Mobile Electronic Case Board

A method comprising:

• receiving electronic medical case board information from a central medical information management system, wherein the electronic medical case board information includes a plurality of patient treatment entries that correspond to patients scheduled for care by a medical practice at a practice location during a predetermined period of time, wherein each of the patient treatment entries includes a patient identifier, and one of a plurality of predefined phases of care;
• providing a plurality of display modes corresponding to the plurality of phases of care, wherein each of the display modes displays the patient treatment entries having the one of the predefined phases of care corresponding to the display mode;
• receiving a patient update corresponding to one of the patient treatment entries using a user interface, the user interface comprising a display and capable of receiving user input and the patient update comprising information associated with a medical care event for the patient associated with the corresponding patient treatment entry;
• communicating the patient update to the medical information management system;
• receiving updated electronic medical case board information from the central medical information management system, the updated electronic medical case board information incorporating the information from the patient update;
• and
• updating the display based on the updated electronic medical case board information.

A system, comprising:

• a central medical information management system operable to maintain electronic medical case board information including a plurality of patient treatment entries that correspond to patients scheduled for care by a medical practice at a practice location during a predetermined period of time, wherein each of the patient treatment entries includes a patient identifier, and one of a plurality of predefined phases of care;
• one or more medical information management applications each residing on a wireless handheld device and operable, when executed, to:
• receive electronic medical case board information from the central medical information management system;
• provide a plurality of display modes corresponding to the plurality of phases of care, wherein each of the display modes displays the patient treatment entries having the one of the predefined phases of care corresponding to the display mode;
• receive a patient update corresponding to one of the patient treatment entries using a user interface, the patient update comprising information associated with a medical care event for the patient associated with the corresponding patient treatment entry;
• communicate the patient update to the medical information management system;
• receive updated electronic medical case board information from the central medical information management system, the updated electronic medical case board information incorporating the information from the patient update;
• and
• update a display based on the updated electronic medical case board information.