Patient-Clinician Encounter Information Modeling Through Web Based Intelligent 3D Visual Interface
Abstract
This Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project was concerned with the development of medical information access and presentation technology. The project has developed and initially implemented BetterView, a specific approach for medical data visualization and browsing. The approach supports (a) high level exploration and interaction with medical information through advanced 3D visualization, (b) presentation of a Gestalt view of the patient to the clinician (i.e., the "Big Picture" presentation that facilities more cooperative, and thereby intelligent, reasoning between clinicians and patients' data models and more cognitive presentation of clinical data), (c) direction of the clinician to the most plausible diagnostic hypotheses very early in the process of information exploration, and (d) information access at a higher level of abstraction (to free the physicians to focus on issues that matter the most instead of on details and system functions that don't). During the Phase I effort, commercial potentials of the developed technology have been identified. Commercialization will be initially pursued with the Department of Defense (e.g., TRICARE - a healthcare program for military families and retirees). This technology should also be of interest to those HMO type healthcare provider commercial sectors that encompass a lull range of services from outpatient primary care in remote clinics to intensive care within large teaching medical centers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADB283633
Entities
People
- Jerzy Bala
- Peter Pachowicz