D'Alessandro & Ritchie
Apparatus and method for merging medical protocols
 An apparatus and method for providing a medical protocol graphic user interface which graphically merges medical treatments is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of graphic images representing a medical treatment plan. The graphic images are presented in a chronological order based in real or virtual time slots and may be viewed in either a flow chart or a chart view format. The chart view format may be used by healthcare professionals to enter data. The graphical images include an order node, result node and flow node. The various nodes may be connected to form a healthcare plan assigned to a patient. Two separate medical treatment plans may be combined with duplicate or conflicting orders removed. 
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Ragnar W. Erik Annsheng C. Robert B. Chung-Jen Kenneth I. Toshikazu
Edholm Worth Ting Sigmon, Jr. Ho Macrae Matsumoto