System and method for processing patient information

• US 20020091309A1
• Filed: 08/30/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dragerwerk AG & Company KGaA (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: Auer, John E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,590,551 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99938 Concurrency, e.g. lock management in shared database
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A system and method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources is described. Medical data associated with a patient are acquired from at least one of the plurality of sources on the network. The acquired data are prioritized for display in a desired order and/or time frame. A menu generator is used for generating a composite window for displaying the ordered acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results and ventilator data in a second window.

Claims

1. In an internet compatible system for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources, apparatus comprising:

a processor for acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of the plurality of sources, the processor prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order; and

a menu generator for generating a composite window for displaying said ordered acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data in a second window.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the ventilator data comprises at least one of ventilator setting and ventilator parameter.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor further prioritizing the acquired data for display within a selected time frame.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein a cursor is displayed indicating a selected time during the selected time frame.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein a time display field displays the time corresponding to the selected cursor time.

6. The system of claim 5 further comprising an annotate icon for allowing a user to enter an annotation for the selected time during the selected time period.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the menu generator selects one of the user-entered medical notes, the medical laboratory results, and the ventilator data for display in a second window, in response to a user selection.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical notes further comprising at least one of time of entry, date of entry and person of entry for the medical notes.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the first window further comprising a graphical data panel and a tabular data panel.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order in response to a user selection.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of allowing user selection of one of the user-entered medical notes, the medical laboratory results, and the ventilator data for display in a second window.

11. A method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of the plurality of sources;

prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired order; and

generating a composite window for displaying said ordered acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data in a second window.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the ventilator data comprises at least one of ventilator setting and ventilator parameter.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data within a user-selected time frame.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein a cursor is displayed indicating a selected time during the selected time frame.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of displaying a time corresponding to the selected cursor time.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of providing an annotate icon for allowing a user to enter an annotation for the selected time during the selected time period.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data in different colors.

20. The system of claim 18 further comprising the step of displaying the acquired data in varying scales.

18. A method for displaying medical information derived from a plurality of sources on a network, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data associated with a patient from at least one of the plurality of sources;

prioritizing the acquired data for display in a desired time period; and

generating a composite window for displaying said acquired data in a first window together with at least one of user-entered medical notes, medical laboratory results, and ventilator data in a second window.