Patents by Inventor Michael A. Ash

Michael A. Ash 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: 10007407
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided to detect incremental changes in clinical documents associated with a patient. A user selection is received indicating that a user wants to compare two or more clinical documents that are associated with the patient or authored by the same clinician, enabling the user to become up-to-date on the patient's care. A first clinical document and a second clinical document are identified. For the first clinical document and the second clinical document, differences are algorithmically determined. The first clinical document is transformed into a new representation of the first clinical document. Further, the second clinical document is transformed into a new representation of the second clinical document. One or more of the new representations of the first and the second clinical documents are displayed, assisting the user to quickly find and understand the differences between the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Gifford, Chad A. Cole, J D Tyler, Savitha Venkat, Michael A. Ash, Tonja McCord, Anubha Garg, Steven S. Crooks, Christopher S. Finn, Margaret C. Kolm, David J. O'Larte, David P. McCallie, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9817946
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media for generating graphical representations of health-related variables are provided. The graphical representations include a first body-image representation of a user at a current period of time. The graphical representations also include a second body-image representation that represents the user at a future period of time, the user in a simulated clinical “what-if” scenario, or members of the population-at-large that share similar demographic traits with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A Ash, Todd Jeffrey Reynolds, Harlen Hays
  • Patent number: 9740825
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating variably-sized display areas for presenting content items. The display areas include a notification bar that present icons representative of content items, a content item display area that displays content items, and a results display area that presents more detailed information concerning a particular content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey J. Sansale, Thomas C. Gifford, Michael A. Ash
  • Publication number: 20170004271
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating content items that provide patient information and content provided by, for example, a third-party content provider that is relevant to information associated with an open healthcare application. The content items are displayed in a separate display space from the healthcare application's user interface and dynamically change and update in response to changes in the information being displayed on the healthcare application's user interface. Additionally, the content items are actionable thereby enabling healthcare providers to address alerts, take actions, view supporting documentation, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, WILL VAN NOREL, THOMAS C. GIFFORD, MEAGAN JACOBY
  • Patent number: 9483614
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating content items that provide patient information and content provided by, for example, a third-party content provider that is relevant to information associated with an open healthcare application. The content items are displayed in a separate display space from the healthcare application's user interface and dynamically change and update in response to changes in the information being displayed on the healthcare application's user interface. Additionally, the content items are actionable thereby enabling healthcare providers to address alerts, take actions, view supporting documentation, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, Will Van Norel, Thomas C. Gifford, Meagan Jacoby
  • Publication number: 20160125144
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided to detect incremental changes in clinical documents associated with a patient. A user selection is received indicating that a user wants to compare two or more clinical documents that are associated with the patient or authored by the same clinician, enabling the user to become up-to-date on the patient's care. A first clinical document and a second clinical document are identified. For the first clinical document and the second clinical document, differences are algorithmically determined. The first clinical document is transformed into a new representation of the first clinical document. Further, the second clinical document is transformed into a new representation of the second clinical document. One or more of the new representations of the first and the second clinical documents are displayed, assisting the user to quickly find and understand the differences between the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: THOMAS C. GIFFORD, CHAD A. COLE, JD TYLER, SAVITHA VENKAT, MICHAEL A. ASH, TONJA McCORD, ANUBHA GARG, STEVEN S. CROOKS, CHRISTOPHER S. FINN, MARGARET C. KOLM, DAVID J. O'LARTE, DAVID P. McCALLIE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150317446
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided for utilizing health-related variables to generate a current health state of a user along with a most-likely future health state of the user and an ideal future health state of the user. Graphical representations of these health states are generated and presented on a graphical user interface. The user is able to interact with the graphical representations to see the impact of the user's choices on the user's future health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, Todd Jeffrey Reynolds, Harlen Hays
  • Patent number: 9110553
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided for utilizing health-related variables to generate a current health state of a user along with a most-likely future health state of the user and an ideal future health state of the user. Graphical representations of these health states are generated and presented on a graphical user interface. The user is able to interact with the graphical representations to see the impact of the user's choices on the user's future health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, Todd Jeffrey Reynolds, Harlen Hays
  • Publication number: 20150186616
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a care plan for a patient related to a disease condition or a clinical event. Upon receiving a request for the care plan for the patient, a care plan template having a plurality of different sections is generated. A plurality of different care plans related to the disease condition or the clinical event is determined, and a first care plan is selected. Information from the first care plan is parsed based on the plurality of sections, and the parsed information is populated into the template. The populated template is communicated for presentation on a user interface. Methods, systems, and media herein are also directed to generating and displaying graphical depictions of a patient's care plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, DANA M. KOSMALA-RUNKLE, FRANCES P. WU
  • Publication number: 20150186610
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating variably-sized display areas for presenting content items. The display areas include a notification bar that present icons representative of content items, a content item display area that displays content items, and a results display area that presents more detailed information concerning a particular content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: CASEY J. SANSALE, THOMAS C. GIFFORD, MICHAEL A. ASH
  • Publication number: 20150185972
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating content items that provide patient information and content provided by, for example, a third-party content provider that is relevant to information associated with an open healthcare application. The content items are displayed in a separate display space from the healthcare application's user interface and dynamically change and update in response to changes in the information being displayed on the healthcare application's user interface. Additionally, the content items are actionable thereby enabling healthcare providers to address alerts, take actions, view supporting documentation, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, WILL VAN NOREL, THOMAS C. GIFFORD, MEAGAN JACOBY
  • Patent number: 9069746
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for populating an electronic clinical document capable of receiving multiple types of data are provided. In one embodiment, dictation audio input is embedded directly into one or more sections of an electronic clinical document along with other data types, such as structured user input, free-text input, or system-generated input. An electronic clinical document having embedded dictation audio and other data types can receive transcribed text corresponding to the embedded dictation audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, John Q. Deverter, Pramod Pagadala
  • Publication number: 20150012887
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for searching a plurality of clinical documents associated with a patient. A searchable timeline is presented on a graphical user interface; the searchable timeline has a plurality of icons representing clinical documents created for the patient. The icons overlay the timeline at points in time corresponding to when the icon's respective document was created. Selection of an icon initiates the presentation of the icon's respective document. Preference and filter options enable a user to filter the clinical documents based on, for example, health concepts that have been identified for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, HEATHER OWEN, JD TYLER, THOMAS C. GIFFORD, MEAGAN JACOBY, CHRISTOPHER S. FINN
  • Publication number: 20150012297
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for enabling a user to dynamically create associations and take actions with respect to a clinical finding associated with a patient. After selecting a clinical finding that is of interest in a first workflow application, a graphical user interface is automatically presented. The graphical user interface includes trending information for the clinical finding as well as information related to the clinical finding. The graphical user interface enables a clinician to associate the clinical finding with a current patient problem or a possible diagnosis related to the clinical finding. Additionally, the graphical user interface enables the clinician to take actions with respect to the clinical finding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, BRIAN J. LANCASTER, HEATHER OWEN, JD TYLER, DAVID COHEN, THOMAS C. GIFFORD
  • Publication number: 20150012298
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for facilitating the care of a patient by a multi-disciplinary care team. A graphical user interface presents one or more clinical problems associated with a patient. For each clinical problem, actionable care team icons are presented that, among other things, identify care teams responsible for caring for the clinical problem and any actions taken by the care teams to address the clinical problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, HEATHER OWEN, JD TYLER, DANIEL STOCKSICK, PRAMOD PAGADALA
  • Patent number: 8751251
    Abstract: Automatic triaging of patient information within a clinical computing environment is provided. Items of patient information are received, and each item is compared against predefined criteria to determine whether the item is time-sensitive. If an item satisfies a threshold of time-sensitivity, a key notification is provided for the item. A clinician may receive the key notification regardless of the view or application in which the clinician is working. The clinician may directly navigate from the key notification to the associated information, access additional information if necessary, and resolve the condition. Additionally, clinicians may control the triaging of information by specifying patient populations and thresholds required to trigger key notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, John Q. DeVerter, Hal W. Schierts
  • Publication number: 20130174073
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided for utilizing health-related variables to generate a current health state of a user along with a most-likely future health state of the user and an ideal future health state of the user. Graphical representations of these health states are generated and presented on a graphical user interface. The user is able to interact with the graphical representations to see the impact of the user's choices on the user's future health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, TODD JEFFREY REYNOLDS, HARLEN HAYS
  • Publication number: 20130158968
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media for generating graphical representations of health-related variables are provided. The graphical representations include a first body-image representation of a user at a current period of time. The graphical representations also include a second body-image representation that represents the user at a future period of time, the user in a simulated clinical “what-if” scenario, or members of the population-at-large that share similar demographic traits with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A ASH, TODD JEFFREY REYNOLDS, HARLEN HAYS
  • Publication number: 20120159316
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for populating an electronic clinical document capable of receiving multiple types of data are provided. In one embodiment, dictation audio input is embedded directly into one or more sections of an electronic clinical document along with other data types, such as structured user input, free-text input, or system-generated input. An electronic clinical document having embedded dictation audio and other data types can receive transcribed text corresponding to the embedded dictation audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ASH, JOHN Q. DEVERTER, PRAMOD PAGADALA
  • Patent number: 8150712
    Abstract: Computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate performance locations for clinical orders having one or more phases associated therewith, and for presenting order catalog content that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the clinical order are provided. Further provided are computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate a performance location for each phase of a multi-phase clinical order, and for presenting order catalog content for each phase that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the phase. User interfaces for presenting content associated with clinical orders based upon designated performance locations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: John Q. DeVerter, Michael A. Ash, Yegor F. Hanov