Methods and systems for visualizing patient population data
Inventors
Johnson, Mary Sumner • Eischeid, Todd Michael • Young, Ohad • Teague, Ross Carlyle
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11990213-B1
Publication Date
2024-05-21
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Abstract
Technologies pertaining to assigning patients to patient populations and graphically indicating that the patients have been assigned to the patient populations are described herein. A graphical user interface includes interactive elements that are configured to indicate to a healthcare worker that a patient has been assigned to a population, and further to depict proposed actions based upon the patient being assigned to the population.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a population health application that interacts with an electronic health record (EHR) to determine whether a patient belongs to a patient population. A population health client executing on a client computing device receives a query that comprises a patient identifier from a client EHR, where the patient identifier is received based upon health data displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client EHR and health data is received by the client EHR from an EHR server.
The population health server application performs a search over population data based upon the query, where the population data pertains to a plurality of patients sourced from at least one data source other than the server EHR. The search results provide an indication that the patient belongs to the patient population and an indication of a patient condition pertaining to the patient, where the patient condition supports inclusion of the patient in the patient population.
The system causes the client computing device to display graphical data based upon the search results. The graphical data indicates to an operator of the client computing device that the patient belongs to the patient population, and the graphical data includes a selectable element, displayed within a GUI of the client EHR or within a GUI of the population health client contemporaneously with the GUI of the client EHR at the client computing device.
Responsive to receiving a communication from the population health client responsive to the selectable element being selected at the client computing device, the population health server application updates the population data to indicate that the patient does not belong to the patient population.
Claims Coverage
The provided excerpts include three independent claim types. Each independent claim contains a main workflow with receiving a patient identifier query from an EHR context, searching population data from sources other than the server EHR, displaying GUI graphical data including a selectable element, and updating population data to indicate removal from the patient population responsive to an operator selection.
Population health server receives patient-identifier query from EHR GUI context
Receiving a query from a population health client application executing on a client computing device, the query comprising a patient identifier received by the population health client application from a client EHR executing on the client computing device, the patient identifier indicative of a patient, the patient identifier being received by the population health client application from the client EHR based upon data pertaining to the patient being displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client EHR, the data pertaining to the patient being received by the client EHR from the server EHR.
Search over population data from sources other than server EHR with inclusion support condition
Performing a search over population data based on the query, the population data comprising data pertaining to a plurality of patients sourced from at least one data source other than the server EHR, the search based upon the query, wherein search results obtained from the search comprise an indication that the patient belongs to a patient population; and an indication of a patient condition pertaining to the patient, wherein the patient condition is a condition that supports inclusion of the patient in the patient population.
Contemporaneous GUI display with selectable element indicating population membership
Causing the client computing device to display graphical data within a GUI of the client EHR or within a GUI of the population health client application that is displayed contemporaneously with the GUI of the client EHR, the graphical data indicates to an operator of the client computing device that the patient belongs to the patient population, the graphical data further including a selectable element.
Selectable-element communication updates population data to indicate patient removal
Receiving a communication from the population health client responsive to the selectable element being selected at the client computing device, wherein responsive to receiving the communication, the population health server application updates the population data to indicate that the patient does not belong to the patient population.
Patient-population method coordinating EHR client and population health client search/display/update
Receiving data query from the patient population client executing on the client computing device, the query comprising a patient identifier received by the patient population client from the EHR client; performing a search over population data, the search based upon the query, the population data comprising data pertaining to a plurality of patients that is sourced from at least one data source other than the EHR server, wherein search results obtained from the search comprise an indication that the patient belongs to a patient population and an indication of a patient condition pertaining to the patient, wherein the patient condition is a condition that supports inclusion of the patient in the patient population; causing the client computing device to display graphical data based upon the search results, wherein the graphical data indicates to an operator of the client computing device that the patient belongs to the patient population, the graphical data displayed within the GUI of the EHR client or within a GUI of the patient population client that is displayed contemporaneously with the GUI of the EHR client at the client computing device, wherein the graphical data further includes a selectable element; and updating the population data to indicate that the patient does not belong to the patient population responsive to receiving a communication from the patient population client, the communication transmitted by the population client responsive to the selectable element being selected at the client computing device.
Nontransitory storage medium instructions implementing receive-search-display-select-update workflow
Responsive to receiving a query from a population health client executing on a client computing device, the query being comprising a patient identifier received by the population health client from a client electronic health records application (EHR) executing on the client computing device; performing a search over population data based upon the query, the population data comprising data pertaining to a plurality of patients sourced from at least one data source other than the server EHR, the search based upon the query, wherein search results obtained from the search comprise an indication that the patient belongs to a patient population; and an indication of a patient condition pertaining to the patient, wherein the patient condition is a condition that supports inclusion of the patient in the patient population; causing the client computing device to display graphical data based upon the search results, wherein the graphical data indicates to an operator of the client computing device that the patient belongs to the patient population, and wherein the graphical data is displayed within a GUI of the client EHR or within a GUI of the population health client that is displayed simultaneously with the GUI of the client EHR at the client computing device, the graphical data further including a selectable element; and responsive to receiving a communication from the population health client, the communication received responsive to the selectable element being selected at the client computing device, updating the population data to indicate that the patient does not belong to the patient population.
Across the independent claims, the core inventive coverage is the same workflow: use a patient identifier received from an EHR GUI context to search population data sourced from at least one data source other than the server EHR, return search results including a patient condition that supports inclusion, present contemporaneous GUI graphical data with a selectable element indicating population membership, and update the population data to indicate removal of population membership responsive to operator selection.
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