Patent ID: 8260631
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for creating visual association among medical event data, said method including: using at least one computer processor to determine, for each of a plurality of medical events, a predefined association with a medical problem or a medical procedure, wherein each of the plurality of medical events corresponds to at least one of a date and time of occurrence for a patient, wherein the medical procedure is at least one of a medical test, a medical treatment, an imaging procedure and an operation; using the at least one computer processor to store the plurality of medical events to an electronic medical record of the patient in a data store, wherein the predefined association is stored in at least one of medical event data, medical event metadata and at least one table stored at the data store; using the at least one computer processor to retrieve information regarding the plurality of medical events from the data source; using the at least one computer processor and the retrieved information to determine that a first medical event is associated with a second medical event because both medical events include the predefined association with a same medical problem or a same medical procedure; using the at least one computer processor to present the associated first and second medical events in at least one timeline at a user interface operably connected to the at least one computer processor by: