Patent ID: 8204760
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating an examination of a patient in a medical office, the method comprising the following performed via a handheld device: displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) within a display of the handheld device, wherein the first GUI comprises a plurality of GUI controls; displaying a second GUI within the display in response to activation of a first GUI control in the first GUI by a physician, wherein the second GUI identifies an examination location of the patient within the medical office; returning to the first GUI and displaying a third GUI within the display in response to activation of a second GUI control in the first GUI by the physician, wherein the third GUI includes a plurality of GUI controls, each associated with a respective medical procedure that can performed on the patient, and wherein each GUI control in the third GUI can be activated by the physician to select the respective medical procedure to be performed on the patient, wherein the medical procedures include laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, and patient vaccinations and/or injections; returning to the first GUI and displaying a patient examination summary in response to activation of a third GUI control in the first GUI by the physician, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of medical procedures selected by the physician to be performed on the patient; and communicating the patient examination summary to a computer within the medical office in response to activation of a fourth GUI control in the first GUI by the physician.