System and method for ordering patient specific healthcare services

• US 20030074220A1
• Filed: 05/09/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Brandt, Samuel I.
• Granted Patent: US 7,904,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references

Abstract

A system and method for ordering healthcare services wherein a list of selectable orders for medical services for a given patient is dynamically generated based on medical information of the patient (e.g., the patient'"'"'s condition or set of conditions) and presented to a user (e.g., a physician). In one aspect, a system for ordering patient specific healthcare services comprises a user interface that enables a user to input a medical condition of a patient and to select desired medical services from a list of orderable medical services presented to the user; a services database comprising a plurality of predetermined medical services that are each associated with a medical condition; and an engine for compiling the list of orderable medical services from one or more predetermined medical services in the services database that are associated with the input medical conditions of the patient. A clinical knowledge model is used by the engine to identify a medical condition that is potentially associated with a known or identified medical condition of the patient, based upon potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, or any combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method for providing a displayable list of services available for order by a healthcare provider in providing health care to a patient, comprising the steps of:

deriving search criteria based on a medical condition of a patient;

applying the search criteria in searching a database of predetermined services associated with a plurality of different medical conditions to identify candidate services for order by a user in providing health care addressing a medical condition of the particular patient; and

compiling a list of the identified candidate services.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying the compiled list of the identified candidate services.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the deriving step comprises deriving search criteria based on a plurality of medical conditions of the patient.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the applying step comprises applying the search criteria in searching the database to identify a plurality of candidate services associated with a corresponding plurality of known medical conditions of the patient for order by a user via a composite list of the plurality of candidate services.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the deriving step comprises deriving search criteria based on a plurality of medical conditions of the patient and potentially associated sub-conditions, wherein a potentially associated sub-condition of a medical condition is identified using a clinical knowledge model that associates medical conditions based upon one of potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, and a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the deriving step comprises deriving search criteria based on a role of the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the role of the user comprises a physician specialty or a nurse specialty.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the deriving step comprises deriving search criteria based on predetermined preferences of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving user identification information and wherein the method is automatically performed in response to a user command and without manual intervention.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising the step of receiving information identifying a particular patient from a plurality of patients.

11. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing a displayable list of services available for order by a healthcare provider in providing health care to a patient, the method steps comprising:

deriving search criteria based on a medical condition of a patient;

applying the search criteria in searching a database of predetermined services associated with a plurality of different medical conditions to identify candidate services for order by a user in providing health care addressing a medical condition of the particular patient; and

compiling a list of the identified candidate services.

12. The program storage device of claim 11, further comprising instructions for displaying the compiled list of the identified candidate services.

13. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the instructions for performing the step of deriving comprise instructions for deriving search criteria based on a plurality of medical conditions of the patient.

14. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein the instructions for performing the step of applying comprise instructions for applying the search criteria in searching the database to identify a plurality of candidate services associated with a corresponding plurality of medical conditions of the patient for order by a user via a composite list of the plurality of candidate services.

15. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the instructions for performing the step of deriving comprise instructions for deriving search criteria based on a plurality of medical conditions of the patient and potentially associated sub-conditions, wherein a potentially associated sub-condition of a medical condition is identified using a clinical knowledge model that associates medical conditions based upon one of potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, and a combination thereof.

16. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the instructions for performing the step of deriving comprise instructions for deriving search criteria based on a role of the user.

17. The program storage device of claim 16, wherein the role of the user comprises a physician specialty or a nurse specialty.

18. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the instructions for performing the step of deriving comprise instructions for deriving search criteria based on predetermined preferences of the user.

19. The program storage device of claim 11, further comprising instructions for performing the step of receiving user identification information and wherein the method is automatically performed in response to user command and without manual intervention.

20. The program storage device of claim 19, further comprising instructions for performing the step of receiving information identifying a particular patient from a plurality of patients.

21. A method for ordering healthcare services, comprising the steps of:

inputting medical information of a patient;

searching a database comprising predetermined medical services to identify one or more candidate medical services that are associated with the input medical information of the patient;

compiling a list of orderable medical services using the identified candidate medical services; and

presenting the list of orderable medical services to a user.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the medical information of the patient comprises a medical condition of the patient.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of presenting a list of selected orderable medical services that are selected by the user.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of presenting the list of orderable medical services comprises the steps of:

presenting a reminder of a specific medical condition of the patient based on the medical information of the patient; and

presenting a selectable medical service associated with the specific medical condition.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of compiling a list of orderable medical services further comprises compiling the list of orderable medical services based on user preference information of the user.

29. The program storage device of claim 21, wherein the instructions for performing the step of presenting the list of orderable medical services comprise instructions for performing the steps of:

presenting a reminder of a specific medical condition of the patient based on the medical information of the patient; and

presenting a selectable medical service associated with the specific medical condition.

26. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for ordering healthcare services, the method steps comprising:

receiving as input medical information of a patient;

searching a database comprising predetermined medical services to identify one or more candidate medical services that are associated with the input medical information of the patient;

compiling a list of orderable medical services using the identified candidate medical services; and

presenting the list of orderable medical services to a user.

27. The program storage device of claim 26, wherein the medical information of the patient comprises a medical condition of the patient.

28. The program storage device of claim 26, further comprising instructions for performing the step of presenting a list of selected orderable medical services that are selected by the user.

30. The program storage device of claim 26, wherein the instructions for performing the step of compiling a list of orderable medical services comprise instructions for compiling the list of orderable medical services based on user preference information of the user.

31. A system for ordering patient specific healthcare services, comprising:

a user interface that enables a user to input a medical condition of a patient and to select desired medical services from a list of orderable medical services presented to the user;

a services database comprising a plurality of predetermined medical services that are each associated with a medical condition; and

an engine for compiling the list of orderable medical services from one or more predetermined medical services in the services database that are associated with the input medical conditions of the patient.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the system is distributed over a communications network.

33. The system of claim 31, further comprising a patient database comprising medical information of one or more patients, wherein the user interface enable a user to input medical conditions of the patient directly from the patient database.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface.

35. The system of claim 31, further comprising a clinical knowledge model that is used by the engine to identify a medical condition that is potentially associated with a known or identified medical condition of the patient based upon one of potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, and a combination thereof.