Patents by Inventor Brook A. Thomson

Brook A. Thomson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7043437
    Abstract: Methods and systems which provide for standardized inpatient-outpatient nomenclatures and accepting both outpatient and inpatient data to commonly accessible storage. In a first method embodiment, the first method is characterized by accepting user input identifying at least two different names for a substantially similar grouping of one or more medical criteria; and accepting user input specifying at least one of the at least two different names as forming at least a part of an outpatient-inpatient standardized nomenclature for the substantially similar grouping of one or more medical criteria. In a second method embodiment, the second method is characterized by accepting either outpatient or inpatient data to commonly accessible storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Peter E. Nielsen, Brook A. Thomson
  • Patent number: 6876780
    Abstract: A method and system which provide for automated note completion. In one embodiment, the method is characterized by sensing a presence of a first provider; detecting at least one incomplete provider note; and presenting the at least one incomplete provider note to the first provider. In another embodiment of the method, the sensing a presence of a first provider is characterized by accepting an identifier associated with the first provider. In another embodiment of the method, the accepting an identifier associated with the first provider is characterized by accepting user input of the identifier via either a keyboard, a touch-screen reader, a graphical user interface, or a biometrics identifier. In another embodiment of the method, the detecting at least one incomplete provider note is characterized by checking at least one database for flagged-incomplete notes associated with the at least one provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Peter E. Nielsen, Brook A. Thomson