System and method for managing an endoscopic lab

Abstract

A system designed to support and manage the workflow for all user roles pertaining to an endoscopic laboratory, from registration and scheduling of patient information through pre-procedure, procedure and post-procedure phases of an endoscopic examination, including support for the entry, by various users associated with an endoscopic laboratory, of information and data including the processing and storage of endoscopic images captured during an endoscopic exam of a patient, for association with a patient record stored in a database, and including the entry of procedure notes and generation of reports that include the stored images, all via an integrated user interface.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 471,349 filed May 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. This application further relates to commonly-owned, co-pending U.S. patent application Serial Nos. ______, and ______ (Atty. Dockets 17282, 17283 and 17284) incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to imaging systems and workstations for medical applications, and particularly an system designed to support the entry, by various users associated with an endoscopic laboratory, of information and data including the capture, processing and storage of endoscopic images during an endoscopic exam, and especially for managing workflow for all user roles pertaining to the endoscopic laboratory, from registration and scheduling of patient information through pre-procedure, proced...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel clinical information management system designed for the practice of endoscopy that supports and manages the workflow of all users having roles pertaining to an endoscopic laboratory, and particularly, the execution of an endoscopic procedure performed upon a patient, sequentially, through various lifecycle stages associated with the endoscopic practice. Preferably, the workflow processes associated with these lifecycle stages are flexible enough to support small, independent endoscopic practices and endoscopic departments that are integral to large healthcare institutions.

Problems solved by technology

Moreover, such prior art clinical information management systems do not accurately support and manage the workflow of all users having roles pertaining to an endoscopic laboratory.

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