# US 2012/0215560 A1 · System and methods for facilitating computerized interactions with emrs > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2012/0215560 A1 - Document ID: US20120215560A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/208,417 - Filed: 2011-08-12 - Published: 2012-08-23 - Earliest claimed: 2010-07-21 - Assignees: Dbmotion Ltd. - Inventors: Ziv Ofek; Shiri Ben-Tal; Yuri Ackerman; Yehonatan Mazar; Yinon Zohar; Dmitry Sigalov; Ohad Young; Ziv Gome; Boris Giterman; David Boaz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120215560A1 ## CPC - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 50/22: Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services - G16H 10/00: ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data (for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00) - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof - G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades - G16H 70/00: ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references - G16H 70/20: relating to practices or guidelines - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within the first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify therewithin an event whereby a health provider using the individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of the event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to the individual patient, to the health provider. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within said first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify therewithin an event whereby a health provider using said individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of said event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to said individual patient, to said health provider. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said patient record data includes at least one information item which is tagged to indicate a source EMR which provided said information item to said health information exchange system and wherein said patient record data provided to said health provider is filtered so as to filter out said at least one information item if said information item's source EMR equals said individual EMR. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said intercepting and identifying includes using a context management protocol. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3 wherein said context management protocol comprises CCOW. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said health provider is served by a display screen when using said individual EMR and wherein said identifying includes capturing information from said display screen. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said identifying includes: pre-storing a patient identifier location for each EMR within said first plurality of EMRs; and capturing said individual patient's patient identifier from said patient identifier location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said providing patient record data includes subscribing to events exchanged between the individual EMR and an operating system serving the EMR, ascertaining in real time at least one current EMR display operation and mimicking the EMR display operation when providing the patient record data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7 wherein said EMR display operation comprises at least one of a translation along a display screen, a minimization of size and a maximization of size. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said intercepting and identifying includes screen-capturing EMR context. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) A method according to claim 5 wherein said patient record data includes at least one information item which is tagged to indicate a category of information to which said information item pertains, and wherein said capturing includes capturing screen information indicative of a category of information currently being viewed by the health provider, and wherein said patient record data presented to said health provider is filtered so as to filter out said at least one information item pertaining to a category of information other than the category of information currently being viewed by the health provider. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A method according to claim 10 wherein said category of information includes at least one of the following group of categories: laboratory information, medicines, allergies, procedures, vital signs, pathologies, imaging results, clinical documents, immunizations, problems, and diagnosis. ### Claim 12 A method for using a health information exchange system, storing patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within said first plurality of EMRs, using a processor to automatically identify an event whereby a health provider using said individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and using a processor to apply at least one predetermined rule involving intercepted EMR context and using a computerized output device to provide an alerting indication drawing the health provider's attention to at least some of said patient record data according to said predetermined rule. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A method according to claim 12 wherein said generating an alerting indication comprises presenting patient record data, pertaining to said individual patient, to said health provider. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A method according to claim 12 wherein said predetermined rule comprises alerting said health provider's attention if said patient record data includes at least one item of information not included in said individual EMR. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) A method according to claim 12 wherein said rule involves health-provider specific context and wherein said applying includes identifying said health provider's identifier. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) A method according to claim 14 wherein items of information included in said patient record data are stored in computerized storage, in association with respective information source tags indicating an information source supplying each said item, and wherein a determination is made, based on said information source tags, of whether or not said patient record data includes at least one item of information not included in said individual EMR. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A method according to claim 16 wherein a list of information sources supplying an individual EMR is stored in computerized storage and wherein said determination includes determining whether all items in said patient record data are supplied by one of said individual EMR, and an information source appearing in the list of information sources supplying the individual EMR. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) A method according to claim 15 wherein said predetermined rule comprises alerting said health provider's attention if said patient record data includes at least one item of information which was not seen by the health provider identified by said identifier when he was last served by said health information exchange system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) A method according to claim 15 wherein said identifying said health provider's identifier employs single-sign-on authentication of said health provider. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) A method according to claim 15 wherein said identifying said health provider's user name includes capturing said health provider's identifier from a screen display employed by said health provider. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said intercepting and identifying includes providing an architecture which interacts with at least one context interception adaptor and, when operating in conjunction with a specific EMR having a specific context sharing capability, using an adaptor adapted to utilize said specific context sharing capability as said context interception adaptor. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein said context intercepted includes an indication of at least one display characteristic characterizing a graphic user interface being generated by the EMR and wherein said providing patient record data includes generating a graphic user interface for displaying said patient record data which shares said display characteristic. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) A method according to claim 22 wherein said at least one display characteristic includes at least one of: a color characteristic, a texture characteristic, a text font, a text size, and a characteristic of an icon such as a button. ### Claim 24 A system for using a health information exchange system, storing patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the system comprising: a record-call up identifying processor operative, for each individual EMR within said first plurality of EMRs, to automatically identify an event whereby a health provider using said individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and an intercepted context rule applying processor applying at least one predetermined rule involving intercepted EMR context and controlling a computerized output device to provide an alerting indication drawing the health provider's attention to at least some of said patient record data according to said predetermined rule. ### Claim 25 A system for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: a record-call up identifying processor operative, for each individual EMR within said first plurality of EMRs, for performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify therewithin an event whereby a health provider using said individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and a record-call up identifying processor-driven output device controller operative, responsive to identification of said event, to control a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to said individual patient, to said health provider.