Electronic system for collecting and automatically populating clinical order information in an acute care setting
First Claim
1. A computer having a graphical user interface, the computer coupled to an enterprise electronic medical records system for accepting order data, the graphical user interface comprising:
- an order entry window corresponding to an identified order, the identified order including one or more parameters;
an expandable order editing box linked to the order entry window;
the expandable order editing box responsive to identification of the order and adapted to accept an input from a user; and
an order parameter manager coupled to the enterprise electronic medical records system, the order parameter manager populating at least one of the one or more order parameters based on information associated with a patient for whom the order is being placed; and
the graphical user interface displaying to the user the order and the at least one or more populated order parameters.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface for use on a computer coupled to an enterprise electronic medical records system for accepting order data including an order entry window corresponding to an identified order, the identified order including one or more parameters. The graphical user interface also including an expandable order editing box linked to the order entry window and responsive to identification of the order and adapted to accept an input from a user; an order parameter manager coupled to the enterprise electronic medical records system that is adapted to populate at least one of the one or more order parameters based on information associated with a patient for whom the order is being placed; and the graphical user interface adapted to display to the user the order and the at least one or more populated order parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer having a graphical user interface, the computer coupled to an enterprise electronic medical records system for accepting order data, the graphical user interface comprising:
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an order entry window corresponding to an identified order, the identified order including one or more parameters; an expandable order editing box linked to the order entry window; the expandable order editing box responsive to identification of the order and adapted to accept an input from a user; and an order parameter manager coupled to the enterprise electronic medical records system, the order parameter manager populating at least one of the one or more order parameters based on information associated with a patient for whom the order is being placed; and
the graphical user interface displaying to the user the order and the at least one or more populated order parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of entering order information in a health care setting, the method comprising:
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providing within a graphical user interface an ability to accept an input from a user identifying a particular clinical order from a plurality of possible clinical orders; identifying a plurality of order parameters associated with the particular clinical order; populating at least one of the plurality of order parameters based on information associated with a patient for whom the clinical order is being placed, the information associated with the patient being stored in a record in a database, the record being at least one of a patient record, a user profile, or a preference list; and displaying the at least one of the plurality of order parameters associated with the selected clinical order within a display window of the graphical user interface, the display window including an order editing box that is responsive to the identified particular clinical order. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A dynamic order composer device, the order composer device being coupled to and operating in conjunction with an integrated medical record system, the order composer device comprising:
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means to identify one or more orders, the orders identified based on data stored in a database repository, the database repository being part of the integrated medical record system; means to identify and retrieve from the database repository one or more values for order parameters associated with each of the one or more orders, wherein the one or more values are associated with a patient for whom the one or more orders are being placed;
means to populate at least one of the order parameters associated with each of the one or more orders based on at least one of the one or more values; andmeans to display the order identified by the user and the one or more populated order parameters associated with each of the one or more orders. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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