Handheld device graphical user interfaces for displaying patient medical records

• US 8,869,029 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Merative US LP
• Original Assignee: Truven Health Analytics Inorporated (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ying, Alan J., Lawson, William T., Farnsworth, Mark, Keating, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LE V
• Application Number:
  US11/970,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,479 Days
• Field of Search: 715/709, 715/767
• US Class Current: 715/709
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Ergonomic graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for displaying medical record information obtained from various sources within handheld devices are provided. A GUI for display within a touch screen display of a handheld device includes adjacent first and second portions. A list of patient names is displayed within the first portion of the GUI, along with medical facility location information, means for indicating when new clinical data for a patient is available, means for removing patient names from the displayed list, and means for sorting the displayed list of patient names. A plurality of ergonomically designed GUI controls are displayed within the second portion of the GUI. Each of these GUI controls has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display. According to embodiments, a GUI for display within a touch screen display of a handheld device includes adjacent first and second portions, wherein the second portion has a height that is between about 30% and 70% of a height of the GUI. Information for a respective patient is displayed within the first portion and includes patient identification and location information. At least some of the displayed information is responsive to user touching for displaying additional patient information. Various GUI controls are displayed within the second portion, and is responsive to user touching for performing various functions. Each of the GUI controls in the second portion has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the second portion, and a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the second portion.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor executes a process comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) within a touch screen display of a handheld device, wherein the handheld device is configured to download and store clinical data associated with patients in medical facilities, wherein the clinical data for each patient includes data from a plurality of records;

displaying a list of patient names within a first portion of the GUI, wherein each displayed patient name identifies a patient within a medical facility, wherein each displayed patient name is responsive to user touching, and wherein clinical data stored within the handheld device and associated with a patient is displayable upon user touching of a respective displayed patient name;

displaying a plurality of GUI controls within a second portion of the GUI, the GUI controls being pictograms;

displaying medical facility location information for a patient adjacent a respective patient name, wherein the medical facility location information identifies a location of a respective patient within a medical facility; and

displaying an indication that new clinical data for a patient has been obtained in a syncing operation, wherein the indication is displayed adjacent a respective patient name in the list of patient names and includes highlighting only the medical facility location information.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for adding patient names to the displayable list of patient names, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for downloading clinical data from a plurality of medical facility data sources to the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for displaying information about new clinical data for patients via the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for displaying a GUI control within the display first portion adjacent each respective patient name, wherein each GUI control is responsive to user touching for removing patient a respective patient name from the displayed list of patient names.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions for displaying a GUI control responsive to user touching for sorting the list of patient names by at least one of patient name, patient location within a medical facility, medical facility, and healthcare provider.

7. A method of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) within a touch screen display of a handheld device, wherein the handheld device is configured to download and store clinical data associated with patients in medical facilities, wherein the clinical data for each patient includes data from a plurality of records associated with the patient, wherein the method comprises:

displaying a list of patient names within a first portion of the GUI, wherein each displayed patient name identifies a patient within a medical facility, wherein each displayed patient name is responsive to user touching, and wherein clinical data stored within the handheld device and associated with a patient is displayable upon user touching of a respective displayed patient name;

displaying a plurality of GUI controls within a second portion of the GUI, the GUI controls being pictograms;

displaying medical facility location information for a patient displayed adjacent a respective patient name, wherein the medical facility location information identifies a location of a respective patient within a medical facility; and

displaying an indication that new clinical data for a patient is has been obtained in a syncing operation, wherein the indication is displayed adjacent a respective patient name in the list of patient names and includes highlighting only the medical facility location information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for adding patient names to the displayable list of patient names, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for downloading clinical data from a plurality of medical facility data sources to the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for displaying information about new clinical data for patients via the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying a GUI control within the display first portion adjacent each respective patient name, wherein each GUI control is responsive to user touching for removing a respective patient name from the displayed list of patient names.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying a GUI control responsive to user touching for sorting the list of patient names by at least one of patient name, patient location within a medical facility, medical facility, and healthcare provider.

13. A data processing system, comprising:

a server configured to serve clinical data associated with patients in one or more medical facilities, wherein the clinical data for each patient includes data from a plurality of records associated with the patient;

a handheld device comprising a touch screen display, wherein the handheld device is configured to download and store clinical data from the server; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed within the handheld device touch screen display, wherein the GUI comprises;

a list of patient names displayed within a first portion of the GUI, wherein each displayed patient name identifies a patient within a medical facility, wherein each displayed patient name is responsive to user touching, and wherein clinical data stored within the handheld device and associated with a patient is displayable upon user touching of a respective displayed patient name;

medical facility location information for a patient displayed adjacent a respective patient name, wherein the medical facility location information identifies a location of a respective patient within a medical facility; and

a plurality of GUI controls displayed within a second portion of the GUI, the GUI controls being pictograms;

means for displaying an indication that new clinical data for a patient has been obtained in a syncing operation, wherein the indication is displayed adjacent a respective patient name in the list of patient names and includes highlighting only the medical facility location information.

14. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for adding patient names to the displayable list of patient names, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

15. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for downloading clinical data from a plurality of medical facility data sources to the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

16. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein one of the GUI controls in the second display portion is responsive to user touching for displaying information about new clinical data for patients via the handheld device, wherein the GUI control has a width that is between about 15% and 75% of a width of the display, and wherein the GUI control has a height that is between about 15% and 75% of a height of the display.

17. The data processing system of claim 13, further comprising a GUI control displayed within the display first portion adjacent each respective patient name, wherein each GUI control is responsive to user touching for removing patient a respective patient name from the displayed list of patient names.

18. The data processing system of claim 13, further comprising a GUI control responsive to user touching for sorting the list of patient names by at least one of patient name, patient location within a medical facility, medical facility, and healthcare provider.