Portable task management system for healthcare and other uses
First Claim
1. A medical information system for use with portable processing devices, comprising:
- a portable processing device including a communication processor for receiving messages from one or more different healthcare workers, an individual message identifying, a task for performance by a particular healthcare worker for a patient, patient and task associated context information and a priority level of said task;
a user interface for providing data representing at least one display image for display to a user and comprising an overview of tasks of said different healthcare workers including said task for performance by said particular healthcare worker.
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Abstract
A mobile monitoring and communication system integrates communication services (text, voice, video, and data) with medical information (e.g., patient medical record, patient demographics, reason for procedure, workflow information, etc.) within a radiology department, for example. A medical information system for use with portable processing devices involves a portable processing device including a communication processor for receiving messages from one or more different healthcare workers. An individual message identifies, a task for performance by a particular healthcare worker for a patient, patient and task associated context information and a priority level of the task. A user interface provides data representing at least one display image for display to a user and comprising an overview of tasks of the different healthcare workers including the task for performance by the particular healthcare worker.
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18 Claims
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1. A medical information system for use with portable processing devices, comprising:
a portable processing device including a communication processor for receiving messages from one or more different healthcare workers, an individual message identifying, a task for performance by a particular healthcare worker for a patient, patient and task associated context information and a priority level of said task;
a user interface for providing data representing at least one display image for display to a user and comprising an overview of tasks of said different healthcare workers including said task for performance by said particular healthcare worker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medical information system for use with portable processing devices, comprising:
a portable processing device including a communication processor supporting bidirectional communication with a processing device of one or more different healthcare workers and receiving messages from said one or more different healthcare workers, an individual message identifying, a task for performance by a particular healthcare worker for a patient, patient associated context information and a priority level of said task and said individual message indicates said particular healthcare worker requests assistance concerning said task; and
a user interface for providing data representing at least one display image for display to a supervisory healthcare worker and comprising an overview of tasks of said different healthcare workers including said task for performance by said particular healthcare worker. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A medical information alerting system for use in a system employing portable processing devices, comprising:
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an alert processor for generating at least one message to a user of a portable device, said at least one message identifying, a task to be performed for a patient by a particular user, patient specific information including a patient location and patient identifier and a priority level of said task;
a repository of data for use in establishing bidirectional communication with a plurality of portable processing devices assigned to a corresponding plurality of different users; and
a communication processor for using said repository in initiating communication of said at least one message to a portable processing device of said particular user in response to a received command. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for managing medical information using a portable processing device, comprising the activities of:
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receiving messages from one or more different healthcare workers, an individual message identifying, a task for performance by a particular healthcare worker for a patient, patient and task associated context information and a priority level of said task;
providing data representing at least one display image for display to a user and comprising an overview of tasks of said different healthcare workers including said task for performance by said particular healthcare worker.
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