Facilitating computerized interactions with EMRs
A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within the first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify there within an event whereby a health provider using the individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of the event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to the individual patient, to the health provider.
1. A method of providing health information from a health information exchange (HIE) system to a health provider, the method comprising:
(a) storing patient records, including patient record data, regarding a multiplicity of patients, the patient record data coming from a plurality of disparate health information system sources, wherein the HIE system serves a plurality of EMR systems, each EMR system interacting with an EMR community including at least one EMR application being run by a computerized device for use by a health provider; and
(b) for each respective EMR system within said plurality of EMR systems, providing health information from the HIE system to a health provider within the context of the EMR application being run by the computerized device within said respective EMR system by,
(i) responsive to the health provider using the EMR application being run on the computerized device to call up an individual patient's record from said respective EMR system, providing to the health provider, by the HIE-EMR bridging application being run by the computerized device used by the health provider on which the EMR application also is being run, health information from the HIE system including patient record data pertaining to the individual patient of the identified event,
(ii) wherein the EMR application provides information to the health provider through a graphic user interface in a first display window generated by the EMR application,
(iii) wherein the HIE-EMR bridging application provides the patient record data to the health provider through a graphic user interface of a second display window that is separate from the first display window and that is generated by the HIE-EMR bridging application,
(iv) wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is bound within the first display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application, and
(v) responsive to detecting a position change of the first display window, repositioning the second display window such that the second display window remains bound within the first display window.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an instance of the HIE-EMR bridging application is bound to an instance of the EMR application.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is displayed on top of the first display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said providing patient record data includes mimicking an EMR application display operation while providing the patient record data.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the EMR application display operation comprises at least one of a translation along a display screen, a minimization of size and a maximization of size.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said providing patient record data includes mimicking docking the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application within the first display window generated by the EMR application.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application floats on top of and is bound within the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is transitionable between an expanded view and a collapsed view.
9. A method of providing health information from a health information exchange (HIE) system to a health provider, the method comprising:
(a) storing patient records, including patient record data, regarding a multiplicity of patients, the patient record data coming from a plurality of disparate health information system sources, wherein the HIE system serves a plurality of EMR systems, each EMR system interacting with an EMR community including at least one EMR application being run by a computerized device for use by a health provider; and
(b) for a respective EMR system within said plurality of EMR systems, providing health information from the HIE system to a health provider within the context of the EMR application being run by the computerized device within said respective EMR system by,
(i) responsive to the health provider using the EMR application being run on the computerized device to call up an individual patient's record from said respective EMR system, providing to the health provider, by the HIE-EMR bridging application being run by the computerized device used by the health provider on which the EMR application also is being run, health information from the HIE system including patient record data pertaining to the individual patient of the identified event,
(ii) wherein the EMR application provides information to the health provider through a graphic user interface in a first display window generated by the EMR application,
(iii) wherein the HIE-EMR bridging application provides the patient record data to the health provider through a graphic user interface of a second display window that is separate from the first display window and that is generated by the HIE-EMR bridging application,
(iv) wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is bound within the first display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application, and
(v) responsive to detecting a position change of the first display window, repositioning the second display window such that the second display window remains bound within the first display window.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein an instance of the HIE-EMR bridging application is bound to an instance of the EMR application.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is displayed on top of the first display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application.
12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said providing patient record data includes mimicking an EMR application display operation while providing the patient record data.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the EMR application display operation comprises at least one of a translation along a display screen, a minimization of size and a maximization of size.
14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said providing patient record data includes mimicking docking the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application within the first display window generated by the EMR application.
15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application floats on top of and is bound within the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the EMR application.
16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second display window containing the graphic user interface of the HIE-EMR bridging application is transitionable between an expanded view and a collapsed view.