System and user interface for presenting treatment information

• US 20060085223A1
• Filed: 05/03/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Fitzgerald, Loretta A., Anderson, Jean
• Granted Patent: US 7,970,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• 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

Abstract

A workflow system and user interface coordinates information concerning a course of treatment of a patient, as well as data from a treatment device and links appointment data from a scheduling system with actual treatment activity information in order to show a complete timeline of a course of treatment. A user interface system for presenting medication dosage and treatment information includes a display processor for providing data representing a single display image. The single display image presents information identifying treatment received by a patient and treatment scheduled to be received by the patient together with a timeline. The single display image also presents information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date the cumulative dosage is received by the patient. A command processor initiates presentation of the single display image in response to user command.

Claims

1. A user interface system for presenting medication dosage and treatment information, comprising:

a display processor for providing data representing a single display image presenting,

information identifying treatment received by a patient and treatment scheduled to be received by said patient together with a timeline, and

information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date said cumulative dosage is received by said patient; and

a command processor for initiating presentation of said single display image in response to user command.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single display image presents information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient for an individual treatment plan and corresponding anatomical structure or portion as well as an associated date said individual dose was received by said patient.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein

said information identifying treatment scheduled to be received by said patient comprises a prescription.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said medication is radiation and said cumulative medication dosage is a cumulative radiation dosage.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein

said radiation is provided by a radiation source internal to said patient and comprises at least one of, (a) an implanted device, (b) an intra-vascular radiation treatment source, (d) a temporarily inserted radiation source, (e) a permanently inserted radiation source, (f) a diagnostic related radiation source and (g) a therapeutic radiation source.

6. A system according to claim 4, wherein

said radiation is from one or more sources external to said patient.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient is presented together with a timeline.

8. A system according to claim 7, wherein

said timeline indicates at least one of, (a) a date, (b) a date range and (c) a time, said cumulative dosage of said medication was received by said patient.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said timeline indicates at least one of, (a) a date, (b) a date range and (c) a time, said treatment was received by said patient.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein

said timeline indicates at least one of, (a) a date, (b) a date range and (c) a time, said treatment is scheduled to be received by said patient.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said medication comprises at least one of, (a) a drug and (b) an infusion.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said medication comprises a therapeutic agent and a cumulative dose of said therapeutic agent is of clinical significance in patient treatment.

13. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said treatment scheduled to be received by said patient comprises a plurality of different treatments and

said single display image presents information identifying said plurality of different treatments as being scheduled to be received at least one of, (a) concurrently and (b) sequentially.

14. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said treatment comprises at least one of, (a) a drug, (b) active therapy, (c) imaging, (d) tests and (e) surgery.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said active therapy comprises at least one of, (i) radiation therapy, (ii) chemotherapy, (iii) anesthesiology, (iv) laser therapy, (v) light therapy and (vi) other anatomically altering therapy.

16. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single display image presents said information identifying cumulative dosage of said medication together with information identifying a total dosage to be scheduled to be received by said patient in a course of treatment.

17. A system according to claim 16, wherein

said single display image indicates said cumulative dosage of said medication as a proportion of said total dosage.

18. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said single display image presents a plurality of individually user selectable data items representing a plurality of corresponding different phases of patient treatment.

19. A system according to claim 18, wherein

said single display image indicates at least one of, (a) a currently selected phase of patient treatment and (b) a currently selected date in said timeline using a display attribute comprising at least one of, (i) highlighting, (ii) color, (iii) text, (iv) a symbol, (v) shading and (vi) shape.

20. A user interface system for presenting medication dosage and treatment information, comprising:

an acquisition processor for acquiring information identifying treatment to be provided to a patient from a treatment plan management system and information identifying a received treatment and associated cumulative dose of the received treatment from a treatment device management system;

a display processor for providing data representing a single display image presenting,

said information identifying said received treatment and treatment to be provided to said patient together with a timeline derived using said information indicating dates of future treatment, and

information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date said cumulative dosage is received by said patient; and

a command processor for initiating presentation of said single display image in response to user command.

21. A system according to claim 20, wherein

said acquisition processor acquires information indicating dates of future treatment and past treatment from at least one of, (a) an appointment management system and (b) a scheduling system.

22. A system according to claim 21, wherein

said information identifying treatment to be provided to said patient comprises a prescription.

23. A system according to claim 20, wherein

an acquisition processor for acquiring information identifying a treatment plan associated with a corresponding treatment date, from a clinical information system.

24. A method for providing a user interface for presenting medication dosage and treatment information, comprising the activities of:

initiating generation of data representing a single display image presenting,

information identifying treatment received by a patient and treatment scheduled to be received by said patient together with a timeline, and

information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date said cumulative dosage is received by said patient; and

initiating presentation of said single display image in response to user command.