System and method for processing patient information

• US 7,590,551 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2001
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dragerwerk AG & Company KGaA (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: Auer, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan; C. Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cobanoglu; Dilek B
• Application Number:
  US09/942,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20020091309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,938 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 600/300, 600/301, 600/483, 707/8, 707/104.1, 345/545, 345/3.1, 709/202, 128/204.21, 128/204.18
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99938 Concurrency, e.g. lock management in shared database
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A system and method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources is described. Medical data associated with a patient are acquired from at least one of the plurality of sources on the network. The acquired data are prioritized for display in a desired order and/or time frame. A menu generator is used for generating a composite window for displaying the ordered acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results and ventilator data in a second window.

Claims

1. In an internet compatible system for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources, apparatus comprising:

an acquisition processor for acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of the plurality of sources, the processor prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order;

a display; and

a menu generating processor for generating a composite window including a first panel for displaying on said display user specified parameters of said ordered acquired data in a graphical format, a second panel for displaying user specified parameters of said ordered acquired data in tabular format, and a third panel for displaying a user selected one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data;

wherein said second panel includes a slider bar for navigating through the user specified parameters in tabular format; and

said first panel includes a cursor, said cursor being controlled by said slider bar, said slider bar controlling said cursor and enabling concurrent user navigation in both said first and second panels through said user specified parameters in both graphical format and tabular format.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the ventilator data comprises at least one of a ventilator setting and a ventilator parameter.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor further prioritizing the acquired data for display within a selected time frame.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein a cursor is displayed indicating a selected time during the selected time frame.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein a time display field displays the time corresponding to the selected cursor time.

6. The system of claim 5 further comprising an annotate icon for allowing a user to enter an annotation for the selected time during the selected time period.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical notes further comprising at least one of time of entry, date of entry and person of entry for the medical notes.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the first window further comprising a graphical data panel and tabular data panel.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the first window processor prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order in response to a user selection.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said composite window includes a scalability icon for selecting a time scale of the displayed acquired data in both said graphical and tabular format.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said concurrent navigation comprises navigation through substantially synchronized user specified parameters in graphical format and tabular format.

12. A method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of a plurality of sources;

prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order; and

generating a composite window for displaying said ordered acquired data in a graphical format in a first panel, displaying user specified parameters of said ordered acquired data in tabular format in a second panel, and displaying a user selected one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data in a third panel

navigating through the user specified parameters in tabular format by positioning a slider bar included in said second panel; and

controlling a cursor included in said first panel, said cursor being controlled by said slider bar, said slider bar controlling said cursor and enabling concurrent user navigation in both said first and second panels through said user specified parameters in both graphical format and tabular format.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the ventilator data comprises at least one of ventilator setting and ventilator parameter.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data within a user-selected time frame.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein a cursor is displayed indicating a selected time during the selected time frame.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of displaying a time corresponding to the selected cursor time.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of providing an annotate icon for allowing a user to enter an annotation for the selected time during the selected time period.

18. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of activating a scalability icon included in said composite window for selecting a time scale of the displayed acquired data in both said graphical and tabular format.

19. A method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources on a network, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of the plurality of sources;

prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired time period; and

generating a composite window for displaying said acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data in a second window

navigating through the user specified parameters in tabular format by positioning a slider bar included in said second panel; and

said first panel includes a cursor, said cursor being controlled by said slider bar, said slider bar controlling said cursor and enabling concurrent user navigation in both said first and second panels through said user specified parameters in both graphical and tabular format.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data in different colors.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data in varying scales.