Electronic medical system touch phrase technology

• US 8,947,374 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhou, Hong
• Application Number:
  US13/022,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20120200507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-178, 178 1801- 1809, 705 2- 5
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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:

initializing a touch phrase button by a processor, wherein the initializing comprises associating a first text with the touch phrase button;

receiving an input associated with the touch phrase button;

updating, by the processor, a state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to a save state in response to the input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button 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

communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the communicating the state of the touch phrase button occurs automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving note data associated with the touch phrase button.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

initializing a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receiving a second input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the second input, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configured for compilation in a report.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving text associated with a custom question;

receiving a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receiving a second answer type associated with the custom question;

displaying the text associated with the custom question;

receiving a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receiving a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein

the first answer type comprises 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;

the second answer type comprises 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; and

the first answer type is different from the second answer type.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second text is displayed within the touch phrase button in place of the first text.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button further comprises changing an appearance of the touch phrase button.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the changing the appearance of the touch phrase button comprises changing an icon, a font, or text formatting of the touch phrase button.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating the state of the touch phrase button changes the state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to the save state.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface configured to;

present a touch phrase button;

receive an input associated with the touch phrase button; and

a processor configured to;

initialize the touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a first text with the touch phrase button;

update a state of the touch phrase button from a non-save state to a save state in response to the received input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button 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

communicate the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the state of the touch phrase button is communicated automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive note data associated with the touch phrase button.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

initialize a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receive a second input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

update a state of the touch phrase button based upon the second input, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configure for compilation in a report.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configure to:

receive text associated with a custom question;

receive a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receive a second answer type associated with the custom question;

display the text associated with the custom question;

receive a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receive a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.

16. 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:

initializing a touch phrase button by a processor, wherein the initializing comprises associating 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 from a non-save state to a save state in response to the input without receiving a second input, wherein updating the state of the touch phrase button 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

communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device, wherein the communicating the state of the touch phrase button occurs automatically in response to the state of the touch phrase button being a save state.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the second text is configured for compilation in a medical chart.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

receiving note data associated with the touch phrase button; and

receiving additional data associated with the touch phrase button.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

initializing a second touch phrase button, wherein the initializing comprises associating a third text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the third text is configured for compilation in a report;

receiving a input associated with the second touch phrase button; and

updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the input associated with the second touch phrase button, wherein updating the state of the second touch phrase button comprises associating a fourth text with the second touch phrase button, and wherein the fourth text is configure for compilation in a report.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the instructions, if executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to further perform operations comprising:

receiving text associated with a custom question;

receiving a first answer type associated with the custom question;

receiving a second answer type associated with the custom question;

displaying the text associated with the custom question;

receiving a first answer corresponding to the first answer type; and

receiving a second answer corresponding to the second answer type.