Method, apparatus, and system for reading, processing, presenting, and/or storing electronic medical record information

摘要

A method for accessing, processing, presenting, and/or storing electronic medical record (EMR) information on a touch-sensitive display includes reading EMR information, displaying at least a portion of the EMR information on a touch-sensitive sliding timeline, detecting finger swipe or similar gestures, and scrolling the sliding timeline so that a different portion of the EMR information is displayed chronologically on the touch-sensitive sliding timeline. The resolution of the timeline can be expanded or collapsed in response to pinch gestures. The timeline is divided into a columns, each column including icons representing medical related events. A second timeline having a different time resolution from the first timeline is used for navigating the medical related events. Different levels of detail regarding the medical related events can be viewed in different detail panes. An EMR access device and system are also disclosed, which are configured to access and present EMR information.

主权项

1. A method for accessing, processing, and presenting electronic medical record information on a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising:
accessing one or more electronic medical records from an electronic medical record database; reading electronic medical record information from the one or more electronic medical records; locating a first portion of the electronic medical record information; displaying the first portion of the electronic medical record information in chronological order on a first touch-sensitive sliding timeline; dividing the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline into a first plurality of columns; associating each of the first plurality of columns with one day; wherein displaying the first portion includes displaying one or more first medical event indicators representing medical events having occurred during the one day within an associated column from among the first plurality of columns; detecting a first finger swipe gesture within boundaries of the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline; locating a second portion of the electronic medical record information; scrolling the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture so that the second portion of the electronic medical record information is displayed in chronological order on the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline; providing a second touch-sensitive sliding timeline proximate to the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline; dividing the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline into a second plurality of columns; associating each of the second plurality of columns with one month; locating a third portion of the electronic medical record information; displaying, within an associated column from among the second plurality of columns, the third portion of the electronic medical record information as one or more second medical event indicators representing days within the one month in which a medical event occurred; scrolling the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline in response to detecting a second finger swipe gesture within boundaries of the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline; scrolling the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline to correlate in time with the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline in response to detecting the second finger swipe gesture relative to the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline; and scrolling the second touch-sensitive sliding timeline to correlate in time with the first touch-sensitive sliding timeline in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture relative to the first touch sensitive sliding timeline.