Abstract: A method for treating pectus excavatum includes making an incision in the chest of a patient, inserting, via the incision, a device comprising a sensor configured to measure force at a face disposed proximate a first end of the device, manipulating the device such that the face of the device engages a sternum of the patient, displaying, on the electronic display of the device, measurement data based on a reading taken by the sensor during the engagement of the face of the device with the sternum of the patient, and determining, based on the displayed measurement data, a number of bars to install in the patient's chest, and inserting, via one or more incisions, the determined number of bars into the patient's chest in such a manner as to push out the patient's sternum and maintain the patient's sternum in a pushed out condition.

Abstract: Embodiments include a customizable encounter document whose contents are populated based on a template for the current patient, a template for all the user's patients, or a combination of templates. The contents include data modules retrieved from various databases and are arranged according to the user's work flow. The contents are presented in one view, a scrollable pane, to assist the user when making medical decisions. The user can make changes to the contents on the scrollable pane in real time that may affect one or more of the templates. Once the customizable encounter document is signed, the contents are captured, de-identified, and saved, along with a link of the captured contents with the user, and/or the patient's EHR.

Abstract: Healthcare providers can utilize ePrescribing applications to prescribe electronic prescriptions to patients which will be accessible to patients via a cloud platform. A patient can determine how he or she would like to fill such prescriptions. A patient can search for and select a pharmacy to electronically send a prescription to, or alternatively can choose to receive a scannable copy of the prescription at his or her mobile device for presentation at a pharmacy location. In the latter event, a patient can utilize his or her electronic device to display a scannable code which a pharmacy can scan to access prescription information.

Abstract: A method includes importing legacy data from a legacy application into a new system by storing the legacy data in a database separate from data native to the new system; displaying, to a user via a display screen, an interface configured to allow a user to view both legacy data and data native to the new system; displaying, to the user via a display screen, an interface including information of the legacy data that is associated with a particular patient account, one or more interface elements configured to allow the user to perform limited actions with respect to the particular patient account associated with the information, and a user interface element configured to allow a user to selectively activate the patient account.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing a password to be utilized for an account; automatically determining, utilizing a processor, a complexity value for the input password; automatically determining, based on the determined complexity value, security settings for the account; receiving, from a user via an electronic device, input representing an attempt to login to the account, the input representing an attempt to login to the account including an attempted password; automatically determining that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account; and determining a course of action to take in response to the determination that the attempted password does not match the password to be utilized for the account, the course of action being determined based at least in part on the automatically determined security settings for the account.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method aggregates medical data from a plurality of source providers. In the method, medical data is received from a source provider. This medical data may be associated with patient-identification information. In order to aggregate this data with other data about the same patient, this data is then reconciled with existing patient medical data records in a medical records database to identify a master patient to whom the received medical data relates. The medical records database includes a plurality of different types of patient medical data records, and each data record is associated with a corresponding time and a corresponding source. Verification is performed to confirm that the source provider associated with the received medical data is authorized to add medical data related to the identified master patient, and finally a new medical data record containing the received medical data is written to the database.

Abstract: A universal application integrator system enables the automated integration of data from patient care devices into electronic health records (EHRs). In addition, the system acts as a context manager between these patient care devices, EHR applications, and ancillary specific patient care applications. The system is the central controller for direct integration with patient care devices. This allows for click-once implementation and automated driver uploads for patient care devices. Third party application integration allows for device and patient context information to be shared among applications in a standardized patient care fashion.

Abstract: A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within the first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify there within an event whereby a health provider using the individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of the event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to the individual patient, to the health provider.

Abstract: A method for tracking a patient in a medical facility is disclosed. The method includes determining whether a patient is to be moved, indicating the time at which the patient should start to be moved, and interrogating a RFID sensor on the patient at a predetermined time interval to determine when the patient has been moved.

Abstract: A client computing device transmits an identifier for a target software package to a first server computing device including a public data store comprising a first plurality of software packages. The first server computing device identifies dependent software packages of the target software package in the first plurality of software packages and transmits identifiers for the dependent software packages to the client computing device. The client computing device then transmits the identifiers to a second server computing device including a private data store comprising a second plurality of software packages.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for optimizing a patient overview in a user interface (UI), the computer program executable by at least one processor. The computer program comprising a set of instructions for receiving an optimize request including an optimization level from a user via the UI, selecting predetermined patient information associated with the received optimization level, and displaying an optimized patient overview containing the selected certain patient information to the user.

Abstract: A method includes accessing from a predictive data mart at a cloud platform which contains historical data on prior authorization transactions, historical transaction data corresponding to information indicated to be necessary for authorization decisions by a payer for use of a proposed medication for treatment of a condition. The method further includes determining, based on the accessed historical transaction data, a most probable question set necessary for an authorization decision by the payer for use of the proposed medication for treatment of the condition.

Abstract: A method for generating a visualization for tracking an environmental contaminant includes automatically generating a contaminant visualization map for a particular contaminant. The contaminant visualization map includes a plurality of markers each corresponding to a location associated with a medical case associated with exposure to the particular contaminant, and one or more markers each corresponding to a location of an identified contamination source for the particular contaminant. The method further includes receiving an indication to zoom out the contaminant visualization map, generating one or more heat maps corresponding to the medical cases associated with exposure to the particular contaminant, and updating the contaminant visualization map to be zoomed out, not display the plurality of markers each corresponding to a location associated with a medical case, and display the generated one or more heat maps.

Abstract: A method includes displaying a window of a first application which includes text corresponding to a patient identifier for a first patient. The method further includes receiving input corresponding to a preconfigured input sequence associated with an electronic health records (EHR) agent, and initiating, by the EHR agent in response to the preconfigured input sequence, a patient information overlay process. The patient information overlay process includes sending a copy command to copy first text from the window of the first application to the clipboard, accessing the first text, searching the accessed first text for an identification of a patient, determining that the patient identifier represents an identification of a patient, accessing patient information for the first patient based on the patient identifier, and displaying an overlay interface overlaid over the window proximate a cursor, the overlay interface including accessed patient information for the first patient.

Abstract: A method includes displaying, to a user via an electronic display, a radial control comprising a plurality of concentric arcs, the radial control including a first central section defined by a first arc of the plurality of concentric arcs, and a plurality of child sections collectively defined by the first arc and the other arcs of the plurality of concentric arcs, the plurality of child sections being delineated from one another by dividers extending between two or more arcs of the plurality of concentric arcs, wherein the first central section is associated with a parent activity and each of the plurality of child sections is associated with a child activity related to the parent activity.

Abstract: A method of creating medical documentation uses selection of images representing synonyms for complex medical concepts. The images can be of two types, one corresponding to a parameter or Key in a Key/Value pair and the other corresponding to possible values of the selected parameter or Key. The user first selects an image or portion thereof corresponding to the parameter they wish to record observations, such as the heart or a valve of the heart. A set of images representing possible values of the parameter is then displayed e.g., images representing possible murmurs the selected valve may have. The user selects the image representing the value corresponding to the observation of the patient. A document is created by recording either the Key/Value image pairs or, alternative, text representing the synonyms for the images. Other methods of recording the document are possible, such as instantiating a set of class objects.

Abstract: A medical software application including an interface which is configured to allow for automatic barcode scanning of barcodes associated with patients and medications for medication administration is further configured to display confirmation of each of the “five rights” of medication administration.

Abstract: A method includes receiving from a health care practitioner input corresponding to creation of a first health care order which includes one or more parameters associated with a health care goal for the patient, one or more parameters associated with one or more rules for communicating notifications regarding the first health care order to the first health care practitioner via the electronic health records application, and instructions for the patient for complying with the first health care order. The method further includes displaying to the patient a patient portal comprising a goals interface which displays information associated with the first health care order for the patient created by the first health care practitioner, and allowing the patient to input readings for the order. The method further includes communicating one or more notifications back to the electronic health records application based on the readings.

Abstract: A method includes converting a user's utterance to text; encapsulating the converted text in a rheme object; searching, for each of a plurality of topics, for keywords in the converted text; determining a relevancy metric for each of the plurality of topics based on such searching; selecting one or more topics based on determined relevancy metrics; comparing some or all of the converted text to names in one or more patient lists or databases; identifying a unique patient whose name is contained in the converted; attaching an indication of the identified patient to the rheme object; effecting an action based on the selected one or more topics and the attached patient indication; and saving the topic in a conversation history with a reference to the identified patient.

Abstract: A method includes receiving structured clinical data in transactional HL7 messages, aggregating the data in a staging area, and merging only the most updated data into a destination database in ordered, validated, calculated, and manipulated sets.