System for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise

• US 20030078813A1
• Filed: 09/24/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Shumaker, Harold Kenneth, Hardel, Gary, Haskell, Robert Emmons
• Granted Patent: US 7,437,302 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A comprehensive database system employs common medical terms, vocabularies and identifiers in identifying organizational characteristics as well as location availability and suitability for delivering services by a particular physician to a patient with particular medical conditions via a user friendly display interface. A system for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supports operation of a healthcare enterprise. The system includes a first database including healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and derived from a plurality of different sources. The healthcare data common elements support use of consistent terminology between the plurality of organizations. A processor provides at least a portion of the healthcare data in the first database to a second database employed by at least one of the plurality of organizations in response to user command. The second database also supports use of user selectable items of healthcare data. An interface processor intermittently receives healthcare data updates for incorporation in the first database.

Claims

1. A system for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:

a first database including healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and derived from a plurality of different sources, said healthcare data common elements supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;

a processor for providing at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting use of user selectable items of healthcare data; and

an interface processor for intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database.

2. A system according to claim 1 wherein

said common elements of healthcare data includes standard identifiers derived from at least one of, (a) a national standard identifier set and (b) an industry standard identifier set.

3. A system according to claim 1 wherein

said plurality of healthcare organizations include vendor organizations providing supplies to healthcare organizations and

said common elements of healthcare data includes identifiers unique to corresponding vendor organizations.

4. A system according to claim 1 wherein

said healthcare data common elements supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations include at least one of, (a) codes, (b) terms and (c) identifiers for use in identifying a medical condition and an associated service provided at a location of an organization.

5. A system for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:

a first database including healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources, said healthcare data including

(a) information identifying a plurality of organizations,

(b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and

(c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and

a processor for providing at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting user access to selectable items of healthcare data.

6. A system according to claim 5, including

an interface processor for intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database and for

intermittently providing at least said portion of said healthcare data in said first database to said second database.

7. A system according to claim 5 wherein

said healthcare data common elements supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations include at least one of, (a) codes, (b) terms and (c) identifiers for use in identifying a medical condition and an associated service provided at a location of an organization.

8. A system according to claim 7 including

a tracking processor for date stamping at least one of, code sets, term sets and identifiers with a date of validity including at least one of, (a) a valid start date and (b) a validity end date.

9. A system according to claim 7 including

a tracking processor for maintaining a history of changes to at least one of, code sets, term sets, identifiers, treatment guidelines, treatment protocols and business rules for use in identifying an item changed and an associated date of change.

10. A system according to claim 5, wherein

said first database includes terms specific to a particular organization, said specific terms supporting business operation of said particular organization.

11. A system according to claim 5, including

a mapping processor for mapping a term in a first code set of said healthcare data to a different corresponding term in a second code set of said healthcare data.

12. A system according to claim 5, wherein

said first database includes,

an organization type identifier identifying a type of organization and

a location type identifier identifying a location type of a location in an individual organization.

13. A system according to claim 5, wherein

said first database incorporates information identifying at least one of,

(a) physicians associated with a location in an individual organization,

(b) a professional specialty of a physicians associated with an organization,

(c) medical services available at a location in an individual organization,

(d) medical services available to be provided by a particular physician at a location in an individual organization, and

(e) a plurality of medical conditions associated with treatment provided at a location of an organization.

14. A system according to claim 5 wherein

said plurality of organizations comprise a plurality of healthcare companies responsible for payment of patient bills accrued under healthcare insurance plans, said healthcare companies being associated with a location of an organization.

15. A system according to claim 5 including

a collation processor for collating data items of said portion of said healthcare data to provide collated healthcare data to said second database.

16. A system according to claim 5 including

a filter for filtering said portion of said healthcare data to provide filtered healthcare data to said second database.

17. A system for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:

an interface processor for acquiring healthcare data including

(a) information identifying a plurality of organizations,

(b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and

(c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;

a database maintained by at least one of said plurality of organizations for storing said acquired healthcare data; and

a processor supporting user access to selectable items of said stored acquired healthcare data.

18. A system according to claim 17 including

a filter for filtering said acquired healthcare data to provide filtered healthcare data for storage in said database.

19. A user interface system supporting user access to healthcare data, comprising the steps of:

initiating generation of at least one displayed image including image elements supporting user entry of search criteria for finding information concerning a service associated with treatment of a medical condition;

searching a first database in response to user command and receiving said search criteria, said first database incorporating healthcare data intermittently provided by a second database, said healthcare data including,

(a) information identifying a plurality of organizations,

(b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization, and

(c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and

initiating generation of at least one displayed image presenting results of said search.

20. A system according to claim 19 wherein

said data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations include at least one of, (a) codes, (b) terms and (c) identifiers for use in ensuring consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations in identifying a medical condition and an associated service provided at a location of an organization.

21. A method for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising the steps of:

accumulating healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources in a first database, said healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;

communicating at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting use of user selectable items of healthcare data; and

intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database.

22. A method for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising the steps of:

accumulating healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources in a first database, said healthcare data including,

(a) information identifying a plurality of organizations,

(b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and

(c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and

communicating at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command.