Systems and Methods for Displaying and Updating an Electronic Medical Record for a Patient

Abstract

A method for updating an electronic medical record of a patient comprises retrieving, from a medical information management system, a patient monitoring worksheet displaying medical information relating to the delivery of medical care to a first patient and presenting, on a display capable of receiving touch-responsive user input, the retrieved patient monitoring worksheet. The method further comprises determining, for each subsection of the patient monitoring worksheet, whether information tracked during that subsection is incomplete. The method further comprises permitting edit popups only for the ones of the subsections with incomplete information in a first mode of operation and permitting edit popups for any of the subsections in a second mode of operation. The method further comprises detecting touch-screen input selecting a subsection with incomplete information, presenting an edit popup for the selected subsection, determining one or more added or edited values of the edit popup, and updating the patient monitoring worksheet by causing the one or more added or edited values to be stored by the medical information management system.

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         21 . A method for displaying an electronic medical record of a patient, the method comprising:
 retrieving, from a medical information management system, a patient monitoring worksheet displaying a subset of medical information relating to the delivery of medical care to a first patient, the medical information management system operable to maintain a plurality of patient monitoring worksheets;   presenting, on a display capable of receiving touch-responsive user input, the retrieved patient monitoring worksheet, wherein:
 the patient monitoring worksheet has a maximum viewable time range that is equally divided into a plurality of time intervals; 
 the patient monitoring worksheet comprises a plurality of simultaneously viewable display sections comprising:
 a drugs display section comprises a column listing a plurality of drugs and, for each of the drugs, a row capable of tracking of an amount of the drug administered for each of the time intervals; 
 a fluids display section comprises a column listing of a plurality of fluids and, for each of the fluids, a row capable of tracking of an amount of the fluid administered or expelled for each of the time intervals; 
 a vital signs display section comprising a column indicating a scale and configured to track, for each of the equally distributed subintervals of time, a heart rate and a blood pressure of the patient; and 
 a physiological data display section comprising a column listing a plurality of physiological data items and, for each of the physiological data items, a row capable of tracking a value for the physiological data item for each of the time intervals. 
 
   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the maximum viewable time range is between thirty minutes and four hours. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 presenting, within the drugs display section, the plurality of drugs in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of drugs exceeds a drug list threshold.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 presenting, within the fluids display section, the plurality of fluids in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of fluids exceeds a fluid list threshold.   
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 presenting, within the physiological data display section, the plurality of physiological data items in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of physiological data items exceeds a physiological data item list threshold.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 presenting, within the vital signs display section, the blood pressure of the patient relative to the scale.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 presenting, within the vital signs display section, the heart rate of the patient relative to the scale.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 determining, for each section, whether information tracked during that section is incomplete; and   presenting, within each section determined to have incomplete information, a visual indication that the determined section includes incomplete information.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 permitting edit popups for each of the sections determined to include incomplete information, the edit popup facilitating one or more of editing or verification of values for information tracked within the respective section.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein:
 identifying one of the plurality of simultaneously viewable display sections that is configured to auto-populate a value; and   upon determining a first value corresponding to the identified section, auto-populating the identified section with the first value.   
     
     
         31 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising logic, the logic, when executed by one or more processors, is operable to:
 retrieve, from a medical information management system, a patient monitoring worksheet displaying a subset of medical information relating to the delivery of medical care to a first patient, the medical information management system operable to maintain a plurality of patient monitoring worksheets;   present, on a display capable of receiving touch-responsive user input, the retrieved patient monitoring worksheet, wherein:
 the patient monitoring worksheet has a maximum viewable time range that is equally divided into a plurality of time intervals; 
 the patient monitoring worksheet comprises a plurality of simultaneously viewable display sections comprising:
 a drugs display section comprises a column listing a plurality of drugs and, for each of the drugs, a row capable of tracking of an amount of the drug administered for each of the time intervals; 
 a fluids display section comprises a column listing of a plurality of fluids and, for each of the fluids, a row capable of tracking of an amount of the fluid administered or expelled for each of the time intervals; 
 a vital signs display section comprising a column indicating a scale and configured to track, for each of the equally distributed subintervals of time, a heart rate and a blood pressure of the patient; and 
 a physiological data display section comprising a column listing a plurality of physiological data items and, for each of the physiological data items, a row capable of tracking a value for the physiological data item for each of the time intervals. 
 
   
     
     
         32 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the maximum viewable time range is between thirty minutes and four hours. 
     
     
         33 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 present, within the drugs display section, the plurality of drugs in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of drugs exceeds a drug list threshold.   
     
     
         34 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 present, within the fluids display section, the plurality of fluids in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of fluids exceeds a fluid list threshold.   
     
     
         35 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 present, within the physiological data display section, the plurality of physiological data items in a vertically scrollable format responsive to touch-screen gesture control if a number of the plurality of physiological data items exceeds a physiological data item list threshold.   
     
     
         36 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 present, within the vital signs display section, the blood pressure of the patient relative to the scale.   
     
     
         37 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 present, within the vital signs display section, the heart rate of the patient relative to the scale.   
     
     
         38 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 determine, for each section, whether information tracked during that section is incomplete; and   present, within each section determined to have incomplete information, a visual indication that the determined section includes incomplete information.   
     
     
         39 . The logic of  claim 38 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 permit edit popups for each of the sections determined to include incomplete information, the edit popup facilitating one or more of editing or verification of values for information tracked within the respective section.   
     
     
         40 . The logic of  claim 31 , wherein the logic is further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
 identify one of the plurality of simultaneously viewable display sections that is configured to auto-populate a value; and   upon determining a first value corresponding to the identified section, auto-populate the identified section with the first value.