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- This invention is directed to a method for electronically transmitting a text document along with linked information, and in particular, for transmitting a text document with linked information without interfering with or jeopardizing the integrity of the text document.
- a medical report describing the symptoms of a patient may include diagnostic images such as MRI, X-ray or the like.
- a report that represents interpretation of certain data such as the image or graphs or charts may include illustrative examples from the data.
- the example data may be included directly within the body of the report or it may be included by reference through a link.
- these reports are what are known as signature reports, implying that the text of the report has not been tampered with. This is required so that other people making use of the report know that the report can be relied upon.
- a first method is to embed the image directly into the text of the reports.
- such an embedding of the image in the report either requires technical know-how by the person creating the report who embeds the image into the report as they are writing it, or requires a second party to embed the image after the report has been completed.
- this brings into question the validity of the report once someone besides the author has manipulated the text to include the images. This is particularly important because any change to the report could result in misdiagnosis or mistreatment. Therefore, embedding pictures into a report after it has been prepared could result in jeopardizing the integrity of the report through inadvertent human error during the embedding process.
- endnotes and web page hyperlinks are provided to link the text to a desired address which will retrieve the required illustrative information (link information) as needed and display the link information along with the text.
- link information illustrative information
- conventional endnotes in reports add markers to the body of the report and invalidate the signature.
- the HTML hyperlink tags
- HTML also modify the body of the report and furthermore require HTML capable terminals in order to process the link.
- a structure and method for enabling one or more portions of a text report to be linked to ancillary information without modifying the content of the report includes creating text and counting characters while creating the text. At the desired point where the text is to be linked to other information, a command is given to create a link for the desired characters. The desired characters could be a word, letters or a symbol. The information to be linked is then identified. The character count for the identified portion of the text and the information to be linked, are then combined to form an endnote. When the text has been completed, the endnote is attached to the end of the document.
- the endnote includes a marker indicating that an endnote exists, character identifying information which identifies the character in the text which constitutes the linked portion of the text, modification information for modifying the display of the text of those linked characters to signal that a link exists at that position in the text, as well as the address of the information to be linked.
- the information to be linked may either be the address of stored images and data at a repository, or maybe another related web site; or any other addressable information.
- the process may be repeated several times to create multiple endnotes within the document.
- the document may also include an end of document marker such as a doctor's signature or other machine readable marker to facilitate placing of the endnote as well as further maintaining independence between the text and the endnote.
- the endnote may include a view state of an image stored in a repository, the view state including information such as the address within the repository where the image is stored, the brightness, color, and any annotations or overlays associated with the view state which may have been created in conjunction with the report or image transformation information.
- Another object of the invention is providing a method for displaying both text reports and associated linked information which maintains the integrity of the report.
- Yet another object of the invention is providing a method for displaying a text report and linked information which does not require special hardware or software for interpreting or storing the linkage method.
- the invention accordingly comprises the several steps and the relation of one or more of such steps with respect to each of the others, and the apparatus embodying features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts which are adapted to affect such steps, all as exemplified in the following detailed disclosure and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a repository system which may be operated in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 2 is a front plan view of a representative image of a display utilizing the method in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the format of a document constructed in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the format of an endnote constructed in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for creating a document to be transmitted in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the method for processing the document for display in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the method for creating an endnote in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 generally depict a system 10 for employing the method for transmitting text and linked information.
- System 10 includes a terminal 12 including a screen 14 , input/output keyboard 16 and a processor and scratch buffer, (not shown) as known in the art for conventional PC terminals.
- Terminal 12 is linked by either telephone, dedicated wire, radio or the like to a remote (off site) repository 18 of data.
- repository 18 is a repository of X-ray images stored at addresses a ll through a mn These images are digitally stored and are transmitted as electronic images to terminal 12 to be displayed.
- repository 18 could easily be any addressable local memory.
- a report 26 by way of example, a medical report for a radiologist, the radiologist will retrieve the desired images from repository 18 to be displayed on screen 14 as, for example, image 20 of FIG. 2. At the same time, the radiologist will prepare written text corresponding to the image utilizing keyboard 16 which will be displayed as text 22 on terminal 12 .
- Terminal 12 utilizing the memory and the microprocessor, retains information regarding the stored image such as the address in the repository from which the image was retrieved, the brightness of the image, the color of the image, any annotations to the image which may have been made by the doctor preparing the report and any overlays which may have been added to the report such as written text 22 displayed on terminal screen 14 .
- the doctor may pull up further images 20 corresponding to that specific portion of the report text 22 currently being created. These images 20 are again retrieved from the repository of images 18 . Once the doctor has completed the written text of the report, they place an end mark 28 such as an electronic signature on the report to indicate their approval, and to indicated that the document should not be tampered with.
- the entire report 26 is treated as two separate sections.
- the written text 22 is treated as one element while the associated pictures 20 are treated as a second separate element; the two being linked.
- the written text 22 includes the character string 23 which includes the characters forming the words of the written text 22 .
- a signature 28 including an end of report mark is attached at the end of the characters 23 forming the report 26 and an endnote 30 containing information corresponding to linked portions of the text 22 is attached to the report 26 to the end of the document.
- endnote 30 includes the information necessary to link the desired image to the appropriate portion of text 22 .
- FIG. 5 a flow chart demonstrating the method for creating a report 26 having text 22 linked to images 20 is provided.
- a first step 40 it is determined whether or not the doctor wishes to retrieve an image from repository 18 . Assuming they are just beginning the report, they may begin by retrieving an image 20 from repository 18 utilizing electronic data retrieval methods in step 42 . The doctor would then create text 22 corresponding to that image in a step 44 although, if necessary, the doctor could return to step 42 , and retrieve a second or third image 20 prior to creating text 22 .
- terminal 12 counts the characters and/or the lines of the text being typed, in effect, providing an address for each character (letter, number, symbol) within text 22 of the report 26 .
- step 40 If no image is to be retrieved in step 40 , then the process moves to step 44 where text 22 is created absent an image. It is then determined whether or not a link should be created between the retrieved image of step 42 and the text of step 44 in a step 48 . If no link is to be created either because text 22 does not correspond sufficiently to retrieved image 20 , or there is no retrieved image 20 , then the process proceeds to a step 50 where it is determined whether the end of text 22 has occurred. If the end of text 22 has not occurred, then the process is returned to step 40 to determine whether or not a first image 20 or following image 20 should be retrieved.
- a command is given to create a link in step 52 . This can be done by identifying the characters which are to be linked by either highlighting utilizing a mouse click technique as is known in the art, indicate the command through keystroke, or orally.
- the information to be linked to the text is identified in a step 54 . This would be the corresponding image 20 in the present example.
- the system would then obtain the view state information presently being utilized by terminal 12 in accordance with a step 56 to display image 20 with image overlay 24 (if present) in report 26 .
- the system determines which numbered characters, i.e., the address of the characters within text 22 correspond to the link.
- An endnote 30 is created in step 60 in which the character information is married to the view state information to create the endnote.
- the process is then returned to step 50 where it is determined whether or not the end of the text has been reached.
- endnote 30 includes two types of information to be used by the system to link the portion of the text 22 with the desired image 20 or other ancillary information; 1) the address of the character within text 22 that corresponds to the linked image 20 as well as 2) view state information pertaining to the linked image 20 .
- Endnote 30 includes an endnote begin marker 70 to indicate to the terminal 12 that an endnote is present.
- the next characters may be text information 72 including the character address 74 within text 22 such as the line number and/or character number and modification information 76 instructing system 12 how to display text 22 to highlight the character to indicate that the character is a linked portion of text 22 ; for example, to underline that portion of the text with a link identifier 27 or to change the colors of those characters to indicate to a user at terminal 12 that the text is, in fact, a link.
- text information 72 including the character address 74 within text 22 such as the line number and/or character number and modification information 76 instructing system 12 how to display text 22 to highlight the character to indicate that the character is a linked portion of text 22 ; for example, to underline that portion of the text with a link identifier 27 or to change the colors of those characters to indicate to a user at terminal 12 that the text is, in fact, a link.
- Endnote 30 includes a view state portion 78 which includes a repository address 80 for the linked information, and may include a brightness control command 82 and color command 84 to instruct terminal 12 how to display image 20 .
- the view state information could also be image transformation information such as magnification, subrectangle or the like.
- view state 78 may include annotations 86 made during the creation of the report or the overlays 24 to be placed on image 20 . With this information, terminal 12 can determine the location of the link within text 22 as well as the information required to pull up the image associated with that link if the link is, in fact, activated.
- endnote 30 includes a check sum 85 to confirm the completeness and accuracy of the endnote as well as to indicate the end of endnote 30 .
- endnote 30 is created in step 60 , it is then determined whether or not text 22 is complete in step 50 . If text 22 is not complete, it is then determined in step 40 whether an additional image 20 is to be retrieved and, if not, further text 22 created in step 44 and the process is repeated. If it is the end of the written text 22 then an end of document mark 28 such as a signature is applied to indicate the end of the document in a step 62 and the previously created endnotes are attached to the document 26 after the signature in a step 64 .
- an end of document mark 28 such as a signature is applied to indicate the end of the document in a step 62 and the previously created endnotes are attached to the document 26 after the signature in a step 64 .
- an end mark be provided to separate the endnotes from the text and to indicate to the terminal as well as the user that the text portion has been completely transmitted.
- an endnote presence indicator such as endnote begin marker 70 , located in each endnote. Because the text is independent of the endnotes, an endnote indicator can also signal to the terminal that text is complete and processing of the endnotes should begin as discussed in detail below.
- the report can also be stored in a repository such as repository 18 , a separate report repository (not shown) or in the memory of terminal 12 for later recall and used either by the same doctor or by other persons requiring the information contained in the report in a step 90 .
- a repository such as repository 18
- a separate report repository (not shown) or in the memory of terminal 12 for later recall and used either by the same doctor or by other persons requiring the information contained in the report in a step 90 .
- To retrieve the report one would open and display text 22 as retrieved from its storage area.
- the document is read line by line into a temporary memory at terminal 12 as text until the signature or end of report indicator is read. When this data is encountered, the reading mode is changed from one of downloading text 22 to one of operating on the endnote information. As a result, each line of text is then processed as a separate data structure.
- endnote 30 in its entirety, or merely components thereof, such as view state 78 are in XML language. It is also contemplated that rather than providing view state data 80 through 86 , the address 80 of view state 78 could correspond to a web site which is called up in conjunction with the data being read from the report 26 .
- the text 22 in the buffer is then operated upon, for example, by being inserted into a Java Swing document to modify the text in accordance with the instructions 76 stored in endnote 30 to indicate where links exist in the text 22 .
- the text is inserted using standard text attributes and when the text is encountered, it must be displayed as modified. The modifications, such as changing color or underline, are inserted within the text as displayed, not within text 22 itself.
- the link is activated through methods known in the art such as a mouse click highlight on screen 14 of terminal 12 or the like in a step 92 .
- the system identifies the appropriate endnote 30 corresponding to those identified characters by matching the character address data 74 with the position within text 22 that has been activated in step 94 .
- the system searches for the address 80 contained within the endnote in accordance with a step 96 and retrieves the information stored by way of example in repository 18 , at that address in accordance with a step 98 .
- the image is then modified in accordance with the information 82 , 84 , 86 and 24 in accordance with a step 100 and is displayed as modified in accordance with step 102 .
- terminal 12 cannot understand endnote 30 and/or end off text marker 28 , then the report will be displayed as shown in FIG. 3 and link identifier 27 will not be shown. However, if terminal 12 does understand endnote 30 and can operate in accordance therewith the report 26 will be displayed as shown in FIG. 2 if a link 27 is selected to be activated by the user.
- the above explanation was provided in connection with a medical report and associated medical diagnostic images. However, the method works equally well with graphs, or any other associated data which could be linked in the same way images 20 are linked, the main difference being that a view state data would now correspond to manipulation and presentation of other ancillary data. Furthermore, the address link could be to a web site of associated data. Lastly, the example was given by way of a dedicated repository of information linked to a terminal. It should be understood that the repository and terminal can be linked as an Internet link, an intranet link, a dedicated line, or wireless transmission.
- a linked report is provided which is compatible with a legacy transcription system in which hyperlinks can be added to a report after the report is transcribed and signed using existing systems that are not hyperlink aware. Furthermore, it allows the use of preexisting data repositories without the requirement for special equipment. Lastly, even systems that do not interpret the commands of the hyperlink endnote will be able to display text 22 of report 26 without error because the hyperlink information is contained outside of text 22 , not within it.
- the hyperlink endnote may be visible, but it will be visible after the original signature and end of report marks.
- endnotes formatted as described lend themselves to drafting reports which must be unaltered by their very nature once they have been completed. Such reports form part of a patient's medical records.
- the medical record is usually the case overview for a patient which includes associated reports, status, and logs describing the procedures, treatments, tests, and doctors' comments for a particular patient.
- the medical report can be thought of as a plurality of protocols and procedures, each protocol and/or procedure having definite steps, or tasks, each task being capable of being performed by different individuals and most likely encouraged to be performed by different individuals.
- a procedure may have more than one protocol.
- Any protocol which can be broken up into a plurality of steps can be considered to have a workflow, the workflow being the totality of the steps required to perform a protocol.
- the steps outlined in connection with FIG. 5 as described above may be considered the definitive steps for the protocol of writing a report containing image data, the workflow being each of the steps from the initial writing of the text or retrieval of data through to the signature and attachment of endnotes.
- each of the steps is performed by a single person, that being the commenting doctor.
- the procedures that made the report doable would be a separate protocol of the overall procedure for diagnosing a patient and could include several steps such as ordering the X-rays to be taken, scheduling the taking of the X-rays, the actual taking of the X-rays, and the development of the X-rays.
- This protocol includes steps performed by distinct individuals including maybe one doctor and several technicians. Each discrete step is a state within the workflow and can be considered the Workflow State. The endnote described above in creating the report lends itself to tracking the workflow state of a protocol within a procedure.
- An originator of a procedure for treating a patient's condition may publish the procedure as a generic template including several protocols to be performed prior to final treatment. Among each of these protocols may be the preparing of several reports like report 26 described above.
- the template, published as a web page, may consist of words and images describing the protocols and diagnostic tests associated with the particular treatment. Each of these protocols, for example, will result in a report.
- the originator of the procedure would also create a generic endnote having a workflow state portion 79 (which may also be in XML language) which will store the protocol and workflow associated with the preparation of the report in generic format to which later patient information can be applied.
- a protocol for the procedure and the workflow are encoded in the endnote.
- the inclusion of workflow state portion 79 is only required when tracking work state. The example given with references to FIGS. 1 - 5 above can obviously be accomplished without a workflow portion 79 .
- endnote 30 exists as a shell even though there is no report 26 associated therewith.
- endnote 30 is merely a file on a web site.
- the creating of the template and the creating of the endnote shell may be, in fact, the first two states of the protocol workflow. Therefore, to keep track of the state, the number 2 or the word “endnote” may be stored in a workflow state indicator 94 of endnote 30 in a step 93 .
- a physician wishing to make use of the procedure and its protocols may copy the work state for the procedure along with one or more associated templates for creating reports from the web site.
- the physician would then enter the patient name and other information into the endnote 30 in a patient data portion 96 in a step 98 .
- This state is stored in a step 100 .
- the physician then may, either manually or automatically, alert the various department that would perform the protocols for a particular procedure.
- endnote 30 in the next state of the workflow, someone may schedule a diagnostic protocol and modify endnote 30 in a step 102 and changes the state stored in state indicator 94 by either providing the word “schedule” or an incremented number in state indicator 94 in accordance with a step 104 .
- the protocol is then performed, in this case a diagnostic protocol, to obtain the raw data which is stored in repository 18 by way of example in a step 106 .
- the state stored in state indicator 94 is incremented to reflect the completion of this workflow state in a step 108 .
- endnote 30 may be modified to contain links to the created data in repository 18 by way of example or a web site as stored in address 80 in a step 110 .
- a report is created as described above in connection with creating report 26 .
- a physician opens the report which still contains only an endnote 30 having workflow state information 79 . This would correspond to a new state which would be stored in state indicator 94 .
- the doctor would either dictate report 26 or call up the raw data such as the images 20 stored in repository 18 which would correspond to another state along the workflow requiring increment again of the state stored in state indicator 94 .
- the report is then transcribed to form text 23 again incrementing the state stored in indicator 94 and a signature 28 may be added and endnote 30 is modified to add the address information 72 and view state information 78 as described above.
- the workflow state portion is again incremented to reflect the work state in step 113 .
- Another physician such as the primary care practitioner or another specialist may access the medical record through the endnote which would include the link to report 26 as well as the workflow state stored in indicator 94 as well as the protocols which have been performed in a step 114 . Furthermore, the medical record would include a plurality of these reports if necessary. As the physician makes use of the report, this may also be a step within the procedure or protocol and therefore the workflow state indicator 94 is incremented again in a step 115 by changing the number value or storing the term “reviewed”.
- the report structure allows the addition of information to a report incrementally while remaining compatible with existing report repository and display means.
- This information for example, Workflow State, Image Link, Annotation and Digital Signature components
- compatibility is maintained with the existing report repository, transmission and even display (including paper display).
- display is aware of the endnote format, it enables a number of enhancements and manipulations of the information associated with the report.
- the principal economic value of this invention is that it enables many features and benefits of Internet networks to be added to existing hospital and departmental information systems without the delay and expense of replacing major components of these systems.
- report templates can be developed (by doctors, managed care organizations and pharmaceutical companies) and freely intermixed in the same formal information repositories.
- the different reports can carry vastly different protocols and might, in a preferred embodiment put this information in XML format.
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- This invention is directed to a method for electronically transmitting a text document along with linked information, and in particular, for transmitting a text document with linked information without interfering with or jeopardizing the integrity of the text document.
- It is known in the art to transmit text documents such as reports or other types of information as an electronic data stream to a distant terminal by way of Internet, intranet, or the like. It is also known, to provide links within the text which allow the user of the terminal to view one document and retrieve specified associated material that is either associated with or related to the portion of the document-text which contains the link.
- It is often desirable to combine multiple elements into a single report. For example, written text may be combined with an illustrative image corresponding to that text, or, the text may, in fact, be describing or making comment on what is in the image. By way of example, a medical report describing the symptoms of a patient may include diagnostic images such as MRI, X-ray or the like. More generally, a report that represents interpretation of certain data such as the image or graphs or charts may include illustrative examples from the data. The example data may be included directly within the body of the report or it may be included by reference through a link. Often, these reports are what are known as signature reports, implying that the text of the report has not been tampered with. This is required so that other people making use of the report know that the report can be relied upon.
- It is known to combine the illustrative image or data with the text, in effect linking the text through several methods. A first method is to embed the image directly into the text of the reports. However, such an embedding of the image in the report either requires technical know-how by the person creating the report who embeds the image into the report as they are writing it, or requires a second party to embed the image after the report has been completed. However, this brings into question the validity of the report once someone besides the author has manipulated the text to include the images. This is particularly important because any change to the report could result in misdiagnosis or mistreatment. Therefore, embedding pictures into a report after it has been prepared could result in jeopardizing the integrity of the report through inadvertent human error during the embedding process.
- Furthermore, it is not always necessary that an image be present to make sense of the medical report. Therefore, embedding the image into the report may be a waste of screen space, text space, and the time of the doctor who is trying to make a quick study of the report.
- To overcome these shortcomings, endnotes and web page hyperlinks (HTML) are provided to link the text to a desired address which will retrieve the required illustrative information (link information) as needed and display the link information along with the text. However, conventional endnotes in reports add markers to the body of the report and invalidate the signature. The HTML (hyperlink tags) also modify the body of the report and furthermore require HTML capable terminals in order to process the link.
- Therefore, it is desired that a method be provided which allows the linking of text to illustrate data or images as desired which does not modify the text or interfere with the integrity of the text. In other words, it does not invalidate the signature for the report.
- Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, a structure and method for enabling one or more portions of a text report to be linked to ancillary information without modifying the content of the report is provided. The method includes creating text and counting characters while creating the text. At the desired point where the text is to be linked to other information, a command is given to create a link for the desired characters. The desired characters could be a word, letters or a symbol. The information to be linked is then identified. The character count for the identified portion of the text and the information to be linked, are then combined to form an endnote. When the text has been completed, the endnote is attached to the end of the document.
- The endnote includes a marker indicating that an endnote exists, character identifying information which identifies the character in the text which constitutes the linked portion of the text, modification information for modifying the display of the text of those linked characters to signal that a link exists at that position in the text, as well as the address of the information to be linked. The information to be linked (link information) may either be the address of stored images and data at a repository, or maybe another related web site; or any other addressable information.
- In a preferred embodiment, the process may be repeated several times to create multiple endnotes within the document. The document may also include an end of document marker such as a doctor's signature or other machine readable marker to facilitate placing of the endnote as well as further maintaining independence between the text and the endnote. Furthermore, the endnote may include a view state of an image stored in a repository, the view state including information such as the address within the repository where the image is stored, the brightness, color, and any annotations or overlays associated with the view state which may have been created in conjunction with the report or image transformation information.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved method for linking text data with ancillary data without modifying the body of the text data.
- Another object of the invention is providing a method for displaying both text reports and associated linked information which maintains the integrity of the report.
- Yet another object of the invention is providing a method for displaying a text report and linked information which does not require special hardware or software for interpreting or storing the linkage method.
- Still other objects of the invention will, in part, be obvious and will, in part, be apparent from the specification.
- The invention accordingly comprises the several steps and the relation of one or more of such steps with respect to each of the others, and the apparatus embodying features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts which are adapted to affect such steps, all as exemplified in the following detailed disclosure and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
- For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference is had to the following description in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a repository system which may be operated in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 2 is a front plan view of a representative image of a display utilizing the method in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the format of a document constructed in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the format of an endnote constructed in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for creating a document to be transmitted in accordance with the invention;
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the method for processing the document for display in accordance with the invention; and
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the method for creating an endnote in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention.
- Reference is now made to FIGS. 1 and 2 which generally depict a
system 10 for employing the method for transmitting text and linked information.System 10 includes aterminal 12 including ascreen 14, input/output keyboard 16 and a processor and scratch buffer, (not shown) as known in the art for conventional PC terminals.Terminal 12 is linked by either telephone, dedicated wire, radio or the like to a remote (off site)repository 18 of data. By way of example,repository 18 is a repository of X-ray images stored at addresses all through amn These images are digitally stored and are transmitted as electronic images toterminal 12 to be displayed. Howeverrepository 18 could easily be any addressable local memory. - Generally, when creating a
report 26, by way of example, a medical report for a radiologist, the radiologist will retrieve the desired images fromrepository 18 to be displayed onscreen 14 as, for example,image 20 of FIG. 2. At the same time, the radiologist will prepare written text corresponding to theimage utilizing keyboard 16 which will be displayed astext 22 onterminal 12.Terminal 12, utilizing the memory and the microprocessor, retains information regarding the stored image such as the address in the repository from which the image was retrieved, the brightness of the image, the color of the image, any annotations to the image which may have been made by the doctor preparing the report and any overlays which may have been added to the report such as writtentext 22 displayed onterminal screen 14. As the doctor prepares theirreport 26, they may pull upfurther images 20 corresponding to that specific portion of thereport text 22 currently being created. Theseimages 20 are again retrieved from the repository ofimages 18. Once the doctor has completed the written text of the report, they place anend mark 28 such as an electronic signature on the report to indicate their approval, and to indicated that the document should not be tampered with. - In order to prevent the document from being tampered with while still maintaining the integrity of the document, the
entire report 26 is treated as two separate sections. The writtentext 22 is treated as one element while theassociated pictures 20 are treated as a second separate element; the two being linked. - Reference is now made to FIG. 3 in which the format for the written
text portion 22 ofreport 26 is provided. The writtentext 22 includes thecharacter string 23 which includes the characters forming the words of the writtentext 22. Asignature 28 including an end of report mark is attached at the end of thecharacters 23 forming thereport 26 and anendnote 30 containing information corresponding to linked portions of thetext 22 is attached to thereport 26 to the end of the document. When converted into an electronic bit stream, they may be serially transmitted beginning withtext 22 and ending withendnote 30. As discussed below,endnote 30 includes the information necessary to link the desired image to the appropriate portion oftext 22. - Reference is now made to FIG. 5 in which a flow chart demonstrating the method for creating a
report 26 havingtext 22 linked toimages 20 is provided. In afirst step 40, it is determined whether or not the doctor wishes to retrieve an image fromrepository 18. Assuming they are just beginning the report, they may begin by retrieving animage 20 fromrepository 18 utilizing electronic data retrieval methods instep 42. The doctor would then createtext 22 corresponding to that image in astep 44 although, if necessary, the doctor could return to step 42, and retrieve a second orthird image 20 prior to creatingtext 22. As the doctor creates text, terminal 12 counts the characters and/or the lines of the text being typed, in effect, providing an address for each character (letter, number, symbol) withintext 22 of thereport 26. - If no image is to be retrieved in
step 40, then the process moves to step 44 wheretext 22 is created absent an image. It is then determined whether or not a link should be created between the retrieved image ofstep 42 and the text ofstep 44 in astep 48. If no link is to be created either becausetext 22 does not correspond sufficiently to retrievedimage 20, or there is no retrievedimage 20, then the process proceeds to astep 50 where it is determined whether the end oftext 22 has occurred. If the end oftext 22 has not occurred, then the process is returned to step 40 to determine whether or not afirst image 20 or followingimage 20 should be retrieved. - If a link is to be created, a command is given to create a link in
step 52. This can be done by identifying the characters which are to be linked by either highlighting utilizing a mouse click technique as is known in the art, indicate the command through keystroke, or orally. The information to be linked to the text is identified in astep 54. This would be thecorresponding image 20 in the present example. The system would then obtain the view state information presently being utilized by terminal 12 in accordance with astep 56 to displayimage 20 with image overlay 24 (if present) inreport 26. In astep 58, the system determines which numbered characters, i.e., the address of the characters withintext 22 correspond to the link. Anendnote 30 is created instep 60 in which the character information is married to the view state information to create the endnote. The process is then returned to step 50 where it is determined whether or not the end of the text has been reached. - Reference is now made to FIG. 4 in which the format for
endnote 30 is provided. The endnote includes two types of information to be used by the system to link the portion of thetext 22 with the desiredimage 20 or other ancillary information; 1) the address of the character withintext 22 that corresponds to the linkedimage 20 as well as 2) view state information pertaining to the linkedimage 20.Endnote 30 includes anendnote begin marker 70 to indicate to the terminal 12 that an endnote is present. The next characters may betext information 72 including thecharacter address 74 withintext 22 such as the line number and/or character number andmodification information 76instructing system 12 how to displaytext 22 to highlight the character to indicate that the character is a linked portion oftext 22; for example, to underline that portion of the text with alink identifier 27 or to change the colors of those characters to indicate to a user atterminal 12 that the text is, in fact, a link. -
Endnote 30 includes aview state portion 78 which includes arepository address 80 for the linked information, and may include abrightness control command 82 andcolor command 84 to instruct terminal 12 how to displayimage 20. The view state information could also be image transformation information such as magnification, subrectangle or the like. Furthermore,view state 78 may includeannotations 86 made during the creation of the report or theoverlays 24 to be placed onimage 20. With this information, terminal 12 can determine the location of the link withintext 22 as well as the information required to pull up the image associated with that link if the link is, in fact, activated. Lastly,endnote 30 includes acheck sum 85 to confirm the completeness and accuracy of the endnote as well as to indicate the end ofendnote 30. - Once
endnote 30 is created instep 60, it is then determined whether or not text 22 is complete instep 50. Iftext 22 is not complete, it is then determined instep 40 whether anadditional image 20 is to be retrieved and, if not,further text 22 created instep 44 and the process is repeated. If it is the end of the writtentext 22 then an end ofdocument mark 28 such as a signature is applied to indicate the end of the document in astep 62 and the previously created endnotes are attached to thedocument 26 after the signature in astep 64. - It is preferable that an end mark be provided to separate the endnotes from the text and to indicate to the terminal as well as the user that the text portion has been completely transmitted. However, the same function can be performed by an endnote presence indicator such as endnote begin
marker 70, located in each endnote. Because the text is independent of the endnotes, an endnote indicator can also signal to the terminal that text is complete and processing of the endnotes should begin as discussed in detail below. - Once the report has been prepared including the signature and the endnotes, it can also be stored in a repository such as
repository 18, a separate report repository (not shown) or in the memory ofterminal 12 for later recall and used either by the same doctor or by other persons requiring the information contained in the report in astep 90. To retrieve the report, one would open anddisplay text 22 as retrieved from its storage area. The document is read line by line into a temporary memory atterminal 12 as text until the signature or end of report indicator is read. When this data is encountered, the reading mode is changed from one of downloadingtext 22 to one of operating on the endnote information. As a result, each line of text is then processed as a separate data structure. - In a preferred embodiment,
endnote 30 in its entirety, or merely components thereof, such asview state 78 are in XML language. It is also contemplated that rather than providingview state data 80 through 86, theaddress 80 ofview state 78 could correspond to a web site which is called up in conjunction with the data being read from thereport 26. Thetext 22 in the buffer is then operated upon, for example, by being inserted into a Java Swing document to modify the text in accordance with theinstructions 76 stored inendnote 30 to indicate where links exist in thetext 22. For example, the text is inserted using standard text attributes and when the text is encountered, it must be displayed as modified. The modifications, such as changing color or underline, are inserted within the text as displayed, not withintext 22 itself. - Once
text 22 is presented this way, the link is activated through methods known in the art such as a mouse click highlight onscreen 14 ofterminal 12 or the like in astep 92. The system then identifies theappropriate endnote 30 corresponding to those identified characters by matching thecharacter address data 74 with the position withintext 22 that has been activated instep 94. The system then searches for theaddress 80 contained within the endnote in accordance with astep 96 and retrieves the information stored by way of example inrepository 18, at that address in accordance with astep 98. The image is then modified in accordance with theinformation step 100 and is displayed as modified in accordance withstep 102. - If
terminal 12 cannot understandendnote 30 and/or end offtext marker 28, then the report will be displayed as shown in FIG. 3 andlink identifier 27 will not be shown. However, ifterminal 12 does understandendnote 30 and can operate in accordance therewith thereport 26 will be displayed as shown in FIG. 2 if alink 27 is selected to be activated by the user. The above explanation was provided in connection with a medical report and associated medical diagnostic images. However, the method works equally well with graphs, or any other associated data which could be linked in thesame way images 20 are linked, the main difference being that a view state data would now correspond to manipulation and presentation of other ancillary data. Furthermore, the address link could be to a web site of associated data. Lastly, the example was given by way of a dedicated repository of information linked to a terminal. It should be understood that the repository and terminal can be linked as an Internet link, an intranet link, a dedicated line, or wireless transmission. - By providing the report which is formatted to include an endnote which contains information for linking a portion of the text to other information such as an image, a linked report is provided which is compatible with a legacy transcription system in which hyperlinks can be added to a report after the report is transcribed and signed using existing systems that are not hyperlink aware. Furthermore, it allows the use of preexisting data repositories without the requirement for special equipment. Lastly, even systems that do not interpret the commands of the hyperlink endnote will be able to display
text 22 ofreport 26 without error because the hyperlink information is contained outside oftext 22, not within it. The hyperlink endnote may be visible, but it will be visible after the original signature and end of report marks. - As discussed, endnotes formatted as described lend themselves to drafting reports which must be unaltered by their very nature once they have been completed. Such reports form part of a patient's medical records. The medical record is usually the case overview for a patient which includes associated reports, status, and logs describing the procedures, treatments, tests, and doctors' comments for a particular patient.
- As medicine is now practiced, the medical report can be thought of as a plurality of protocols and procedures, each protocol and/or procedure having definite steps, or tasks, each task being capable of being performed by different individuals and most likely encouraged to be performed by different individuals. A procedure may have more than one protocol. Any protocol which can be broken up into a plurality of steps can be considered to have a workflow, the workflow being the totality of the steps required to perform a protocol. For example, the steps outlined in connection with FIG. 5 as described above may be considered the definitive steps for the protocol of writing a report containing image data, the workflow being each of the steps from the initial writing of the text or retrieval of data through to the signature and attachment of endnotes. In such a protocol, each of the steps is performed by a single person, that being the commenting doctor. However, the procedures that made the report doable, such as the making of the X-ray images, would be a separate protocol of the overall procedure for diagnosing a patient and could include several steps such as ordering the X-rays to be taken, scheduling the taking of the X-rays, the actual taking of the X-rays, and the development of the X-rays. This protocol includes steps performed by distinct individuals including maybe one doctor and several technicians. Each discrete step is a state within the workflow and can be considered the Workflow State. The endnote described above in creating the report lends itself to tracking the workflow state of a protocol within a procedure.
- Reference is now made to FIG. 7 in which a flow chart for utilizing the endnote for tracking the workflow state is provided. An originator of a procedure for treating a patient's condition may publish the procedure as a generic template including several protocols to be performed prior to final treatment. Among each of these protocols may be the preparing of several reports like
report 26 described above. The template, published as a web page, may consist of words and images describing the protocols and diagnostic tests associated with the particular treatment. Each of these protocols, for example, will result in a report. The originator of the procedure would also create a generic endnote having a workflow state portion 79 (which may also be in XML language) which will store the protocol and workflow associated with the preparation of the report in generic format to which later patient information can be applied. In a step 90 a protocol for the procedure and the workflow are encoded in the endnote. The inclusion ofworkflow state portion 79 is only required when tracking work state. The example given with references to FIGS. 1-5 above can obviously be accomplished without aworkflow portion 79. - In effect,
endnote 30 exists as a shell even though there is noreport 26 associated therewith. At this stage,endnote 30 is merely a file on a web site. By way of example, the creating of the template and the creating of the endnote shell may be, in fact, the first two states of the protocol workflow. Therefore, to keep track of the state, the number 2 or the word “endnote” may be stored in aworkflow state indicator 94 ofendnote 30 in astep 93. - A physician, wishing to make use of the procedure and its protocols may copy the work state for the procedure along with one or more associated templates for creating reports from the web site. The physician would then enter the patient name and other information into the
endnote 30 in apatient data portion 96 in astep 98. This is the third step in the protocol and the physician, either manually or automatically, enters either the number 3 instate indicator 94 or the term “patient data” which alerts all users of the endnote of the state of the workflow. This state is stored in astep 100. The physician then may, either manually or automatically, alert the various department that would perform the protocols for a particular procedure. - By way of example, in the next state of the workflow, someone may schedule a diagnostic protocol and modify
endnote 30 in astep 102 and changes the state stored instate indicator 94 by either providing the word “schedule” or an incremented number instate indicator 94 in accordance with astep 104. The protocol is then performed, in this case a diagnostic protocol, to obtain the raw data which is stored inrepository 18 by way of example in astep 106. Again, the state stored instate indicator 94 is incremented to reflect the completion of this workflow state in astep 108. At this stage,endnote 30 may be modified to contain links to the created data inrepository 18 by way of example or a web site as stored inaddress 80 in astep 110. - In a step112 a report is created as described above in connection with creating
report 26. Generally, a physician opens the report which still contains only anendnote 30 havingworkflow state information 79. This would correspond to a new state which would be stored instate indicator 94. Then, the doctor would either dictatereport 26 or call up the raw data such as theimages 20 stored inrepository 18 which would correspond to another state along the workflow requiring increment again of the state stored instate indicator 94. The report is then transcribed to formtext 23 again incrementing the state stored inindicator 94 and asignature 28 may be added andendnote 30 is modified to add theaddress information 72 andview state information 78 as described above. Once the report is completed, the workflow state portion is again incremented to reflect the work state instep 113. - Another physician such as the primary care practitioner or another specialist may access the medical record through the endnote which would include the link to report26 as well as the workflow state stored in
indicator 94 as well as the protocols which have been performed in astep 114. Furthermore, the medical record would include a plurality of these reports if necessary. As the physician makes use of the report, this may also be a step within the procedure or protocol and therefore theworkflow state indicator 94 is incremented again in astep 115 by changing the number value or storing the term “reviewed”. - The report structure allows the addition of information to a report incrementally while remaining compatible with existing report repository and display means. By appending this information (for example, Workflow State, Image Link, Annotation and Digital Signature components) in plain text to the end of the plain text report, compatibility is maintained with the existing report repository, transmission and even display (including paper display). However, when the display is aware of the endnote format, it enables a number of enhancements and manipulations of the information associated with the report. The principal economic value of this invention is that it enables many features and benefits of Internet networks to be added to existing hospital and departmental information systems without the delay and expense of replacing major components of these systems. A further benefit of the invention is that report templates can be developed (by doctors, managed care organizations and pharmaceutical companies) and freely intermixed in the same formal information repositories. The different reports can carry vastly different protocols and might, in a preferred embodiment put this information in XML format.
- By providing an endnote which can be used in connection with the report which forms part of a medical record, it is possible to create an electronic medical record including records of past procedures, protocols and logs. As a result, medical records linking a plurality of reports, protocols and procedures can be electronically stored, linked and accessed.
- It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above, among those made apparent from the preceding description are efficiently attained and, since certain changes may be made in carrying out the above method and the construction set forth without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
- It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific structures of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall there between.
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