US 11,894,110 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus and method for clinical laboratory management

AssigneeSysmex Corporation

InventorsAkio Miyauchi, Naoki Tsuro, Norio Kowata, Naoki Kai, Shirou Kuwaoka, Yukihisa Minematsu, Mark Dahlberg, Steve Postma, Chris Carrier, Jackie Guenther, Anselm Mueller

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Abstract

To facilitate management of the entirety of one or a plurality of clinical laboratories. This information processing apparatus is used in management of a clinical laboratory in which an analyzer configured to analyze specimens is installed. The information processing apparatus includes: a communication section configured to communicate with a terminal operable by a user; and a controller configured to control display of the terminal via the communication section. On the basis of information collected from a plurality of analyzers installed in one or a plurality of clinical laboratories and from apparatuses relevant to the analyzers, the controller causes the terminal to display a screen including an index that indicates a status of the entirety of the one or the plurality of clinical laboratories. In response to the user selecting the index displayed in the screen, the controller causes the terminal to display the selected index so as to be divided in a plurality of categories.

Claims28

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

a controller communicatively connected with a terminal having a display that is operable by a user, wherein the controller is programmed to:
provide the terminal with data to display a screen including a plurality of first-layer categories and two or more first-layer indexes each representing a status of one or more clinical laboratories arranged in the plurality of first-layer categories, wherein each of the first-layer indexes is statistically derived from information collected from a plurality of analyzers installed in the one or more clinical laboratories or from a computer connected to the plurality of analyzers and is displayed as associated with one of the plurality of first-layer categories;
in response to the user indicating a particular first- layer category by the user selecting one of the first-layer categories or selecting one of the first-layer indexes displayed on the screen associated with the particular first-layer category, altering the screen to further include display of a plurality of second-layer categories and a plurality of second-layer indexes in the plurality of second-layer categories in relationship with the particular first-layer category, wherein the plurality of second-layer categories comprise sub-categories of the selected particular first-layer category;
provide the terminal with data to display the plurality of second-layer indexes, wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are statistically derived from the information collected from the plurality of analyzers, and wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are subdivisions of at least one of the first-layer indexes of the particular first-layer category broken down into the plurality of second-layer indexes each corresponding to individual ones of the plurality of second-layer categories;
and
enable the user to alter settings to customize the display of the plurality of second-layer categories.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

collecting, at a database, information from a plurality of analyzers installed in one or more clinical laboratories or from a computer connected to the analyzers via a network;
providing, by a server computer, a user terminal with data to display a screen including a plurality of first-layer categories and two or more first-layer indexes each representing a status of the one or more clinical laboratories in the plurality of first-layer categories, wherein each of the first-layer indexes is statistically derived from the information collected at the database and is displayed as associated with one of the plurality of first-layer categories;
in response to the user indicating a particular first-layer category by the user selecting one of the first-layer categories or selecting one of the first-layer indexes displayed on the screen associated with the particular first-layer category, altering the screen to further include display of a plurality of second-layer categories and a plurality of second-layer indexes in the plurality of second-layer categories in relationship with the particular first-layer category, wherein the plurality of second-layer categories comprise sub-categories of the particular first-layer category;
providing the terminal with data to display the plurality of second-layer indexes, wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are statistically derived from the information collected from the plurality of analyzers, and wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are subdivisions of at least one of the first-layer indexes of the particular first-layer category broken down into the plurality of second-layer indexes each corresponding to individual ones of the plurality of second-layer categories;
and
enabling the user to alter settings to customize the display of the plurality of second-layer categories.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/834,799Filed 30 Mar 2020 · continuation
Priority: 10 Aug 2016
Published: US 2020/0234805 A123 Jul 2020
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G16H 10/40
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g.…
G16H 40/67
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for remote operation
G16H
Healthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the

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Application15/233,361Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Aug 2016
US 2020/0234805 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jul 2020
US 10,607,724 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0046781 A1Published application
US 11,894,110 B2This patent

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