US 11,894,110 B2
Information processing apparatus and method for clinical laboratory management
Akio Miyauchi, Kobe (JP); Naoki Tsuro, Kobe (JP); Norio Kowata, Kobe (JP); Naoki Kai, Kobe (JP); Shirou Kuwaoka, Kobe (JP); Yukihisa Minematsu, Kobe (JP); Mark Dahlberg, Elgin, IL (US); Steve Postma, Mundelein, IL (US); Chris Carrier, Cary, IL (US); Jackie Guenther, Flower Mound, TX (US); and Anselm Mueller, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Sysmex Corporation, Kobe (JP)
Filed by Sysmex Corporation, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/834,799.
Application 16/834,799 is a continuation of application No. 15/233,361, filed on Aug. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,607,724.
Prior Publication US 2020/0234805 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. G16H 10/40 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 10/40 (2018.01) 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a controller communicatively connected with a terminal having a display that is operable by a user, wherein the controller is programmed to:
provide the terminal with data to display a screen including a plurality of first-layer categories and two or more first-layer indexes each representing a status of one or more clinical laboratories arranged in the plurality of first-layer categories, wherein each of the first-layer indexes is statistically derived from information collected from a plurality of analyzers installed in the one or more clinical laboratories or from a computer connected to the plurality of analyzers and is displayed as associated with one of the plurality of first-layer categories;
in response to the user indicating a particular first- layer category by the user selecting one of the first-layer categories or selecting one of the first-layer indexes displayed on the screen associated with the particular first-layer category, altering the screen to further include display of a plurality of second-layer categories and a plurality of second-layer indexes in the plurality of second-layer categories in relationship with the particular first-layer category, wherein the plurality of second-layer categories comprise sub-categories of the selected particular first-layer category;
provide the terminal with data to display the plurality of second-layer indexes, wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are statistically derived from the information collected from the plurality of analyzers, and wherein the plurality of second-layer indexes are subdivisions of at least one of the first-layer indexes of the particular first-layer category broken down into the plurality of second-layer indexes each corresponding to individual ones of the plurality of second-layer categories; and
enable the user to alter settings to customize the display of the plurality of second-layer categories.