said display signals, including;
i. means for receiving n sets of data, where n is an integer greater than 1, each data set being representative of medical information of a patient, ii. user device responsive to a user action on a display icon to selectively generate a selection signal representative of one of k subsets of said n data sets, each of said subsets being associated with one of k user job functions or departments, where k is an integer greater than one, iii. means responsive to said selection signal for generating display signals representative of a subset associated with said generated selection signal, whereby said image corresponds to said the subset associated with said generated selection signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A medical information calculator display system, comprising:
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A. a display device responsive to display signals to generate a medical data image, B. a display controller for generating said display signals, including;
i. storage device for storing;
a. at least two primary level computer programs for selectively effecting the determination of an associated first level intermediate value from a plurality of primary values in accordance with a predetermined relationship between said primary values, wherein at least one of said primary values is representative of a measured parameter of a patient, b. zero, one or more intermediate level computer programs for selectively effecting the determination of an associated second level intermediate value from at least one of said first level intermediate values and a primary value representative of a measured parameter of a patient, in accordance with a predetermined relationship between said one of said first level intermediate values and said primary values, ii. first memory means for storing said primary values other than those representative of measured patient parameters, said first memory means including data values representing said primary values other than those representative of measured patient parameters, iii. second memory means for storing said primary values representative of measured patient values, said second memory means including data values representative of fewer than all of said primary values representative of measured patient parameters, iv. user device responsive to user actions to generate a request signal representative of a request to display a computed value, said computed value corresponding to a value defined by a combination of said predetermined relationships;
v. processor means responsive to said request signal to invoke one or more of said primary level programs and zero, one or more of said intermediate level programs to effect the computation of said computed value, and further including;
a. means operative when all necessary primary values representative of a measured patient parameter are resident in said storage devices, for generating said display signal whereby said computed value is displayed on said display device, and b. means for determining occasions when a primary value representative of one of said primary values representative of a measured patient parameter is not resident in said storage device, and in response to such determination, operative for generating a display signal whereby a prompt identifying said non-resident primary value is displayed in said display device.
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