US 6,983,423 B2
Electronic system for collecting and communicating clinical order information in an acute care setting
Carl Dvorak, Madison, Wis. (US); Christopher Alban, Madison, Wis. (US); and Indu Prakash, Madison, Wis. (US)
Assigned to Epic Systems Corporation, Madison, Wis. (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/13,698.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/257971, filed on Dec. 22, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2002/0080189 A1, Jun. 27, 2002
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/60 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—781 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A graphical user interface for use on a client computer coupled to an enterprise electronic medical records system for accepting order data, the graphical user interface comprising:
an order type navigation bar, wherein order types are selectable from the order type navigation bar;
an order entry window, linked to the order type navigation bar, the order entry window responsive to a selected order type to display an order list of the selected order type;
an expandable order editing box linked to the order entry window and responsive to selection of an order from the order list to provide an order data editing box and an order data summary, the order data summary responsive to the selected order from the order list.