Method and system for sharing, distributing, ranking, and searching medical device configuration items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017124271-A1
Application number	US-201514926660-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 29, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	May 4, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various embodiments include a system and method for sharing, distributing, ranking, and searching medical device configuration items. The method can include receiving a request, transmitted over a network to a server, to search medical configuration items stored at the server. Each of the medical configuration items may be associated with a rating. Each of the medical configuration items may be applied to perform a medical task. The method may include providing, by the server, a list of relevant medical configuration items based on the search request. The relevant medical configuration items may be listed in an order based on the rating. The method can include receiving a selection, at the server, of one of the relevant medical configuration items provided in the list. The method may include distributing, by the server, the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items over the network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving a request, transmitted over a network to a server, to search a plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server, wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is associated with a rating, and wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is applicable to perform a medical task; providing, by the server, a list of relevant medical configuration items from the plurality of medical configuration items based on the search request, wherein the relevant medical configuration items are listed in an order based on the rating; receiving a selection, at the server, of one of the relevant medical configuration items provided in the list; and distributing, by the server, the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items over the network.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request and the selection is provided by at least one user input device of a medical device.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the medical device is at least one of a medical imaging modality and a medical workstation.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , comprising performing, at the medical device, a medical task, wherein the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items is applied to perform the medical task.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:
receiving a user rating at the medical device, updating the rating based on the user rating, and storing the updated rating at the server.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the rating is at least one of:
a numerical rating, a letter grade, a number of likes, and a number of user subscribers.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:
receiving a user subscription to the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items at the medical device, and updating at least one of user preferences, a subscription list, and a medical configuration item from the plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server.

8 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:
receiving a user recommendation at the medical device, wherein the user recommendation corresponds with a medical configuration item from the plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server, and wherein the user recommendation identifies at least one user, and transmitting at least one of a notification of the user recommendation and the configuration item to the at least one user in response to the user recommendation.

9 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the list of relevant medical configuration items is displayed at a display of the medical device.

10 . The method according to claim 7 comprising:
receiving a user login at the medical device, and
automatically retrieving at least one medical configuration item from the plurality of medical configuration items based on the at least one of the user preferences, the subscription list, and the medical configuration item.

11 . The method according to claim 3 comprising:
creating a medical configuration item at the medical device, and
transmitting the created medical configuration item for storage with the plurality of medical configuration items at the server.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is at least one of:
imaging device operating parameters, an imaging examination template, an image measurement definition, and a medical report template.

13 . A system, comprising:
a server operable to:
receive a request, transmitted over a network, to search a plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server, wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is associated with a rating, and wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is applicable to perform a medical task;
provide a list of relevant medical configuration items from the plurality of medical configuration items based on the search request, wherein the relevant medical configuration items are listed in an order based on the rating;
receive a selection of one of the relevant medical configuration items provided in the list; and
distribute the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items over the network.

14 . The system according to claim 13 , comprising a medical device in communication with the server over the network, wherein the medical device comprises a display and is operable to:
provide the search request to the server, display the list of relevant medical configuration items at the display, provide the selection of the one of the relevant medical configuration items, and receive the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items from the server.

15 . The system according to claim 14 , wherein the medical device is at least one of a medical imaging modality and a medical workstation.

16 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the medical device is operable to perform a medical task, wherein the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items is applied to perform the medical task.

17 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the medical device is operable to receive a user rating, wherein the server is operable to update the rating based on the user rating and store the updated rating, and wherein the rating is at least one of:
a numerical rating, a letter grade, a number of likes, and a number of user subscribers.

18 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the medical device is operable to receive a user subscription to the selected one of the relevant medical configuration items and the server is operable to update at least one of user preferences, a subscription list, and a medical configuration item from the plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server.

19 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the medical device is operable to receive a user recommendation that identifies at least one user and corresponds with a medical configuration item from the plurality of medical configuration items stored at the server, and wherein the server is operable to transmit at least one of a notification of the user recommendation and the configuration item to the at least one user in response to the user recommendation.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
searching a plurality of medical configuration items stored at a server in response to a received request, wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is associated with a rating, and wherein each of the plurality of medical configuration items is applicable to perform a medical task; providing a list of relevant medical configuration items from the plurality of medical configuration items based on the received request, wherein the relevant medical configuration items are listed in an order based on the rating; and distributing a selected one of the relevant medical configuration items over a network in response to a received selection.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Aase Svein Arne
• Jakobsen Morgan

Classifications

• G06F19/3406 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G16Z99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G16H40/63 Primary

  for local operation · CPC title