Systems and methods for medical data collection and display

Abstract

A method and system for managing medical data is described. Medical data is stored in a database, where the medical data is supplied by both a patient and by other members of a care team authorized by the patient to provide medical data to the database, the other members of the care team including at least one of a physician, a pharmacist, other health professional and a family member of the patient. A computing device connected to a network provides at least some portions of the medical data supplied by the other members of the care team to the patient and provides at least some portions of the medical data supplied by the patient to members of the care team that are authorized by the patient to receive at least some portions of the medical data, where the providing includes providing a plurality of graphic representations of medical data along a common timeline.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer implemented method for tracking medical data, comprising:
 aggregating, via a computing device, medical data from a plurality of sources;   structuring, via a computing device, the aggregated data into a computer database; and   transmitting for display, in a graphical format on an electronic display, the medical data in a single screen and oriented against a common timeline.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the medical data comprises data regarding a plurality of pharmaceuticals utilized by a particular patient, and wherein the graphical format indicates changes over time in the utilization of the pharmaceuticals by the particular patient, wherein each one of the pharmaceuticals is associated with a line against a common timeline indicative of a time period of utilizing the pharmaceutical, and wherein at least some of the changes are indicated by symbols associated with the lines. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one of the changes is an increase or decrease of dosage or strength of one of the pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the change of an increase or decrease of dosage or strength of one of the pharmaceuticals is indicated on the display by a line with a step up for an increase in dosage or strength, or a line with a step down for a decrease in dosage or strength. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the line includes associated text indicative of a first dosage or strength amount prior to the step and a second dosage or strength amount after the step. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one of the changes is starting and/or stopping utilizing one of the pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the change of starting and/or stopping utilization of one of the pharmaceuticals is indicated on the display by a vertical line segment at a time corresponding to the starting and/or stopping. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one of the changes is a replacement of one of the pharmaceuticals with one or more replacement pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein a replacement is indicated on the display by a pair of spaced-apart vertical line segments at the timeframe of the replacement of the one of the pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein each of the one or more other pharmaceuticals has an associated line starting at the timeframe of the replacement, and wherein each line has associated text indicative of each of the other pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one of the changes is splitting the dosage of one of the pharmaceuticals into a split dosage. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the change of splitting the dosage is indicated on the display by a symbol showing multiple doses starting at a timeframe when the dosage is split. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the symbol is associated with text indicative of the split dosage. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 2 , additionally comprising adding a symbol to a line of any of the corresponding pharmaceuticals for which no changes are indicated for the timeframe displayed on the display. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , additionally comprising associating text indicative of maintaining for the lines of the pharmaceuticals for which no changes are indicated. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein one of the changes is changing a frequency of taking one of the pharmaceuticals. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein changing a frequency is indicated on the display by a symbol showing a new frequency of taking one of the pharmaceuticals at a timeframe when the frequency changed. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein text indicative of a new dosage after changing the frequency is associated with the icon, and text indicative of a previous dosage is associated with the line for the one of the pharmaceuticals prior to the timeframe when the frequency changed. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 2 , additionally comprising associating text for each line indicative of the name of the pharmaceutical. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein each line indicative of a pharmaceutical has the same starting time, ending time and time scale.