Report generation with integrated quality management

• US 7,861,159 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: PP Associates LP
• Original Assignee: PP Associates LP
• Inventors: Orsburn, John, Rundell, Marion
• Primary Examiner(s): Desai; Rachna S
• Application Number:
  US11/279,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20070240038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,726 Days
• Field of Search: 715/243, 715/255
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

Reports are generated by a computing engine using user inputs to a template and automatically added quality management values. Quality management reports can be automatically generated at selected intervals, such as daily, monthly, and yearly. Users are thus able to meet required quality assurance standards.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a database;

a voice input device configured to receive data and one or more commands;

a computing engine coupled to the voice input device for at least a predetermined period of time, wherein

the computing engine receives the data and the one or more commands from the voice input device; and

wherein the computing engine is configured to access the database and to store the data and one or more commands in the database;

a report template, comprising a plurality of fields, each corresponding to one or more locations in the database; and

the computing engine is further configured to generate a report based on the template, wherein the report comprises;

at least a subset of the data, associated with one or more fields of the template;

values retrieved from the database in response to at least one of the one or more commands, associated with one or more fields of the template; and

one or more quality management indicator fields determined by the computing engine and added to the report template, based on the template or fields filled within the template.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing engine is further configured to store the data in one or more selected locations in the database in response to the one or more commands.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing engine is further configured to store the data in one or more selected locations in the database based on an internal configuration.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise mandatory error checking fields.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise an indicator of suitability of a pathology sample for diagnosis.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise an indicator of degree of difference between a pathology specimen and a final diagnosis.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise a comparison of a cytology slide with a tissue slide.

8. A method of creating a report, the method comprising:

using a voice input device to enter notes about one or more observations, wherein the notes include data and one or more commands on how to present the one or more observations in the report;

a computing device receiving the notes from the voice input device and storing the notes in a database;

the computing device extracting the one or more commands from the notes and arranging the notes about the one or more observations in the report based on the one or more commands according to a report template;

the computing device adding one or more quality management indicator fields to the report template, based on the template or fields filled within the template; and

generating the report.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

adding stored material to the report in response to a request in the notes.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

adding stored material to the report without a request in the notes to add the stored material.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

making one or more observations to be put into a report.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

the computing device retrieving one or more entries in one or more databases in response to a command of the one or more commands, wherein the one or more entries are added to the report.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprises mandatory error checking fields.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise an indicator of suitability of a pathology sample for diagnosis.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise an indicator of degree of difference between a pathology specimen and a final diagnosis.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the quality management indicator fields comprise a comparison of a cytology slide with a tissue slide.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a report template identifier from a voice input device;

retrieving a report template corresponding to the report template identifier from a first database;

receiving a first command from the voice input device, the first command comprising instructions to navigate to a first data entry field of the report template;

entering data into a first data entry field;

receiving a second command from the voice input device, the second command comprising a first code;

retrieving a first record corresponding to the first code from a second database, wherein the first record comprises a command to insert quality management indicator fields from the second database into the report template, based on the report template or fields filled within the report template;

executing the command to insert quality management indicator fields into the report template;

generating a report from the report template; and

automatically transmitting the report to a predetermined recipient.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the quality management indicator fields must filled before performing the action of generating a report from the report template.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the quality management indicator fields comprises a mandatory error-checking field.