Method and system for extracting medical information for presentation to medical providers on mobile terminals

• US 8,548,825 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Merative US LP
• Original Assignee: Truven Health Analytics Inorporated (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ying, Alan J., Lawson, William T., Cross, Matthew, Teague, Travis
• Primary Examiner(s): Najarian, Lena
• Application Number:
  US12/942,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20110112865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0258 Registration
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A system for providing medical providers with medical records accessible from a mobile terminal in one embodiment comprises reformatting the information in a medical record database to be used with large, ergonomic icons allowing easy transitions between pages of information in the medical record. Docking stations or wireless networks may enable the mobile terminal to access the medical records. Thus, the medical provider may have bedside access to the information in the medical records to make informed decisions about treatment regimens.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

an electronic interface configured to communicate with a server;

a user interface;

a display; and

non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for instructing the mobile device to perform actions comprising;

receiving, via the electronic interface, medical records for electronic presentation on the display; and

formatting the medical records including providing to a user ergonomic actuators electronically shown on the display within the medical records, the electronic actuators being configured to receive user input for moving between different screens containing different classes of medical information regarding an associated patient;

wherein each ergonomic actuator is large enough to allow actuation via a user'"'"'s finger, at least one of the ergonomic actuators is configured to receive user input for generating a customizable information screen that permits a medical provider to customize medical test results that are electronically displayed on the display screen, activation of at least one of the ergonomic actuators causes automatic search, retrieval and display of medical reference information from a resource inferred and selected based on a type of patient test data associated with a prior user command most recently received at the mobile device.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, the computer-readable instructions further comprising instructions for extracting the medical records from a hospital database prior to formatting the medical records for presentation on the mobile terminal, wherein extracting the medical records includes determining structure of the hospital database.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, the computer-readable instructions further comprising instructions for sending a request, via the electronic interface, to receive an update for one or more of the medical records.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, the computer-readable instructions further comprising instructions for receiving, via the electronic data interface, the update for the one or more medical records.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the ergonomic actuator is configured for direct actuation by the user'"'"'s finger without the use of a stylus.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the electronic interface comprises a connection with a docking station.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the electronic interface comprises a wireless interface.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:

an electronic interface configured to communicate with a server;

a user interface;

a display; and

non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions for instructing the mobile device to perform actions comprising;

receiving formatted medical records information via the electronic interface including at least one of lab result information, vital sign information, and prescription information for a patient;

storing the formatted medical records in a computer memory of the mobile device;

displaying on the display user-selectable ergonomic features for the patient'"'"'s medical information including at least one of the lab result information, the vital sign information, and the prescription information, each one of the ergonomic features being large enough to allow actuation via one of the user'"'"'s fingers;

receiving user selection of one the displayed ergonomic features via the user interface; and

automatically searching, retrieving and displaying medical reference information for the user-selected ergonomic feature from a resource inferred and selected based on a type of patient test data associated with a prior user command recently received at the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein, for receiving formatted medical records information via the electronic data interface, the formatted medical records are received through a docking station.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, for receiving formatted medical records information via the electronic data interface, the formatted medical records are received wirelessly.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the ergonomic features are configured for direct actuation by the user'"'"'s finger without the use of a stylus.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the electronic interface comprises a connection with a docking station.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the electronic interface comprises a wireless interface.

14. A mobile device comprising:

an electronic interface configured to communicate with a server;

a user interface;

a memory for storing medical information regarding at least one patient;

a display; and

non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for instructing the mobile device to perform actions comprising;

receiving via the electronic interface a main database comprising medical information regarding at least one patient, the main database comprising a census of a plurality of patients within the medical facility and an expected discharge time for each of the plurality of patients;

electronically displaying on the display the medical information and pictorial ergonomic actuators that permit movement between different screens containing different classes of the medical information, wherein each ergonomic actuator is large enough to allow actuation via a user'"'"'s finger without the use of a stylus;

receiving, via the user interface, updated information from the doctor at the mobile terminal; and

sending, via the electronic interface, to the server the updated information for updating a main database;

wherein receiving user activation of at least one of the ergonomic actuators causes automatic search, retrieval and display of medical reference information from a resource inferred and selected based on a type of patient test data associated with a prior user command recently received at the mobile terminal.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the electronic interface comprises a connection with a docking station.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the electronic interface comprises a wireless interface.

17. The mobile of claim 14, wherein the computer-readable instructions further comprise instructions for:

receiving, via the user interface, the update for the one or more medical records; and

transmitting, via the electronic interface, the update of the one or more medical records to the server.

18. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the computer-readable instructions further comprise instructions for:

receiving, via the user interface, updated information from the doctor for changing the expected discharge time for one of the patients; and

transmitting, via the electronic interface, the updated information from the doctor for changing the expected discharge time for the one of the patients to the server for updating the anticipated discharge time from the medical facility for the associated patient.

19. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the medical information for each patient comprises treatment updates and a bill listing services indicated in the treatment updates.

20. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the medical information for each patient comprises advertising targeted to a specialty area for the patient'"'"'s treatment.