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US 10,950,027 B1Granted
Perioperative mobile communication system and method
AssigneeTeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSteven Edward Spear, Michael James Weber
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Abstract
An embodiment provides a mobile application that animates change information in a way that specifically indicates a change in workflow information for various users. This animation of change information permits users, which are often busy healthcare professionals, to be quickly apprised of relevant changes to workflow status. The mobile application also allows users to communicate change information, e.g., for updating the status of a workflow item, which may then be propagated throughout a network, including mobile devices.
Claims20
A method of animating change information presented in a mobile healthcare application, comprising:
- issuing, from a mobile client device running the mobile healthcare application, a request for a mobile client device specific change set, wherein the mobile client device provides workflow status information and wherein the request for the mobile client device specific change set is communicated to a server storing change information for a plurality of mobile client devices, wherein the mobile client device specific change set comprises at least one change occurring since a time of the last request;
- said request including an indicator specific to the mobile client device issuing the request;
- receiving, at the mobile client device, a response from the server, wherein the response comprises the mobile client device specific change set;
- associating, using the mobile client specific change set, at least one change included in the mobile client device specific change set with at least one graphical element displayed by the mobile healthcare application;
- and
- automatically animating on a display screen of the mobile client device, responsive to the associating and without additional user input, the at least one graphical element associated with the at least one change since the time of the last request;
- wherein at least one patient panel is displayed in the mobile healthcare application and wherein the at least one graphical element corresponds to at least one sub-element displayed within the at least one patient panel.
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A server that produces and transmits change information animated by a mobile healthcare application, comprising:
- a network communication element;
- a processor;
- a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, using the network communication element, a request from a mobile client device for a mobile client device specific change set, wherein the mobile client device provides workflow status information and wherein the mobile client device specific change set comprises at least one change occurring since a time of the last request;
- said request including an indicator specific to the mobile client device issuing the request;
- identify a response for the mobile client device, wherein the response comprises the mobile client device specific change set and includes at least one change in the mobile client device specific change set that correspondingly affects at least one graphical element associated with the at least one change;
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- provide the response to the mobile client device;
- wherein at least one patient panel is displayed in the mobile healthcare application and wherein the at least one graphical element corresponds to at least one sub-element displayed within the at least one patient panel.
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A non-transitory program product having a mobile healthcare application, comprising:
- a storage device that including processor executable instructions stored therewith, the processor executable instructions comprising:
- instructions that issue, from a mobile client device running the mobile healthcare application, a request for a mobile client device specific change set, wherein the mobile client device provides workflow status information and wherein the request for the mobile client device specific change set is communicated to a server storing change information for a plurality of mobile client patient devices, wherein the mobile client device specific change set comprises at least one change occurring since a time of the last request;
- said request including an indicator specific to the mobile client device issuing the request;
- instructions that receive, at the mobile client device, a response from the server, wherein the response comprises the mobile client device specific change set;
- instructions that associate, using the mobile client specific change set, at least one change included in the mobile client device specific change set with at least one graphical element displayed by the mobile healthcare application;
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- instructions that automatically on a display screen of the mobile client device, responsive to the associating and without additional user input, the at least one graphical element associated with the at least one change since the time of the last request;
- wherein at least one patient panel is displayed in the mobile healthcare application and wherein the at least one graphical element corresponds to at least one sub-element displayed within the at least one patient panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.