Systems and methods for data aggregation and prioritization

• US 9,286,443 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2012
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rapid Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Rapid Systems, LLC
• Inventors: Ford, John P., Huang, Liying
• Primary Examiner(s): AMIN, JWALANT B
• Application Number:
  US13/345,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20120105471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Computer-enabled systems and methods aggregate data related to a particular subject or field and present the data in a simplified display. The data is divided into predetermined categories, which are graphically displayed in a predetermined arrangement. Systems and methods differentiate and visually display critical data abnormalities separately from non-critical data. The systems and methods enable an observer to identify the critical deviations or anomalies of data with respect to a predetermined base line by an intuitive visual display of all of the data from any sized data universe on a single screen. The data is indexed at multiple display levels such as a stack of one patient'"'"'s data, a stack of all patient data for the universe of patients of a single practitioner, or a group of practitioners of any size. A portion of the display preferably may be selected and expanded to show only that portion in greater detail.

Claims

1. A method of aggregating, categorizing, and ordering a set of data of any size comprising a plurality of reports, each report comprising at least one data value, the method comprising the steps of:

a) a computer categorizing each report into one of a plurality of data types;

b) the computer comparing the at least one data value in each report to at least one test criterion for the data value and categorizing the report as a non-critical report including only non-critical data values or a critically abnormal report including at least one critically abnormal data value; and

c) the computer electronically displaying a base predetermined array in a first part of an electronic display screen as a plurality of buttons, each button representing the non-critical reports of one of the plurality of data types or the critically abnormal reports of one of the plurality of data types at a predetermined display location in the base predetermined array, each button linking directly to a stack of either a set of aggregated data of the non-critical reports or a set of aggregated data of the critically abnormal reports of one of the plurality of data types, wherein upon application of the button by a user, the report on top of the stack associated with the button is displayed in a second part of the electronic display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the base predetermined array is based on a circular geometric structure to allow an optimal interface with a circular visual field of a human retina.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the base predetermined array is based on a geometric structure selected from the group consisting of a straight line, a curved line, a triangle, a rectangle, an oval, a sphere, a cone, a pyramid, and a cube.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer displays each report, based on a button application by the user, in the second part of the electronic display screen such that the base predetermined array remains displayed in the first part of the electronic display screen.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of the computer receiving an input of a modification of at least one of the at least one test criterion by the user.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of the computer re-comparing relevant data values to the test criterion based on the modification to re-categorize the reports as non-critical reports or critically abnormal reports after the user modifies the test criterion.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each button is displayed as a numeral inside a circle, the numeral representing a number of unreviewed data values linked to the button.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data are medical data.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of the computer displaying a link to a patient predetermined array, wherein the patient predetermined array is linked to all medical data associated with a patient for the patient associated with the report being displayed on the second part of the electronic display screen.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the computer displaying the patient predetermined array in place of the base predetermined array when the user selects the link to the patient predetermined array.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the buttons are linked to all of the test results for which the user is responsible to review but has not yet indicated as reviewed.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

the computer receiving a new report, wherein the new report includes at least one critically abnormal data value;

the computer categorizing the new report into one of the plurality of data types;

the computer categorizing the new report as a new critically abnormal report; and

the computer sending an electronic message to a user responsible for reviewing the new report, thereby alerting the user of the new critically abnormal report.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the computer filtering the set of data using at least one filter criterion to obtain at least one filtered data set; and

the computer electronically displaying a filtered predetermined array based on the filtered data set in place of the base predetermined array.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the computer displaying a filter link with the base predetermined array and a base link with the filtered predetermined array such that the user can toggle between the base predetermined array and the filtered predetermined array by selecting the filter link and the base link with a single selection.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the test criterion comprises comparing a second data value for a test result type associated with a patient at a second time to a first data value for the test result type associated with the patient at a first time prior to the second time to determine whether a change between the first data value and the second data value falls within a predetermined threshold making the second data value a non-critical data value or outside the predetermined threshold making the second data value a critically abnormal data value.

16. The method of

claim 1, wherein selection of a portion of the predetermined array by a user displays subsidiary data associated with the portion of the predetermined array with at least a 360-fold enrichment of detail in the portion of the predetermined array.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein selection of a sub-portion of the portion of the predetermined array by a user displays sub-subsidiary data associated with the sub-portion of the predetermined array with at least a 360-fold enrichment of detail in the sub-portion of the predetermined array.

18. A method of reviewing a set of data of any size comprising a plurality of reports, each report comprising at least one data value, the method comprising the steps of:

a) visually scanning a first part of an electronic screen displaying a plurality of buttons in a base predetermined array, each button being at a predetermined display location in the base predetermined array, each button representing a stack of a set of aggregated data of the set of data of either at least one non-critical report or at least one critically abnormal report of one of a plurality of data types, the plurality of reports having been categorized into the plurality of data types and into the non-critical reports and the critically abnormal reports;

b) selecting a first button of the plurality of buttons representing a first stack of a first set of aggregated data of at least one critically abnormal report of one of the plurality of data types to cause the critically abnormal report on top of the stack of the data type associated with the button to be displayed on a second part of the electronic screen, wherein the critically abnormal reports are sequentially viewable from a top of the stack down; and

c) evaluating the critically abnormal report.