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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1995
Kenneth I Macrae, San Francisco, CA (US);
Annsheng C Ting, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ragnar W Edholm, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik Worth, Milpitas, CA (US);
Robert B Sigmon, Jr, Redwood City, CA (US);
Toshikazu Matsumoto, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Chung-Jen Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Araxsys, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based in real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The chart view format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Two separate medical treatment plans may be combined with duplicate or conflicting orders removed.