Patents by Inventor William Douglas Hughes

William Douglas Hughes 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: 8725535
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical information system including a user interface and a custom range storage component. The user interface is adapted to allow a user to configure a custom range. The custom range is configured for a lab result. The custom range storage component adapted to store the configured custom range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steve Lawrence Fors, Mark M. Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Patent number: 7671868
    Abstract: A method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) displaying data points; (b) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (c) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. Another method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) querying disparate information systems with a certain search parameter (b) displaying data points returned from said search parameter into a single window; (c) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (d) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. A system for displaying information according to level of importance or severity comprising a database, a worklist and an interface wherein said interface conveys level of importance or severity using varying shades of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20090094529
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for execution of clinical workflows via a clinical application system. Certain embodiments provide a clinical application system facilitating completion of clinical workflow tasks. The system includes a processor configured to associate tasks in a clinical workflow with external actors. The system also includes a user interface displaying clinical information to a user. The tasks are represented as links in the user interface. Each of the links triggers access to a corresponding external actor. Selection of at least one of the task links via the user interface triggers at least one of execution of and access to at least one of the external actors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Gerard Gonzalez, Steven Lawrence Fors, Mark M. Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20090070136
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for medication management including a user interface, a processor, and a display component. The user interface is adapted to receive patient data. The processor is adapted to aggregate medication data from at least one medication data source. The display component is adapted to display the medication data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Morita, William Douglas Hughes, Christopher Michael McQuistin, Shankar Saibabu
  • Publication number: 20080270187
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical information system including a user interface and a custom range storage component. The user interface is adapted to allow a user to configure a custom range. The custom range is configured for a lab result. The custom range storage component adapted to store the configured custom range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Steve Lawrence Fors, Mark M. Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080256181
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for improved collaboration. Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for electronic medical record collaboration and annotation. Certain embodiments provide an electronic medical record collaboration system. The system includes a workstation having a user interface and access to electronic clinical data. The user interface allows annotation and saving of the electronic clinical data. The system also includes a collaboration manager coordinating collaboration between the workstation and another entity regarding the electronic clinical data. The collaboration is capable of being asynchronous or synchronous collaboration. Certain embodiments provide a method for collaboration with respect to electronic medical data. The method includes accessing electronic medical data; identifying a collaborator with respect to the electronic medical data; and collaborating in at least an annotation of the electronic medical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Morita, Steven Lawrence Fors, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080249374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for facilitating the input of clinical orders into a healthcare application. This system can provide a variety of ways for a user to interface with the system and a variety of ways to facilitate data input into an order form. The system can facilitate selection of an order form by selecting an order form for the user, or by providing the user with a list of order forms that the user can select an order form from. The system facilitates the input of data into an order form in several ways. This system can use stored information to pre-populate some of the information fields in an order form. Data input can also be facilitated by the use of predictive typing, keywords, and drop-down lists. The system can also facilitate data input by taking free form text, parsing the text and entering the text into at least one information fields on an order form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark M. Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080244393
    Abstract: A method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) displaying data points; (b) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (c) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. Another method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) querying disparate information systems with a certain search parameter (b) displaying data points returned from said search parameter into a single window; (c) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (d) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. A system for displaying information according to level of importance or severity comprising a database, a worklist and an interface wherein said interface conveys level of importance or severity using varying shades of colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080235049
    Abstract: A method and system for predictive modeling of patient outcomes. The predictive method includes the steps of applying an algorithm to patient data and displaying predicted patient data. The predictive method may further include the step of adjusting one or more clinical variables. The system includes a database of patient data, a rules engine operably connected to the database wherein the rules engine is capable of applying algorithms to the patient data to generate predicted patient data, and a user interface operably connected to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Morita, Steve Lawrence Fors, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080208630
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for saving and accessing a saved patient context within a clinical information system via a user interface. Certain embodiments provide a clinical information system displaying electronic patient information. The system includes a user interface displaying at least one or more applications and data relating to a patient. The system also includes a processor capturing a current state of the user interface including one or more applications and data display via the user interface. The system further includes a memory storing the state as a patient context in associated with a representation visible via the user interface, the representation used to retrieve the saved patient context by selecting the representation via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Lawrence Fors, Mark Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080208624
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for providing clinical display and search of electronic medical data from a variety of information systems. Certain embodiments provide a user interface system including a processor aggregating data relating to a patient from a plurality of information systems to form an aggregated electronic patient record; a filter focusing the aggregated data based on one or more criteria; and an output providing the focused data to a user. Certain embodiments provide a method for electronic patient data aggregation including aggregating data for a patient from a plurality of systems without individual manual login by the user at each of the plurality of systems; filtering the aggregated data based on one or more user-defined criteria entered through a unified interface to provide a filtered subset of the aggregated data; and displaying the aggregated data via the unified interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Morita, Steven Lawrence Fors, William Douglas Hughes