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System and user interface for processing healthcare related event information

  • US 7,447,644 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2002
  • Issued: 11/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system for scheduling a set of tasks to be performed by at least one individual to support healthcare delivery, a method for providing a user interface for processing an event representing a change in circumstances potentially affecting healthcare delivered to a patient, comprising the steps of:

  • in response to user command, initiating generation of at least one display image enabling a user in,identifying an event and an associated parameter;

    identifying a global parameter;

    designating a predetermined first process is associated with said event by associating identifiers with said event and said associated parameter, said predetermined process comprising a set of tasks to be performed by at least one individual to support healthcare delivery;

    designating a plurality of predetermined concurrently operable processes, including said first process, are associated with said global parameter for concurrently automatically sharing a value of said global parameter; and

    indicating a value of said associated parameter is to be provided to said first process in response to occurrence of said event;

    enabling access by said predetermined concurrently operable processes and sharing of said global parameter value;

    providing said associated parameter to said first process using a map in at least one repository associating event identifiers and parameter identifiers; and

    using said global parameter while executing said predetermined concurrently operable processes.

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