US 2012/0059671 A1 · SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME RECORDING AND REPORTING OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT DATA

Abstract

A portable touch-sensitive system for capturing Electronic Medical Data (EMD) to create Emergency Medicine Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) that includes Graphical User Interface (GUI) menus adapted specifically for collecting and reporting medical assessments in the Emergency Room (ER) environment. For navigation, the GUI menus use text objects that can be selected, opened and moved among multiple states using simple operator pen gestures. The resulting EMR content is fully accessible without scrolling, opening or closing windows, or changing menus, making it possible to capture, in real time as the patient is talking, a EMR that fully conforms to the predetermined EMD requirements of an Emergency Medicine EMR specification.

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Dependent claims

An Emergency Medicine Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for capturing Emergency Medical Data (EMD) conforming to an Emergency Medicine EMR specification comprising a plurality of predetermined EMD requirements, the system comprising:

a client computer having
a local processor for accepting commands and data,
a local memory coupled to the local processor, and
a touch-screen coupled to the local processor and local memory for displaying at least one of a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) menus each having one or more menu items and for detecting operator gestures linked to one or more displayed GUI menu items;
wherein the local processor includes
first processing means for producing one or more of the plurality of GUI menus for display by the touch-screen,
second processing means for generating commands and data responsive to one or more operator gestures detected by the touch screen, and
third processing means for modifying one or more menu items in a GUI menu responsive to captured EMD with respect to a predetermined EMD requirement;
whereby EMD conforming to the Emergency Medicine EMR specification are captured and stored in the local memory.

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A machine-implemented method for capturing Emergency Medical Data (EMD) in accordance with an Emergency Medicine Electronic Medical Records (EMR) specification comprising a plurality of predetermined EMD requirements in a client computer having a local processor for accepting commands and data, a local memory coupled to the local processor, and a touch-screen coupled to the local processor and local memory for displaying at least one of a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) menus each having one or more menu items and for detecting operator gestures linked to one or more displayed GUI menu items, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) producing for display by the touch-screen one or more of the plurality of GUI menus;
(b) transferring commands and data to the local processor responsive to one or more operator gestures detected by the touch-screen;
and
(c) modifying one or more menu items in a GUI menu responsive to captured EMD with respect to a predetermined EMD requirement;
whereby EMD conforming to the Emergency Medicine EMR specification are captured and stored in the local memory.

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A Computer Program (CP) product for use in a client computer system having a local processor for accepting commands and data, a local memory coupled to the local processor, and a touch-screen coupled to the local processor and local memory for displaying at least one of a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) menus each having one or more menu items and for detecting operator gestures linked to one or more displayed GUI menu items, and including a CP system that supports execution of at least one CP application for capturing Emergency Medical Data (EMD) conforming to an Emergency Medicine Electronic Medical Records (EMR) specification comprising a plurality of predetermined EMD requirements, the CP product comprising:

a computer-readable recording medium;
means recorded on the recording medium for directing the client computer system to produce for display by the touch-screen one or more of the plurality of GUI menus;
means recorded on the recording medium for directing the client computer system to transfer commands and data to the local processor responsive to one or more operator gestures detected by the touch-screen;
and
means recorded on the recording medium for directing the client computer system to modify one or more menu items in a GUI menu responsive to captured EMD with respect to a predetermined EMD requirement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for real time recording and reporting of emergency medical assessment data

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Abstract

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