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Apparatus and method for merging medical protocols
Assignee: QUOVADX Inc GEORGIA Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-20
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2015-10-20
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based in real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The chart view format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Two separate medical treatment plans may be combined with duplicate or conflicting orders removed.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth I. Macrae
- 👤 Annsheng C. Ting
- 👤 Ragnar W. Edholm
- 👤 Erik Worth
- 👤 Robert B. Sigmon, Jr.
- 👤 Toshikazu Matsumoto
- 👤 Chung-Jen Ho
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F8/00; G06F8/70; G06F8/71; G16; G16H; G16H40/00; G16H40/60; G16H40/63; G16H70/00; G16H70/20; G16H50/00; G16H50/50; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A data processing apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying data; input means for supplying input data; a storage location, coupled with the display and the input means, for storing data, images, and programs; and processing means, coupled to the display means, the input means, and the storage means, for controlling the storage means, the input means, and the display means in response to stored programs and input data to perform data processing operations; wherein the display includes, a plurality of graphic icon images, stored in the storage location, arranged on the display representing a medical treatment plan; wherein the stored programs includes, a program for merging a first set of graphic icon images representing a first treatment plan with a second set of graphic icon images representing a second treatment plan to obtain a combined treatment plan.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A data processing apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying data; input means for supplying input data; a storage location, coupled with the display and the input means, for storing data, images, and programs; and processing means, coupled to the display means, the input means, and the storage means, for controlling the storage means, the input means, and the display means in response to stored programs and input data to perform data processing operations; wherein the display includes, a plurality of graphic icon images, stored in the storage location, arranged on the display representing a medical treatment plan; wherein the stored programs includes, a program for merging a first set of graphic icon images representing a first treatment plan with a second set of graphic icon images representing a second treatment plan to obtain a combined treatment plan.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of graphic icon images are assigned to a patient.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of graphic icon images and the second set of graphic icon images are arranged in a first flow chart view and a second chart view, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of graphic icon images includes at least one order triplet, the order triplet having an order node, result node and flow control node.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input means includes a mouse.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the process means includes a processor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of graphic icon images includes at least a first icon image having a first medical order description responsive to input data and the second set of graphic icon images includes at least a second icon image having a second medical order description responsive to input data, and the combined treatment plan includes a third icon image representing the first and second medical order description.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the stored program eliminates duplicate order descriptions in the first medical order and the second medical order.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first set of graphic icon images are arranged in a chronological sequence and a first icon image in the first set of graphic icon images represents a medical order.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the stored program deletes the first order icon image in response to the activation of a delete button corresponding to the first order icon image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the stored program adds a second order icon image in response to the activation of an add button corresponding to the second order icon image.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for displaying a graphic representation of a medical treatment plan, comprising the steps of: providing a first set of icon images representing a first medical treatment; providing a second set of icon images representing a second medical treatment; and combining the first set of icon images with the second set of icon images to obtain a third set of icon images representing a medical treatment including the first and second medical treatment.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for displaying a graphic representation of a medical treatment plan, comprising the steps of: providing a first set of icon images representing a first medical treatment; providing a second set of icon images representing a second medical treatment; and combining the first set of icon images with the second set of icon images to obtain a third set of icon images representing a medical treatment including the first and second medical treatment.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the method further includes the step of arranging the first set of icon images in corresponding time slots with the second set of icon images.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the step of providing a first set of icon images includes the step of providing the first set of icon images in a flow chart and the step of providing a second set of icon images includes the step of providing the second set of icon images in a flow chart.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the method further includes the step of assigning the first set of icon images to a patient.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the method step of providing a first set of icon images includes the step of providing an order triplet.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 16, wherein the order triplet includes an order node, result node and flow control node.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 12, wherein the method step of providing a first set of icon images includes the step of providing a first order icon image having a corresponding order description and the method step of providing a second set of icon images includes the step of providing a second order icon image having a corresponding order description.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the combining step further includes the step of comparing the first order description to the second order description.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 19, wherein the combining step further includes the step of detecting conflicting order descriptions in the first order description and the second order description.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 19, wherein the combining step further includes the step of removing a duplicate order description in the first order description and the second order description.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 21, wherein the duplicate order is removed in response to a user supplied rule.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
106 words
An article of manufacture having computer readable program code means embodied therein for displaying a medical treatment plan, the computer readable program code means in the article of manufacture comprising: computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a first medical treatment; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a second medical treatment; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to combine the image representing the first medical treatment with the image representing the second medical treatment to display a combined medical treatment image.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
106 words
An article of manufacture having computer readable program code means embodied therein for displaying a medical treatment plan, the computer readable program code means in the article of manufacture comprising: computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a first medical treatment; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate an image on a display representing a second medical treatment; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to combine the image representing the first medical treatment with the image representing the second medical treatment to display a combined medical treatment image.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
45 words
The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the article of manufacture further includes a computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate a chart view of the image representing the first medical treatment and the image representing the second medical treatment.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
47 words
The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the article of manufacture further includes: computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate the image of the first medical treatment in time slots on a display corresponding to the image of the second medical treatment.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
34 words
The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the article of manufacture further includes a computer readable means for causing a computer to assign the image representing the first medical treatment to a patient.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
25 words
The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the image representing the first medical treatment includes an order icon image having a corresponding order description.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
28 words
The article of manufacture of claim 27, wherein the order icon image is an order triplet including an order node, a result node and a flow control node.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
31 words
The article of manufacture of claim 28, wherein the article of manufacture further includes computer readable means for causing a computer to assign a result value to the result node image.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
25 words
The article of manufacture of claim 27, wherein the image representing the second medical treatment includes an order icon image having a corresponding order description.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
36 words
The article of manufacture of claim 30, wherein the article of manufacture further includes computer readable means for causing a computer to compare the first order icon image description to the second order icon image description.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
27 words
The article of manufacture of claim 30, wherein the article of manufacture further includes computer readable means for removing duplicate order descriptions in the combined medical treatment.
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