Medical device management system including a clinical system interface
First Claim
1. An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising:
- an order processor for processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient;
a device management processor for receiving data items from said order processor comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and (b) an identifier for identifying said physician order, and for processing and using said data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering said treatment to said patient, wherein said device management processor associates at least one registered user with said medical device, and wherein said device management processor is adapted to register an unregistered user; and
a communication interface enabling bidirectional communication between said device management processor and said medical device.
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Abstract
An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising: an order processor for processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient; a device management processor for receiving data items from the order processor comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and (b) an identifier for identifying the physician order, and for processing and using the data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering the treatment to the patient; and a communication interface enabling bidirectional communication between the device management processor and the medical device.
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34 Claims
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1. An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising:
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an order processor for processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient;
a device management processor for receiving data items from said order processor comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and (b) an identifier for identifying said physician order, and for processing and using said data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering said treatment to said patient, wherein said device management processor associates at least one registered user with said medical device, and wherein said device management processor is adapted to register an unregistered user; and
a communication interface enabling bidirectional communication between said device management processor and said medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising:
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an authentication processor for receiving user identification information and determining a user is authorized to access an application used in managing a particular medical device used for delivering a treatment to a patient and inhibiting access to said application in response to a determination access is unauthorized;
a device management processor for receiving data items in a message of predetermined format having predetermined data fields and for processing said data items in managing operation of said particular medical device, in response to a user authorization determination, wherein if said user is registered, said device management processor associates said user with said medical device, and wherein said device management processor is adapted to register said user if said user is not registered; and
a communication interface enabling communication of said device management processor with said medical device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising:
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an authentication processor for receiving user identification information and determining a user is authorized to access an application used in managing a particular medical device used for delivering a treatment to a patient and inhibiting said access in response to a determination access is unauthorized;
a repository including patient specific information;
an device management processor for receiving data items in a message of predetermined format having predetermined data fields and for processing said data items in managing operation of said particular medical device and for using said received data items and said patient specific information in said repository for determining whether it is safe to use said medical device for delivering said treatment to said patient, in response to a user authorization determination, wherein if said user is registered, said device management processor associates said user with said medical device, and wherein said device management processor is adapted to register said user if said user is not registered; and
a communication interface enabling communication of said device management processor with said medical device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising the activities of:
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processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient;
receiving data items from said physician order comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and (b) an identifier for identifying said physician order;
processing and using said data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering said treatment to said patient;
associating at least one registered user with said medical device;
if a user is not registered, registering said user; and
enabling bi-directional communication with said medical device for delivery of information related to said physician order.
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31. A method for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising the activities of:
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receiving user identification information and determining a user is authorized to access an application used in managing a particular medical device used for delivering a treatment to a patient and inhibiting said access in response to a determination access is unauthorized;
if said user is registered, associating said user with said particular medical device;
if said user is not registered, registering said user;
receiving data items in a message of predetermined format having predetermined data fields and for processing said data items in managing operation of said particular medical device, in response to a user authorization determination; and
enabling communication with said medical device for communicating at least one of said data items.
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32. An information system for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising:
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an order processor for processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient;
a device management processor for;
receiving data items from said order processor comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and. (b) a non-scanned fixed format barcode identifier for identifying said physician order, and processing and using said data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering said treatment to said patient; and
a communication interface enabling bidirectional communication between said device management processor and said medical device.
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33. A method for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising the activities of:
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processing a physician order for initiating providing a treatment to a patient;
receiving data items from said physician order comprising at least one of, (a) a patient identifier and (b) a non-scanned fixed format barcode identifier for identifying said physician order;
processing and using said data items in managing access to a medical device used for delivering said treatment to said patient; and
enabling bidirectional communication with said medical device for delivery of information related to said physician order.
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34. A method for managing operation of medical devices in delivering treatment to a patient, comprising the activities of:
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receiving user identification information and determining a user is authorized to access an application used in managing a particular medical device used for delivering a treatment to a patient and inhibiting said access in response to a determination access is unauthorized;
receiving data items in a message of predetermined format having predetermined data fields and for processing said data items in managing operation of said particular medical device, in response to a user authorization determination, said message comprising at least one non-scanned fixed format barcode; and
enabling communication with said medical device for communicating at least one of said data items.
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