Systems and methods for visualizing and managing telepresence devices in healthcare networks

• US 8,902,278 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2012
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Teladoc Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Touch Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Pinter, Marco, Brallier, Greg, Ross, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US13/558,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.01, 348/14.05, 348/14.03, 348/14.04
• US Class Current: 348/14.05
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods for visualizing, analyzing, and managing telepresence devices operating in a telepresence network of healthcare facilities. A user may selectively view a global view of all telepresence devices, telepresence devices within a particular region, the details of a particular telepresence device, and/or the details of a particular healthcare facility. At one viewing level, a user may view a plan view map of a healthcare facility and visualize the navigational history of a telepresence device. At another viewing level, a user may view a plan view map of a healthcare facility and visualize telemetry data of a patient associated with a selected room. At another viewing level, a user may selectively view various graphical representations of telepresence device statistics and usage information with respect to health ratings for each of a plurality of patients.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable computer program code, the computer program code configured to cause a computer to:

display a plan map viewing level of at least a portion of a facility;

display a time period selection menu;

receive an input indicating a selected time period; and

display a first navigational path traversed by a telepresence device while in a first drive mode during the selected time period.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause the computer to:

display a second navigational path traversed by the telepresence device while in a second drive mode during the selected time period, and wherein the first navigational path is displayed such that it is distinguishable from the second navigational path.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first drive mode comprises one of a teleoperated drive mode and an autonomous drive mode.

4. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the first drive mode comprises a teleoperated drive mode and the second drive mode comprises an autonomous drive mode.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein receiving the input indicating the selected time period comprises receiving a selection of one of a lower bound of the selected time period and an upper bound of the selected time period.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause a computer to display a historical location of the telepresence device at an instantaneous time.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause a computer to display a current location of the telepresence device.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the facility comprises a healthcare facility.

9. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the first navigational path is displayed as a first line having one of a first color and a first pattern, and wherein the second navigational path is displayed as a second line having at least one of a second color and a second pattern.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is configured to cause a computer to display the first navigational path with a path characteristic corresponding to a number of times the telepresence device traversed at least one section of the first navigational path in the first drive mode during the selected time period.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

receive an input indicating a selected room; and

display historical telemetry data of a patient associated with the selected room at the selected time period.

21. The computer program product of claim 1, the computer program code is further configured to cause the computer to:

receive a rating for each of the plurality of patients treated via a telepresence device, the ratings associated with a health aspect of each of the plurality of patients; and

wherein to display the visual representation the computer program code is further configured to cause the computer to;

display a graph of the at least one selected telepresence device statistic with respect to each of the plurality of patients on a coordinate system; and

display an indication of the rating for each of the plurality of patients with respect to each of the plurality of patients displayed on the coordinate system.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the rating for each of the plurality of patients comprises an outcome rating corresponding to a health aspect of a discharged patient.

23. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause a computer to:

receive a primary patient condition for each of the plurality of patients;

display a filter selection panel comprising a condition filter input, the condition filter input configured to allow a user to select one or more primary patient conditions;

receive at least one selection via the filter selection panel;

remove from visual representation any telepresence device statistic not associated with the selections made via the filter selection panel; and

update the visual representation of the at least one selected telepresence device statistic based on the selections made via the filter selection panel.

24. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause a computer to:

receive information identifying a primary physician for each of the plurality of patients;

display a filter selection panel comprising a primary physician filter input, the primary physician filter input configured to allow a user to select one or more primary physicians;

receive at least one selection via the filter selection panel;

remove from the visual representation any of the telepresence device statistics not associated with the at least one selection made via the filter selection panel; and

update the visual representation of the at least one selected telepresence device statistic based on the selections made via the filter selection panel.

25. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause a computer to:

receive information identifying a room associated with each of the plurality of patients;

display a filter selection panel comprising a room filter input, the room filter input configured to allow a user to select one or more rooms of a healthcare facility;

receive at least one selection via the filter selection panel;

remove from the visual representation any of the plurality of patients not associated with the at least one selection made via the filter selection panel; and

update the visual representation of the at least one selected telepresence device statistic based on the selections made via the filter selection panel.

26. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of telepresence device statistics comprises a telepresence device statistic indicating how many visits were made to each of the plurality of patients by the telepresence device during a time period.

27. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of telepresence device statistics comprises a telepresence device statistic associated with a usage of a telepresence device accessory on each of the plurality of patients during a time period, the telepresence device statistic configured to measure a physiological parameter.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the telepresence device accessory is configured to determine one of a blood pressure, a heart rate, a temperature, a respiration rate, and electrocardiogram information.

29. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the telepresence device accessory comprises one of a stethoscope, an otoscope, and a medical imaging device.

30. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of telepresence device statistics comprises a telepresence device statistic associated with a usage of a camera of the telepresence device during a time period.

31. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of telepresence device statistics comprises a telepresence device statistic associated with a location of the telepresence device relative to each of the plurality of patients during a time period.

12. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable computer program code, the computer program code configured to cause a computer to:

display a plan map viewing level of at least a portion of a healthcare facility, the healthcare facility comprising a plurality of rooms;

display a time selection menu;

receive an input indicating a selected time;

receive an input indicating a selected room;

receive historical telemetry data associated with at least one patient for each of the plurality of rooms; and

display historical telemetry data of a patient associated with the selected room at the selected time.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the historical telemetry data was obtained by a telepresence device.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the historical telemetry data comprises one of a blood pressure, a heart rate, a temperature, a respiration rate, and an electrocardiogram.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein displaying historical telemetry data at the selected time comprises displaying instantaneous telemetry data at the selected time.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein displaying historical telemetry data at the selected time comprises displaying instantaneous telemetry data as numerical values at the selected time.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein displaying historical telemetry data at the selected time comprises displaying telemetry data as a waveform for a time period that includes the selected time between a lower time bound and an upper time bound, inclusive.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause the computer to display a current location of a telepresence robot on the plan map.

19. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the selected time comprises a selected time period, and wherein receiving an input indicating the selected time period comprises receiving an input indicating a lower bound of the selected time period and an upper bound of the selected time period.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer program code is further configured to cause the computer to:

display a first navigational path traversed by a telepresence device while in a first drive mode during the selected time period; and

display a second navigational path traversed by the telepresence device while in a second drive mode during the selected time period, and wherein the first navigational path is displayed such that it is distinguishable from the second navigational path.