Medication management system
First Claim
4. A medication management system, for use with an information system in a hospital environment that includes a hospital information system, first input means and second input means;
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the hospital information system; and
wherein the second input means inputs to the hospital information system machine-readable patient-specific, drug container specific, caregiver specific and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, caregiver and medical device respectively; and
wherein the information system includes program code for comparing the prescribed medication order with the inputted delivery information in order to insure that a correct drug/patient/route/time/dosage medication order has been requested for execution by an authorized caregiver and an appropriate medical device;
comprising;
a medical device adapted to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient;
a medication management unit adapted for electronic communication with the information system and the medical device, the medication management unit having a processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing programming code executed by the processing unit to receive the correct medication order from the information system, and send delivery programming code to the medical device based on the correct medication order;
the medical device having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing programming code executed by the processor to receive and execute the delivery programming code to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient; and
wherein the medical device receives delivery information electronically only through the medication management unit.
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Abstract
A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads medication delivery code based on a medication delivery order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information electronically only from the MMU. The medication order is performed only after delivery data validation. The MMU also determines drug-drug incompatibility. The MMU can modulate (start, stop, sequence and dynamically adjust) medication order performance.
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29 Claims
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4. A medication management system, for use with an information system in a hospital environment that includes a hospital information system, first input means and second input means;
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the hospital information system; and
wherein the second input means inputs to the hospital information system machine-readable patient-specific, drug container specific, caregiver specific and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, caregiver and medical device respectively; and
wherein the information system includes program code for comparing the prescribed medication order with the inputted delivery information in order to insure that a correct drug/patient/route/time/dosage medication order has been requested for execution by an authorized caregiver and an appropriate medical device;
comprising;
a medical device adapted to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient;
a medication management unit adapted for electronic communication with the information system and the medical device, the medication management unit having a processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing programming code executed by the processing unit to receive the correct medication order from the information system, and send delivery programming code to the medical device based on the correct medication order;
the medical device having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing programming code executed by the processor to receive and execute the delivery programming code to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient; and
wherein the medical device receives delivery information electronically only through the medication management unit. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the hospital information system; and
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23. A method for delivering programming code to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient to a medical device, comprising:
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delivering a medication order prescribed for a patient to an information system via a first input means;
inputting machine-readable patient-specific, drug container specific, caregiver specific and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, caregiver and medical device respectively, to the information system via a second input means to provide a verified medication order;
receiving the delivery information from the second input means at a medication management unit;
receiving the verified medication order from the information system based on the delivery information;
sending a delivery programming code to the medical device based on the verified medication order and the delivery information received at the medication management unit;
receiving and executing the delivery programming code at the medical device to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient; and
wherein the medical device receives delivery information electronically only through the medication management unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A medication management system, for use with an information system and first and second input means;
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the information system; and
wherein the second input means inputs machine-readable patient-specific, drug container specific, and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, and medical device respectively;
comprising;
a medical device adapted to perform a medication delivery order based upon a medication order prescribed for a patient; and
a medication management unit adapted for electronic communication with the information system, the medical device and the second input means, the medication management unit having a processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing programming code executed by the processing unit to receive a first medication delivery order and a second medication delivery from the information system, compare the first and second sets of delivery information with an expert rule set to determine if there is drug-drug incompatibility, and generate an alarm where drug-drug incompatibility is found. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 27, 28, 29)
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the information system; and
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28-1. The system of claim 27, wherein the medication management unit programming code determines a suggested time delay interval between delivery of the first and second medication delivery orders that would avoid drug-drug incompatibility.
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