Systems and methods for intelligent radiology work allocation

US11024418B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Eric Jester · Hoffman Estates, US
• Arun Viswanath · Lake Zurich, US
• Madhu Seepani · Crystal Lake, US
• Shaoyu Feigler · Barrington, US
• Jeff Chu · Quechee, US
• Jiaohuan Wang · Schaumburg, US
• Vineet Ahuja · Palatine, US
• Brittany Johnson · Concord, US
• Charlotte Mae Shelton · Gilbert, US
• Rhonda Eckstein · Baileyton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H30/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An example system to distribute a medical exam to an examiner includes a first interface to display a medical exam identifier associated with a medical exam stored in a patient record database and an examiner availability indicator to be displayed via the first interface. The examiner availability indicator is to be updated via a second interface. The example system includes an exam allocator to automatically allocate the medical exam to the examiner and an assignment tool to be displayed to a user via the first interface and to facilitate assignment of the allocated exam to the examiner. At least one of the exam allocator or the assignment tool is to be communicatively associated with the examiner availability indicator. Upon assignment of the medical exam to the examiner, the medical exam identifier is displayed in an examiner work queue via the first interface, the second interface, and a third interface.