System and user interface for processing medical information including images for health care delivery support

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving medical parameter information from patient monitoring devices for a specific patient and for receiving medical images from an archive of patient medical images;
• a data processor using said communication interface for,
• acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database and a medical image for said specific patient from said archive, and
• combining said medical parameter information and said patient medical image for display as a composite image,
• a display processor for initiating display of said composite image to a user.

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices and for bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• a data processor using said communication interface for acquiring patient record information for a particular patient from said hospital information database and for collating and storing received medical parameters for said particular patient from monitoring devices;
• a decision processor supporting determination of a prescription for a patient medical condition using a medication information database and said collated patient parameters;
• and
• an update processor for initiating updating of said patient record information to record a determined prescription.

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving information from a medication information database and for bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• a data processor using said communication interface for acquiring patient record information for a particular patient from said hospital information database;
• a decision processor supporting determination of a prescription for a patient medical condition based on said acquired particular patient record information and information from said medication information database;
• and
• an update processor for initiating updating of said patient record information to record a determined prescription.

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices and for bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• a data processor using said communication interface for acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database and for collating and storing received patient medical parameters from monitoring devices;
• a data analysis unit for analyzing stored patient parameters by correlating stored parameters and corresponding medical outcomes to identify alternative medication options;
• and
• a message generator for generating a message to suggest to a user an alternative medication option in response to an identified alternative medication option.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving information from patient monitoring devices;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database and acquiring information from patient monitoring devices;
• updating said acquired patient record information based on said acquired information from said patient monitoring devices;
• communicating updated patient record information to said hospital information database;
• and
• initiating display of said updated patient record information to a user.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameter information from patient monitoring devices for a specific patient and receiving medical images from an archive of patient medical images;
• acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database and a medical image for said specific patient from said archive, and
• combining said medical parameter information and said patient medical image for display as a composite image,
• initiating display of said composite image to a user.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• acquiring patient record information for a particular patient from said hospital information database;
• collating and storing received medical parameters for said particular patient from monitoring devices;
• determining a prescription for a patient medical condition using a medication information database and said collated patient parameters;
• and
• initiating updating of said patient record information to record a determined prescription.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving information from a medication information database;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records to acquire patient record information for a particular patient;
• determining a prescription for a patient medical condition based on said acquired particular patient record information and information from said medication information database;
• and
• initiating updating of said patient record information to record a determined prescription.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for access by healthcare personnel for use in clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database;
• collating and storing received patient medical parameters from monitoring devices;
• analyzing stored patient parameters by correlating stored parameters and corresponding medical outcomes to identify alternative medication options;
• and
• generating a message to suggest an alternative medication option to a user in response to an identified alternative medication option.