Formlets as an enabler of the clinical user experience

• US 9,223,933 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Edwards, David, James, Alan Ferris, Taylor, Randy Lynn, Jose, Franklin, Phillip, George, Cronin, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent F
• Application Number:
  US13/665,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173600A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 707/722, 707/805
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Certain examples provide systems, methods, apparatus, etc., to generate formlets for user review of and interaction with clinical data and associated functionality for one or more patients. An example method includes receiving one or more query criterion to retrieve data and generating a query result of data from one or more data stores based on the one or more query criterion. The example method includes applying a transform to the query result data. The example method includes applying a data template and binding instructions to the transformed query result data to generate a formlet including data and at least one of associated relationship and functionality information for display of and interaction with the data. The example method includes facilitating runtime configurability of the formlet by a user. The example method includes displaying the formlet for user review and interaction.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving one or more query criterion to retrieve data and generating a query result of data from one or more data stores based on the one or more query criterion;

applying a transform to the query result data, the transform applying analytics to the query result data to produce transformed query result data consumable by a graphical user interface, the transformed query result data modeled as an object;

applying a data template and binding instructions to the transformed query result data to generate a formlet including data and associated relationship and functionality information for display of and interaction with the data, the binding instructions specifying how the transformed query result data is to be bound to the data template, the data template specifying visual components and visual styling instructions for the transformed query result data object to form the formlet;

facilitating runtime configurability of the formlet by a user; and

displaying the formlet via the graphical user interface, the formlet forming part of an application for user review and interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transform is based on an identity of a requesting user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the formlet forms part of a clinical application telling a story regarding one or more patients for user review and interaction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transform is to apply clinical knowledge to the query result data to customize for the patient and user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transform includes at least one of sorting, statistics, hierarchical rollups, formatting, and analytics automatically applied to the query result data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data template and binding instructions for the formlet facilitate surfacing of varying levels detail from the transformed query result data via the formlet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a formlet comprises a set of one or more frames, each frame including one or more objects and one or more relationships between the one or more objects.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating incorporation of the formlet into a plurality of clinical applications.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data template comprises one or more digital clinical models for data and at least one of associated rules, associations, and functions.

10. A system comprising:

a processor configured according to instructions which, when executed, modify the processor to implement;

a query module to receive one or more query criterion to retrieve data and generate a query result of data from one or more data stores based on the one or more query criterion;

a transform module to apply a transform to the query result data, the transform applying analytics to the query result data to produce transformed query result data consumable by a graphical user interface, the transformed query result data modeled as an object; and

a binding module to apply a data template and binding instructions to the transformed query result data to generate a formlet including data and associated relationship and functionality information for display of and interaction with the data, the binding instructions specifying how the transformed query result data is to be bound to the data template, the data template specifying visual components and visual styling instructions for the transformed query result data object to form the formlet,

wherein the system is to facilitate runtime configurability of the formlet by a user and display the formlet via the graphical user interface, the formlet forming part of an application for user review and interaction.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the transform is to be based on an identity of a requesting user.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the formlet is to form part of a clinical application to tell a story regarding one or more patients for user review and interaction.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the transform is to apply clinical knowledge to the query result data to customize for the patient and user.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the data template and binding instructions for the formlet are to facilitate surfacing of varying levels detail from the transformed query result data via the formlet.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein a formlet comprises a set of one or more frames, each frame including one or more objects and one or more relationships between the one or more objects.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the data template comprises one or more digital clinical models for data and at least one of associated rules, associations, and functions.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer program code to be executed by a processor, the computer program code, when executed, to implement a formlet generation method comprising:

receiving one or more query criterion to retrieve data and generating a query result of data from one or more data stores based on the one or more query criterion;

applying a transform to the query result data, the transform applying analytics to the query result data to produce transformed query result data consumable by a graphical user interface, the transformed query result data modeled as an object;

applying a data template and binding instructions to the transformed query result data to generate a formlet including data and associated relationship and functionality information for display of and interaction with the data, the binding instructions specifying how the transformed query result data is to be bound to the data template, the data template specifying visual components and visual styling instructions for the transformed query result data object to form the formlet;

facilitating runtime configurability of the formlet by a user; and

displaying the formlet via the graphical user interface, the formlet forming part of an application for user review and interaction.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the formlet forms part of a clinical application telling a story regarding one or more patients for user review and interaction.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the transform is to apply clinical knowledge to the query result data to customize for the patient and user.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the data template and binding instructions for the formlet facilitate surfacing of varying levels detail from the transformed query result data via the formlet.