Drill Down Clinical Information Dashboard

• US 20090217189A1
• Filed: 02/24/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vesselin Zlatev
• Original Assignee: Vesselin Zlatev
• Inventors: Zlatev, Vesselin, Buxey, Farzad, Martin, Neil
• Granted Patent: US 8,924,881 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method. The method provides a first dashboard that includes a first several window panes for providing information about a first set of aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition. The method also provides a second dashboard that includes a second several window panes for providing information about a second set of aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition. The method further defines a link that causes the second dashboard to be opened when an item is selected in at least one of the first several window panes.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a first dashboard comprising a first plurality of window panes for providing information about a first set of aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition;

providing a second dashboard comprising a second plurality of window panes for providing information about a second set of aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition; and

defining a link that causes the second dashboard to be opened when an item is selected in at least one of the first plurality of window panes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second set of aspects are different.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a portion of the information provided in the second plurality of window panes is the same as the information provided in the first plurality of window panes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the link further causes the first dashboard to be closed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dashboard is reconfigurable to include at least one other window pane.

6. A graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) of a device, said GUI comprising;

a first collection of panes that includes a first set of data related a person;

a second collection of panes that includes a second set of data related to the person, wherein at least some of the data in the first and second sets differ, wherein a selection of a link in one of said first collection of panes initiates the display of said second collection of panes.

7. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the selection of said link further causes said first collection of panes to be not displayed.

8. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the selection of said link causes said second collection of panes to be displayed concurrently.

9. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the person is a patient, and the first and second sets of data are data related to the condition of the patient.

10. The GUI of claim 9, wherein the first collection of panes is customizable for the patient.

11. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the second collection of panes includes information specific to the data in the one pane in which the link is selected from.

12. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the second collection includes at least one pane with a graphical representation that is specific to the data in the one pane in which the link is selected from.

13. A method comprising:

displaying a pre-configured first dashboard comprising a plurality of window panes for providing views for a first set of aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition, each view for displaying a particular set of data in a particular format;

allowing a particular user to create a second dashboard by modifying a view of at least one of the window panes; and

storing the second dashboard for use by the particular user.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying the second dashboard instead of the first dashboard for the particular patient.

15. A method comprising:

providing a dashboard that includes a first grouping of at least two panes, wherein said dashboard is reconfigurable to include a second grouping of panes, wherein at least one pane in the second grouping is different from the panes in the first grouping; and

providing a display area for displaying the dashboard.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the dashboard is for displaying information related to patients, wherein at least one pane is for displaying information related the condition of a particular patient.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising providing a database for storing the reconfigured grouping of the dashboard.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the display area is a display area of window.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the dashboard is a first dashboard, the method further comprising providing a second dashboard that includes a third grouping of window panes.

20. A method comprising:

defining a list comprising summary of one patient comprising at least two item, identification for one or more patients;

providing a plurality of dashboards, each dashboard comprising a plurality of modalities, each modality for providing information about different aspects of a patient'"'"'s condition; and

defining a link in the list to activate a particular dashboard for a particular patient based on the particular patient'"'"'s condition.