Method and system for creating user-defined outputs

• US 8,365,065 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Gejdos, Igor, Young, Morris J., Bush, Jason, Leahy, Scott W., Buck, Schuyler, McKinney, Ryan Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Jr., Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): DYER, ANDREW R
• Application Number:
  US11/999,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,880 Days
• Field of Search: 715/215, 715/221, 715/222, 715/235
• US Class Current: 715/215
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof

Abstract

A system and method for creating a template configured to generate reports for reporting medical information. The method allows a user to generate a single template that may be then utilized in order to create a plurality of reports for numerous patients. The template is created by dragging and dropping the desired information onto a blank report. Once the desired format of the template has been set by the user, the user may save the template for future use.

Claims

1. A system for reporting information comprising:

a computing device having a memory and a processor;

a display configured to receive commands from the computing device; and

a software program including a plurality of instructions, the software program stored in the memory and interpretable by the processor of the computing device such that when interpreted by the processor the software program causes the computing device and the display to cooperate to;

display a menu screen having a first selectable option and a second selectable option,

display, upon selection of the first selectable option, a report preparation screen having a template creation selectable option and a list area,

display, upon selection of the template creation selectable option, a template creation screen having a content area and a template area, the content area comprising a plurality of content items having at least one fillable field, position, upon dragging and dropping at least one content item from the content area into the template area, the at least one content item at a location in the template area where the content item was dropped,

display, upon positioning the at least one content item in the template area, a third selectable option on the template creation screen,

generate and store in the memory, upon selection of the third selectable option, a document template comprising the at least one content item positioned within the template area,

display, upon selection of the third selectable option, the report preparation screen, the list area of the report preparation screen having a selectable document template icon for the document template stored in the memory; and

display, upon selection of the selectable document template icon, a patient information selectable option, selection of the patient information selectable option presenting an option for selecting one of a patient group and an individual patient, selection of the one of the patient group and the individual patient importing medical information relating to the one of the patient group and the individual patient into the fillable fields of the content items of the document template represented by the selectable document template icon.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the display comprises at least one of a PDA, a printer, a fax machine, a telephone, and a monitor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon selection of the second selectable option of the menu screen, a patient information selectable option and a plurality of selectable document template icons, each of the selectable document template icons representing a separate document template stored in the memory, selection of the patient information selectable option presenting an option for selecting one of a patient group and an individual patient, and

import, upon selection of one of the selectable document template icons and one of the patient group and the individual patient, medical information relating to the selected one of the patient group and the individual patient into the fillable fields of the content items of the document template represented by the selected selectable document template icon.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon selection of the selectable document template icon, a plurality of communication mode selectable options.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of communication mode selectable options includes a plurality of options comprising options for faxing, texting, printing, and e-mailing the document template having the medical information imported into the fillable fields.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the medical information relating to the one of the patient group and the individual patient imported into the tillable fields includes at least one of a fax number, a text receiving number, an e-mail address and an IP address, wherein selection of the communication mode selectable option for faxing causes the computing device to fax the document having the medical information imported into the tillable fields to the fax number, selection of the communication mode selectable option for texting causes the computing device to text the document template having the medical information imported into the tillable fields to the text receiving number, selection of the communication mode selectable option for printing causes the computing device to forward the document template having the medical information imported into the tillable fields to the IP address, and selection of the communication mode selectable option for e-mailing causes the computing device to send the document having the medical information imported into the tillable fields to the e-mail address.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of content items displayed in the content area includes a plurality of items selected from the group comprising a patient contact information fillable item, a patient insurance provider information fillable item, a patient healthcare provider information fillable item, a patient demographic information fillable item, and a patient diabetes information fillable item.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of content items displayed in the content area includes a graph template.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display a batch document selectable option on the menu screen, selection of the batch document selectable option causing a batch menu screen to be displayed, the batch menu screen comprising a document template area and a batch template area, the document template area comprising a plurality of selectable document template icons positionable within the batch template area.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the selectable document template icons are includable within the batch template area by way of at least one of dragging and dropping the document template selectable indicators from the document template area to the batch template area, and selecting the selectable document template icon in the document template area then selecting an add option.

11. A system for reporting medical information in a graph comprising:

a computing device having a memory and a processor;

a display configured to receive commands from the computing device; and

a software program including a plurality of instructions, the software program stored in the memory and interpretable by the processor of the computing device such that when interpreted by the processor the software program causes the computing device to cooperate with the display to;

display a menu screen having a first selectable option and a second selectable option,

display, upon selection of the first selectable option, a report preparation screen having a template creation selectable option and a list area,

display, upon selection of the template creation selectable option, a template creation screen having a content area and a template area, the content area comprising a graph icon,

position, upon dragging and dropping the graph icon from the content area into the template area, a graph template box at a location in the template area where the graph icon was dropped,

display, upon positioning the graph icon within the template area, a third selectable option on the template creation screen,

generate and store in the memory, upon selection of the third selectable option, a document template comprising the graph template box positioned within the template area, and

display, upon selection of the third selectable option, the report preparation screen, the list area of the report preparation screen having a selectable document template icon for the document template stored in the memory;

display, upon selection of the selectable document template icon, a patient information selectable option, selection of the patient information selectable option presenting an option for selecting one of a patient group and an individual patient, selection of the one of the patient group and the individual patient importing medical information relating to the one of the patient group and the individual patient into the fillable fields of the content items of the document template represented by the selectable document template icon.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon selection of the selectable document template icon presented in the list area, a plurality of communication mode selectable options.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the content area further comprises a plurality of content items having at least one fillable field and being positionable, upon dragging and dropping at least one content item, within the template area of the template creation screen, selection of one of the patient group and the individual patient populating the at least one fillable field of the content items of the document template with medical information relating to the selected one of the patient group and the individual patient.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of communication mode selectable options includes a plurality of options comprising options for faxing, texting, printing, and e-mailing the document template having the graph template box populated with medical information relating to the selected one of the patient group and the individual patient.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the medical information relating to the selected one of the patient group and the individual patient imported into the fillable fields includes at least one of a fax number, a text receiving number, an e-mail address, and an IP address, wherein selection of the communication mode selectable option for faxing causes the computing device to fax the document template having the medical information populated in graph template box to the fax number, selection of the communication mode selectable option for texting causes the computing device to text the document template having the medical information populated in graph template box to the text receiving number, selection of the communication mode selectable option for printing causes the computing device to forward the document template having the medical information populated in graph template box to the IP address, and selection of the communication mode selectable option for e-mailing causes the computing device to send the document template having the medical information populated in graph template box to the e-mail address.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

adjust, upon selection of the graph template box, the size of the graph template box.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the graph template box includes a plurality of x-axis increment indicators and a plurality of y-axis increment indicators and the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

adjust at least one of the plurality of x-axis increment indicators and the plurality of y-axis increment indicators when the size of the graph template box is adjusted following populating the graph template box with a graph of the medical information relating to the selected one of the patient group and the individual patient.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon dragging and dropping the graph icon from the content area into the template area, a graph content menu below the graph template box.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon selection of the graph template box, a graph content menu.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon dragging and dropping the graph icon from the content area into the template area, a statistics selectable option below the graph template box.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the plurality of instructions of the software program further includes instructions that when interpreted by the processor cause the computing device and the display to cooperate to:

display, upon selection of the statistics selectable option, statistical data relating to medical information of one of the patient group and the individual patient populated in the graph template box.