System and method for a patient dashboard

A patient dashboard system for a medical care setting comprising:

• a computing device operatively coupled to one or more sources of electronic medical data;
• a storage device communicatively connected to the computing device;
• a display device communicatively connected to the computing device;
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• a dashboard installed on the storage device, the dashboard configured to perform the processing steps of:
• collecting and storing medical data from multiple disparate sources of data for a specific patient from the one or more sources of medical data and storing the collected medical data in the storage device,
• receiving information identifying a patient type corresponding to the specific patient, wherein the information identifying the patient type includes an injury or illness of the specific patient,
• automatically selecting, from a plurality of guidelines for the treatment of patients, a subset of the guidelines which is pertinent to an injury or illness of the specific patient, wherein the subset of the guidelines are associated with the patient type,
• filtering the collected data according to the patient type by selecting a subset of the collected data for the specific patient which is associated with the selected subset of guidelines and is associated with the injury or illness of the specific patient, and which includes less than all of the collected data,
• analyzing the collected data according to the selected subset of the guidelines pertinent to the injury or illness of the specific patient and thereby identifying one or more recommendations for medical treatment of the injury or illness of the specific patient that are based on the selected subset of the collected medical data and the selected subset of the guidelines, and
• automatically determining a setting comprising a location which is a medical care environment in which the patient dashboard system is being used and automatically displaying on the display device of the specific patient information relevant to the medical treatment of the specific patient based on the analyzed collected data of the specific patient, wherein the specific patient information displayed is dependent upon the determined setting, wherein in response to the patient dashboard system determining that the patient dashboard system is in a first setting a first set of specific patient information is displayed, and in response to the patient dashboard system determining that the patient dashboard system is in a second setting which is different from the first setting a second set of specific patient information which is different from the first set of specific patient information is displayed, wherein the specific patient information displayed includes at least one of:
• at least a portion of the subset of the collected medical data of the specific patient;
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• the one or more recommendations for medical treatment of the injury or illness of the specific patient.

A method of displaying information on a patient dashboard system in a patient care setting, the method comprising:

• storing, by a computer having a processor and a memory and an interface display, a plurality of medical guidelines relating to procedures and protocols for treating patients;
• collecting electronic medical data from multiple disparate sources of data for a specific patient;
• receiving, by the computer, information identifying a patient type categorizing the specific patient, wherein the information identifying the patient type includes an injury or illness of the specific patient;
• automatically selecting one or more of the plurality of medical guidelines based on the patient type of the categorized specific patient;
• filtering the collected medical data according to the one or more selected medical guidelines to obtain a subset of filtered medical data which includes less than all of the collected medical data;
• automatically generating one or more medical recommendations by applying the collected, filtered medical data of the categorized specific patient to the selected medical guidelines selected based on the patient type of the categorized specific patient;
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• automatically determining a patient care setting comprising a location which is a medical care environment in which the patient dashboard system is being used and automatically filtering the collected medical data according to the setting and displaying on the patient dashboard system a set of the one or more medical recommendations and the filtered medical data of the categorized specific patient to a user, wherein the displayed set of medical recommendations and filtered medical data is dependent upon the determined setting, wherein in response to determining that the patient dashboard system is in a first setting a first set of specific patient information is displayed, and in response to the patient dashboard system determining that the patient dashboard system is in a second setting which is different from the first setting a second set of specific patient information which is different from the first set of specific patient information is displayed.