Electronic health record timeline and the human figure

Abstract

A patient information interface system presents an aggregated, graphical view of patient anatomy and history. The system includes a graphical representation of at least a portion of a human anatomy including one or more indicators, aggregated from a plurality of clinical information sources and located at anatomical locations on the representation, that correspond to clinical events that have occurred in connection with a patient. The system also includes an electronic health record timeline of clinical events for the patient. The timeline includes the same one or more indicators that are displayed on the graphical representation corresponding to clinical events that have occurred in connection with a patient. A selection or change of an indicator on one of the graphical representation or the electronic health record timeline triggers a corresponding selection or change of the indicator on the other of the graphical representation or the electronic health record timeline.

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         21 . An apparatus comprising:
 a processor configured to at least convert patient data from a plurality of information sources into an interactive graphical user interface including:   a graphical anatomic representation generated from the patient data to visually depict at least a portion of a patient anatomy and to include one or more first indicators corresponding to clinical events from the patient data associated with the patient, each of the one or more first indicators located and displayed at an anatomical location on the graphical representation that corresponds to an anatomy of the patient affected by the corresponding clinical event, the graphical anatomic representation to include a first interactive control to facilitate interaction with the one or more first indicators; and   an electronic health record timeline of the clinical events for the patient, generated from the patient data, the electronic health record timeline to include one or more second indicators corresponding to the clinical events from the patient data, the electronic health record timeline to include a second interactive control to facilitate interaction with the one or more second indicators,   wherein a linkage is to be formed between the one or more first indicators of the graphical anatomic representation and the one or more second indicators of the electronic health record timeline patient data based on the converted data and the one or more identified relationships is displayed on both a) the graphical anatomic representation of at least a portion of the patient anatomy in the graphical user interface and b) the electronic health record timeline in the graphical user interface, wherein modification in the one or more first indicators is to trigger a corresponding modification in the one or more second indicators, and wherein modification in the one or more second indicators is to trigger a corresponding modification in the one or more first indicators, the modification triggering a propagation by the processor of the modification to an external system.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the processor is to modify presentation of the patient data to determine a severity within an anatomic structure for the patient with respect to time, wherein modifying presentation of the patient data includes a selection or change of an indicator on at least one of a) the graphical representation or b) the electronic health record timeline, the modification to activate the processor to generate a report and propagate the modification to one or more other systems. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the processor is to deduce a relationship between a first clinical event and a second clinical event based on the patient data and to provide clinical decision support based on the relationship between the first clinical event and the second clinical event. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the first clinical event includes a first procedure and the second clinical event includes a second procedure, and wherein the patient data includes a procedure timing and a procedure outcome to be analyzed to deduce an outcome of at least one of the first procedure or the second procedure. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the electronic health record timeline is to be overlaid on the graphical representation for joint manipulation of the one or more first indicators of the graphical representation and the one or more second indicators of the electronic health record timeline. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein a characteristic of at least one of the one or more first indicators or the one or more second indicators indicates at least one of a type, a status, and a severity of the clinical event corresponding to the respective indicator. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the patient data is to be combined from a plurality of sources to provide a multi-specialty representation of the patient's health in both an anatomic context and a historical context. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the processor is to:
 identify a position of a cursor over at least one of a first indicator or a second indictor to trigger display of a thumbnail version of a document corresponding to the respective indicator; and   retrieve the document for display in response to selection of the respective indicator.   
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 21 , further including a control to facilitate manipulation of a view of the graphical representation. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 21 , further including a workflow engine to generate a report and propagate the modification to the external system. 
     
     
         31 . A non-transitory machine readable medium having a set of instructions for execution on a computing device, the set of instructions, when executed on the computing device, causing the computing device to at least convert patient data from a plurality of information sources into an interactive graphical user interface including:
 a graphical anatomic representation generated from the patient data to visually depict at least a portion of a patient anatomy and to include one or more first indicators corresponding to clinical events from the patient data associated with the patient, each of the one or more first indicators located and displayed at an anatomical location on the graphical representation that corresponds to an anatomy of the patient affected by the corresponding clinical event, the graphical anatomic representation to include a first interactive control to facilitate interaction with the one or more first indicators; and   an electronic health record timeline of the clinical events for the patient, generated from the patient data, the electronic health record timeline to include one or more second indicators corresponding to the clinical events from the patient data, the electronic health record timeline to include a second interactive control to facilitate interaction with the one or more second indicators,   wherein a linkage is to be formed between the one or more first indicators of the graphical anatomic representation and the one or more second indicators of the electronic health record timeline patient data based on the converted data and the one or more identified relationships is displayed on both a) the graphical anatomic representation of at least a portion of the patient anatomy in the graphical user interface and b) the electronic health record timeline in the graphical user interface, wherein modification in the one or more first indicators is to trigger a corresponding modification in the one or more second indicators, and wherein modification in the one or more second indicators is to trigger a corresponding modification in the one or more first indicators, the modification triggering a propagation by the processor of the modification to an external system.   
     
     
         32 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to modify presentation of the patient data to determine a severity within an anatomic structure for the patient with respect to time, wherein modifying presentation of the patient data includes a selection or change of an indicator on at least one of a) the graphical representation or b) the electronic health record timeline, the modification to activate the processor to generate a report and propagate the modification to one or more other systems. 
     
     
         33 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to deduce a relationship between a first clinical event and a second clinical event based on the patient data and to provide clinical decision support based on the relationship between the first clinical event and the second clinical event. 
     
     
         34 . The machine readable medium of  claim 33 , wherein the first clinical event includes a first procedure and the second clinical event includes a second procedure, and wherein the patient data includes a procedure timing and a procedure outcome to be analyzed to deduce an outcome of at least one of the first procedure or the second procedure. 
     
     
         35 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the electronic health record timeline is to be overlaid on the graphical representation for joint manipulation of the one or more first indicators of the graphical representation and the one or more second indicators of the electronic health record timeline. 
     
     
         36 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein a characteristic of at least one of the one or more first indicators or the one or more second indicators indicates at least one of a type, a status, and a severity of the clinical event corresponding to the respective indicator. 
     
     
         37 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the patient data is to be combined from a plurality of sources to provide a multi-specialty representation of the patient's health in both an anatomic context and a historical context. 
     
     
         38 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to:
 identify a position of a cursor over at least one of a first indicator or a second indictor to trigger display of a thumbnail version of a document corresponding to the respective indicator; and   retrieve the document for display in response to selection of the respective indicator.   
     
     
         39 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to implement a control to facilitate manipulation of a view of the graphical representation. 
     
     
         40 . The machine readable medium of  claim 31 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to implement a workflow engine to generate a report and propagate the modification to the external system.