HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INTEGRATION

• US 20160171160A1
• Filed: 02/18/2016
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jayasimha Nuggehalli, Zhenyu Lu
• Original Assignee: Jayasimha Nuggehalli, Zhenyu Lu
• Inventors: Nuggehalli, Jayasimha, Lu, Zhenyu
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An approach is provided for acquiring and integrating data into external services. According to the approach, image and/or video data and identification data are received from a client device. The image and/or video data includes one or more images and/or video data of an object that are acquired by the client device and the identification data is data that uniquely identifies the object. Record data is generated and stored that includes the identification data and at least a reference to the image and/or video data. The image and/or video data and the identification data are transmitted to an external service. This identification data allows an external service to associate the image and/or video data with other data maintained by the external service.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

one or more data acquisition components configured to;

acquire an image of an object, and

acquire object identification data that uniquely identifies the object; and

a touchscreen user interface configured to;

display information to a user of the device and receive user input from the user of the device,

display the acquired image of the object,

allow a user of the device to create an annotation on the displayed acquired image to identify an area of interest in the displayed acquired image,

wherein the device is further configured to;

generate annotation data that represents the annotation on the displayed acquired image that identifies the area of interest, and

cause the acquired image of the object and the annotation data to be transmitted over one or more wireless communications networks to a processing service.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the annotation is made on the displayed acquired image to identify an area of interest via one or more of a finger or a stylus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the annotation data is transmitted separate from the acquired image over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the touchscreen user interface is further configured allow a user of the device to enter memorandum information, and

the device is further configured to generate memorandum data that represents the memorandum information and cause the memorandum data to be transmitted over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memorandum information includes information pertaining to the object.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more data acquisition components include a scanner for acquiring the object identification data in an encoded form.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more data acquisition components are configured to;

determine a current location of the device at a time that the image of the object was acquired, and

generate location data that indicates the current location of the device at the time that the image of the object was acquired; and

the device is further configured to cause the location data to be transmitted over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object identification data that uniquely identifies the object is encoded object identification data and represented by one or more of a bar code, a QR code, or a signature.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing service is configured to cause the cause the acquired image of the object and the annotation data to be transmitted over the one or more wireless communications networks to an electronic medical record system that is external to both the device and the processing service utilizing one or more application program interfaces that are supported by the electronic medical record system and not supported by the device.

10. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memories storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause a processing service to perform;

receiving, via one or more wireless communications networks from a mobile client device having at least a data acquisition component that includes a camera and is configured to acquire images of patients and identification data that uniquely identifies the patients, both first image data that includes a first set of images of a first patient and first identification data that uniquely identifies the first patient,

generating and storing first record data that includes the first identification data and at least a reference to the first image data,

causing the first image data associated with the first patient and the first identification data that uniquely identifies the first patient to be transmitted via one or more communications networks to an electronic medical record system that is external to the apparatus utilizing one or more application program interfaces that are supported by the electronic medical record system and not supported by the mobile client device, and

generating and providing via the one or more communications networks to a client device user interface data which, when processed at the client device, cause a graphical user interface to be displayed on the client device, wherein the graphical user interface allows a user of the client device to view an upload history for the electronic medical record system.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the upload history for the electronic medical record system includes a plurality of entries, wherein each entry from the plurality of entries corresponds to a patient and includes identification data that uniquely identifies the patient, one or more images of the patient and memorandum data entered by a user of the mobile client device when the one or more images of the patient were acquired using the mobile client device.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface further allows the user of the client device to view an error log for the electronic medical record system, wherein the error log specifies one or more errors that occurred when the first image data associated with the first patient and the first identification data that uniquely identifies the first patient were transmitted via the one or more communications networks to the electronic medical record system.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface further allows the user of the client device to perform one or more administrative functions with respect to the processing service.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:

performing one or more of monitoring a file transfer protocol (FTP) folder, monitoring an electronic mail folder or receiving a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) post, and

in response to detecting receipt of the first image data and the first identification data via the FTP folder, the electronic mail folder or the HTTP post, retrieving the first image data and the first identification data from the FTP folder, the electronic mail folder or the HTTP post.

15. One or more computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, cause:

one or more data acquisition components of a mobile device to;

acquire an image of an object, and

acquire object identification data that uniquely identifies the object; and

a touchscreen user interface of the mobile device to;

display information to a user of the device and receive user input from the user of the device,

display the acquired image of the object,

allow a user of the device to create an annotation on the displayed acquired image to identify an area of interest in the displayed acquired image,

the mobile device;

generate annotation data that represents the annotation on the displayed acquired image that identifies the area of interest, and

cause the acquired image of the object and the annotation data to be transmitted over one or more wireless communications networks to a processing service.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the annotation is made on the displayed acquired image to identify an area of interest via one or more of a finger or a stylus.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the annotation data is transmitted separate from the acquired image over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, further comprising additional instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:

the touchscreen user interface of the mobile device to allow a user of the device to enter memorandum information pertaining to the object, and

the mobile device to generate memorandum data that represents the memorandum information pertaining to the object and cause the memorandum data to be transmitted over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the one or more data acquisition components include a scanner for acquiring the object identification data in an encoded form.

20. The device of claim 15, further comprising additional instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:

the one or more data acquisition components of the mobile device to;

determine a current location of the device at a time that the image of the object was acquired, and

generate location data that indicates the current location of the device at the time that the image of the object was acquired; and

the mobile device to cause the location data to be transmitted over the one or more wireless communications networks to the processing service.