ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEM TOUCH PHRASE TECHNOLOGY

• US 20150135142A1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXGN Management, LLC. (NextGen Healthcare, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Healthfusion Incorporated (NextGen Healthcare, Inc.)
• Inventors: Flam, Seth, Mentze, Arnold, Giri, Rumpa, Lizerbram, Sol, Flam, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/840
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Electronic medical system touch phrase technology includes a method comprising initializing a touch phrase button by a processor such that the initializing associates a first text with the touch phrase button; receiving an input associated with the touch phrase button; updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the input including associating a second text with the touch phrase button; and communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a first input associated with a touch phrase button, wherein the touch phrase button is in a first state;

in response to the first input associated with the touch phrase button, displaying, by the processor, a plurality of option buttons associated with the touch phrase button;

receiving, by the processor, a second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons; and

in response to the second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons, displaying, by the processor, the touch phrase button in a second state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein during the displaying of the plurality of option buttons the touch phrase button is not displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the processor, before the first input is received, the touch phrase button in an initial state, wherein the initial state is different than the first state;

receiving, by the processor, before the first input is received, an initial input associated with the touch phrase button, wherein the initial input is different than the first input; and

displaying, by the processor, in response to the initial input associated with the touch phrase button, the touch phrase button in the first state.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first input is a subsequent input received after the initial input.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the initial state is different than the second state.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising communicating that the touch phrase button is in the first state to a memory device, wherein the communicating that the touch phrase button is in the first state occurs automatically in response to receiving the initial input.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, by the processor, the touch phrase button in the first state.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of option buttons are associated with a subject matter of a text displayed within the touch phrase button in the first state.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the subject matter of the text displayed within the touch phrase button in the first state relates to a medical condition or part of a human body.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of option buttons comprise option text relating to the subject matter of the text displayed within the touch phrase button in the first state, such that the second input indicates additional data associated with the medical condition or the part of the human body.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the touch phrase button in the second state comprises automatically associating a second text with the touch phrase button without user input of the second text, wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button, and further wherein the second text is related to the second input.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the displaying the touch phrase button in the first state comprises displaying the touch phrase button with a first appearance, and

displaying the touch phrase button in the second state comprises automatically displaying the touch phrase button with a second appearance.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating that the touch phrase button is in the second state to a memory device, wherein the communicating that the touch phrase button is in the second state occurs automatically in response to receiving the second input.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface configured to;

present a touch phrase button and a plurality of option buttons;

receive an input associated with the touch phrase button or the plurality of option buttons; and

a processor configured to;

receive a first input associated with a touch phrase button, wherein the touch phrase button is in a first state;

in response to the first input associated with the touch phrase button, display a plurality of option buttons associated with the touch phrase button;

receive a second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons; and

in response to the second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons, display the touch phrase button in a second state.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein touch phrase button in the second state comprises text that is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of option buttons comprises:

a first subset of option buttons comprising answers to a first question, wherein the first subset of option buttons are associated with a first answer type, and

a second subset of option buttons comprising answers to a second question, wherein the second subset of option buttons are associated with a second answer type, wherein the first answer type and the second answer type are different.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of one of the first subset of option buttons;

automatically generate the second subset of option buttons in response to the selected one of the first subset of option buttons; and

display the second subset of option buttons.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first answer type and the second answer type comprise a yes or no type response, a number type response, a text type response, a date type response, a select list type response, a toggle through type response, or a multiple select list type response.

19. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first input associated with a touch phrase button, wherein the touch phrase button is in a first state;

in response to the first input associated with the touch phrase button, displaying a plurality of option buttons associated with the touch phrase button;

receiving a second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons; and

in response to the second input associated with at least one of the plurality of option buttons, displaying the touch phrase button in a second state.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein:

the displaying the touch phrase button in the first state comprises displaying the touch phrase button with a first appearance,

displaying the touch phrase button in the second state comprises automatically displaying the touch phrase button with a second appearance, and

the second appearance is different form the first appearance because of a different icon, font, color, pattern, or text formatting of the touch phrase button.