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20090112615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND ORGANIZING CLINICAL INFORMATION OF A PATIENT - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for displaying clinical information. The system includes a computer unit for executing computer software for a graphical user interface application. The graphical user interface application displays a plurality of clinical information types. The clinical information types are organized into groups of graphical representations of a plurality of folders. In an embodiment, the clinical information types are represented by different shapes. In an embodiment, the plurality of folders is displayed as stacks of folders. In an embodiment, each folder visually represents the amount of information contained in that folder. For example, the vertical displacement of the folder may correspond to the amount of information contained in that folder. In another example, the vertical displacement of said folder may correspond to the amount of information contained in that folder that has not been reviewed by a user. | 04-30-2009 |
20100076780 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ORGANIZE PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORIES - Methods and apparatus to organize patient medical histories are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a medical report and analyzing the medical report to extract information related to a clinical event associated with the medical report; assigning a classification to the medical report using the extracted information; determining a severity of the clinical event associated with the medical report using the extracted information and assigning a severity score to the medical report; updating a record corresponding to the medical report in a data store to reflect the assigned classification and severity score; and enabling a healthcare practitioner to query the data store using the classification and severity score. | 03-25-2010 |
20100131294 | MOBILE MEDICAL DEVICE IMAGE AND SERIES NAVIGATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for mobile access to clinical information. Certain embodiments provide a mobile medical computing device system. The system includes a mobile medical computing device providing for display of, interaction with, and manipulation of medical images and patient data, the mobile medical computing device in communication with a clinical information system to exchange clinical content related to the medical images and patient data. | 05-27-2010 |
20110050587 | IMAGING MULTI-MODALITY TOUCH PAD INTERFACE SYSTEMS, METHODS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND APPARATUS - Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods for medical device interface overlay. In an example, an article of manufacture includes an overlay for a clinical device touchscreen interface. The overlay includes a background surface formed to contact a touchscreen interface. The overlay also includes a plurality of touch areas formed in the background surface of the overlay device. Each of the plurality of touch areas is to provide a tactile boundary for a corresponding touchscreen interface function. The plurality of touch areas includes at least one of a plurality of openings and a plurality of recessed areas including a material thickness less than the material thickness of the background surface. The plurality of openings and the plurality of recessed areas allow user contact and interaction with the user interface underneath the overlay. | 03-03-2011 |
20110289441 | ANATOMY MAP NAVIGATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Example systems and methods provide anatomy map-based navigation and review of current and historical images and associated evidence. A method for navigating current and reference images and associated evidence includes loading a current image and a reference image for review via a navigator interface based on a time entry selection by a user. One or more markers indicating clinical findings or evidence are registered with at least one of the current image and the reference image. The one or more markers are displayed in conjunction with the current image and the reference image. A synopsis of information associated with a selected marker is provided upon selection of the marker by a user. A user can navigate through image and marker data over time by selecting each of a plurality of time entries to display images and associated markers for user review. | 11-24-2011 |
20120036466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE DATA SET NAVIGATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Example systems and methods provide navigation and review of images within a large data set via a handheld or other mobile device. A computer-implemented method includes providing a clinical data set divided into a plurality of portions. Each portion is associated with a graphical representation and includes a plurality of sub-portions. The graphical representation for each portion is displayed to a user such that the plurality of portions can be viewed on a user interface of the device. User navigation is facilitated at various levels of granularity among the plurality of portions via the user interface. User access is allowed to one or more sub-portions within a portion to locate an item of clinical data within a sub-portion. User selection of an item of clinical data within a sub-portion is enabled for viewing via the user interface. A selected item of clinical data is loaded for viewing via the user interface. | 02-09-2012 |
20120130730 | MULTI-DEPARTMENT HEALTHCARE REAL-TIME DASHBOARD - An example operation metrics collection and processing system is to mine a data set including patient and exam workflow data from information source(s) according to an operational metric for a workflow of interest. The method includes mining a data set for information related to one or more healthcare operational metrics; displaying information regarding one or more scheduled procedures and associated equipment involving one or more selected patients; accepting an input of one or more conditions to affect interpretation of the information; determining a completion time for an event associated with one of the one or more scheduled procedures; evaluating a delay associated with the event with respect to the input of one or more conditions; calculating at least one healthcare operational metric based on the completion time, the delay, and the input; and outputting the at least one healthcare operational metric for display and analysis. | 05-24-2012 |
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20090132280 | System and Method for a Worklist Search and Creation Tool in a Healthcare Environment - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for a worklist search and creation tool in a healthcare environment. In an embodiment, the worklist search and creation system includes a worklist user interface, which includes an input search field adapted to receive inputted search data. The system also includes one or more databases for storing information that is associated with a data entry, which includes multiple fields of identification data. In addition, the system includes a search engine for searching the multiple fields of the data entry associated with the information stored in the one or more databases for identifying data that at least partially matches the inputted search data of the worklist user interface and displays any of the at least partially matching data entry in the worklist user interface. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132588 | INTEGRATED AND INTUITIVE DISPLAY OF CLINICAL INFORMATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for clinical review of a patient comprising: a plurality medical studies relating to a medical history of the patient, each of said plurality of medical studies comprising a representation; a user interface for permitting a user to interact with said representations; a chronology of said representations displayable through said user interface, wherein each of said representations is selectable by said user to form a selected chronological medical study; and a plurality of relevant representations displayable through said user interface, said plurality of relevant representations automatically generated based at least in part on said selected chronological medical study and at least one relevance criterion, wherein each of said plurality of relevant representations is selectable to form a selected relevant medical study. In an embodiment, the system further comprises at least one thumbnail image displayed in said user interface, said at least one thumbnail image corresponding to a series of images in said selected relevant medical study, wherein said at least one thumbnail image is selectable to display said series of images in said selected relevant medical study. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACS SOFTWARE TOOL CUSTOMIZATION AND INTERACTION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for circular tool menu configuration and use with a clinical application. Certain embodiments provide a user interface providing software tools and customization for a picture archiving and communication system. The user interface includes a pie-shaped menu including a plurality of tool segments arranged as pieces of the pie-shaped menu. The user interface also includes a pointer movable by a user to select one of the plurality of tool segments in the pie-shaped menu. The user interface further includes an image review area displayed underneath the pie-shaped menu. In certain embodiments, the user interface further includes a tool bar including one or more tools and functions associated with a tool segment in the pie-shaped menu, for example. | 05-21-2009 |
20100057496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION TO UNSEEN RADIOLOGY IMAGES - Certain embodiments present a system for navigating medical images of a patient file stored in an image database. An image labeler labels medical images based upon whether the images have previously been displayed on an interface. The system also provides an image search engine that searches the images based on the labels. The image search engine generates a subset of images from a larger group of medical images within a database based upon the labels. The interface includes a graphical meter that corresponds to medical images that have not previously been displayed on the interface. The graphical meter may enumerate the quantity of images that have not previously been displayed. The graphical meter may also illustrate the proportion of images that have not previously been displayed. The graphical meter may include a hyperlink that points to an image that has not previously been displayed. The graphical meter may also include a hyperlink that points to a location containing the images that have not been previously displayed. | 03-04-2010 |
20130069946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATE MEASUREMENT WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - Certain examples provide collaboration systems, apparatus, and methods to facilitate display, review, and annotation of image data on a small display. An example method includes determining an initial display resolution by comparing an image dimension at an image display resolution and an available screen dimension of the reduced size display screen. The example method includes, based on a selected region of interest in an image, displaying the selected region of interest at the initial display resolution. The example method includes, using the selected region of interest, displaying image data in the selected region of interest to set a plurality of data points via user interaction with a touchscreen display. The example method includes computing a potential error introduced for a measurement between the plurality of data points based on a tolerance value. The example method includes adjusting the image display resolution and zoom based on the potential error. | 03-21-2013 |