US 11,776,699 B2Granted

Systems and methods for integrating healthcare applications

AssigneeAgfa Healthcare NV

InventorsMohannad A. K. Hussain, William Eric Wallace

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Abstract

Systems and methods for integrating a plurality of healthcare software applications. A user initiates one or more software applications required to perform different parts of a healthcare task. The software applications include a local application installed on the user's device and a web-based application accessed through a browser. A host application is launched in order to facilitate local two-way communication between the local application and the web-based application. The host application generates a local communication server on the user device through which the local application and web application communicate. This allows a user to easily and efficiently perform multiple parts of the healthcare tasks. This also allows different healthcare software applications to be integrated without requiring any plug-ins or other integration components to be installed on the user's device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A healthcare integration device comprising:

a processor;
and
a non-volatile memory coupled to the processor, the non-volatile memory storing instructions executable by the processor to provide one or more applications;
wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to:
operate a host application locally on the healthcare integration device;
operate a first healthcare application through a web-browser application operating on the healthcare integration device;
and
operate a second healthcare application locally on the healthcare integration device and outside the web-browser application environment;
wherein
the host application is launchable on-demand from both the first healthcare application and from the second healthcare application, the host application being launchable in response to determining, by the first healthcare application or the second healthcare application, that communication is to be provided between the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application,
the host application is configured to generate, after being launched, a local communication server on the healthcare integration device, wherein the local communication server is uninstantiated prior to being generated by the host application thereby enabling the local communication server to be automatically instantiated on-demand in response to determining, by the first healthcare application or the second healthcare application, that communication is to be provided between the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application;
the host application operates outside the web-browser application environment;
the host application defines a host application domain for the local communication server;
and
the local communication server enables two-way communication between the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application, wherein the two-way communication occurs directly on the healthcare integration device.

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A method of integrating healthcare applications on a user computing device, the user computing device comprising a processor and a non-volatile memory, and the method comprising:

operating, by the processor, a first healthcare reporting application through a web-browser application operating on the user computing device;
operating, by the processor, a second healthcare reporting application that is installed locally on the non-volatile memory of the user computing device and operates outside the web-browser application environment;
launching, by the processor, a host application, from one of the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application, in response to determining that communication is to be provided between the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application, wherein the host application operates on the user computing device and the host application operates outside the web-browser application environment;
generating, by the host application after the host application is launched, a local communication server operating on the user computing device, wherein the local communication server is uninstantiated prior to being generated by the host application thereby enabling the local communication server to be automatically instantiated on-demand in response to determining, by the first healthcare application or the second healthcare application, that communication is to be provided between the first healthcare application and the second healthcare application;
defining, by the processor, a host application domain for the local communication server;
and
operating, by the processor, the local communication server to enable two-way communication between the first healthcare reporting application and the second healthcare reporting application directly on the user computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/509,988Filed 12 Jul 2019
Published: US 2021/0012910 A114 Jan 2021
Granted: 3 Oct 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation
G16H 80/00
Ict specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients
G16H 15/00
Ict specially adapted for medical reports
G16H 40/20
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…