Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system

• US 20060293916A1
• Filed: 06/22/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Somberg, Benjamin L.
• Application Number:
  US11/158,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293916A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system. In one embodiment, patient data in the advanced patient management system is selected in a browser component. The browser component may include an Internet web browser which displays the patient data as a web page. A non-browser component is utilized to detect the patient data in the browser component and display the patient data. The non-browser component may be configured as a plug-in software module to the web browser. The non-browser component may further be utilized to modify patient data and display the modified patient data in the browser component. The modified patient data may include settings associated with a patient monitoring device in the advanced patient management system.

Claims

1. A method for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system comprising:

receiving, in the browser component, a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system;

displaying, in the non-browser component, the patient data selected in the browser component;

receiving a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system in the non-browser component; and

displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving modified patient data in the non-browser component; and

displaying the modified patient data in the browser component.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving modified patient data in the non-browser component comprises receiving modified settings associated with the patient data in the non-browser component, wherein the modified settings are associated with at least one patient monitoring device in the advanced patient management system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, in the non-browser component, the patient data selected in the browser component comprises:

detecting, in the non-browser component, the patient data displayed in the browser component;

detecting, in the non-browser component, properties belonging to the displayed patient data in the browser component; and

displaying the patient data in the non-browser component based on the detected properties.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component comprises receiving a command from the non-browser component to retrieve and display the selected patient data in the browser component.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system in the non-browser component comprises receiving patient identification information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component comprises displaying the patient data in a web page generated by the browser component.

8. A system for enabling collaborative communication between components in an advanced patient management system comprising, comprising:

a central processing unit;

a memory; and

a non-browser component capable of executing on the central processing unit, wherein the non-browser component is in communication with a browser component and wherein the non-browser component is operative to;

receive patient data from the browser component;

display the received patient data from browser component;

receive a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system; and

communicate the received patient data to the browser component for display in the browser component.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-browser component is further operative to:

receive modified patient data; and

display the modified patient data in the browser component.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the modified patient data comprises modified settings associated with the patient data, the modified settings associated with at least one patient monitoring device in the advanced patient management system.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the non-browser component is further operative to:

detect the patient data displayed in the browser component;

detect settings associated with the patient data; and

display the settings with the detected patient data.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the non-browser component is further operative to:

retrieve the selected patient data in the non-browser component from a server; and

display the selected patient data retrieved from the server in the browser component.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the patient data comprises patient identification information.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the browser component is a web browser.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-browser component is a web browser plug-in module.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the patient data is displayed in the browser component as a web page.

17. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which when executed on a computer, perform a method for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system, the method comprising:

receiving, in the browser component, a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system;

displaying, in the non-browser component, the patient data selected in the browser component;

receiving a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system in the non-browser component; and

displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving modified patient data in the non-browser component; and

displaying the modified patient data in the browser component.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein receiving modified patient data in the non-browser component comprises receiving modified settings associated with the patient data in the non-browser component, wherein the modified settings are associated with at least one patient monitoring device in the advanced patient management system.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein displaying, in the non-browser component, the patient data selected in the browser component comprises:

detecting, in the non-browser component, the patient data displayed in the browser component;

detecting, in the non-browser component, properties belonging to the displayed patient data in the browser component; and

displaying the patient data in the non-browser component based on the detected properties.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component comprises receiving a command from the non-browser component to retrieve and display the selected patient data in the browser component.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein receiving a selection of patient data from the advanced patient management system in the non-browser component comprises receiving patient identification information.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein displaying, in the browser component, the patient data selected in the non-browser component comprises displaying the patient data in a web page generated by the browser component.