Medication management system
First Claim
1. A medication management system, comprising:
- a medical device adapted to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient;
a medication management computer associated with the medical device;
first input means for conveying a patient-specific prescribed medication order information to the medication management computer;
second input means for reading and inputting machine-readable delivery information including patient-specific, drug container specific, and medical device specific information from the patient, drug container, and medical device respectively into the medication management computer; and
the medication management computer including a processing unit for comparing the information from the first input means to the information from the second input means and generating an alarm if the information from the first input means does not match the information from the second input means.
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Abstract
A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads a medication order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information 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, and dynamically adjust) medication order performance. The medical device wirelessly receives a patient ID to automatically associate with the patient. During delivery, the medical device caches an updated drug library to replace an existing one. The medical device displays a patient picture for validation. The MMU evaluates the performance of medical devices and caregivers based medical device feedback. The MMU adjusts the output of medical device information conveyed to a caregiver.
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36 Claims
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1. A medication management system, comprising:
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a medical device adapted to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient;
a medication management computer associated with the medical device;
first input means for conveying a patient-specific prescribed medication order information to the medication management computer;
second input means for reading and inputting machine-readable delivery information including patient-specific, drug container specific, and medical device specific information from the patient, drug container, and medical device respectively into the medication management computer; and
the medication management computer including a processing unit for comparing the information from the first input means to the information from the second input means and generating an alarm if the information from the first input means does not match the information from the second input means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for administering a medication to a patient, comprising the steps of:
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electronically inputting a patient-specific medication order information into a medication management computer containing clinical decision support rules and associated with a medical device;
electronically inputting delivery information including patient-specific, drug container specific and medical device specific information into the medication management computer;
comparing the patient-specific medication order information with the delivery information; and
alerting a caregiver if any of the clinical decision support rules are violated. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A medication management system, for use with an information system in a hospital environment 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, caregiver specific and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, caregiver and medical device respectively;
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, 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 the delivery information from the second input means, request a medication order from the information system based on the delivery information from the second input means, receive the medication order from the information system, and send delivery programming code to the medical device based on the 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 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the information system; and
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26. A medication management system, for use with an information system in a hospital environment 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, caregiver specific and medical device specific delivery information from the patient, drug container, caregiver and medical device respectively;
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, 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 the delivery information from the second input means, request a medication order from the information system based on the delivery information from the second input means, receive the medication order from the information system, and send delivery programming code to the medical device based on the 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 the delivery programming code for a medication order prescribed for a patient; and
wherein the medical device programming code permits the medical device to perform a medication order prescribed for a patient only after a caregiver has validated the delivery programming code data. - View Dependent Claims (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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30. 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 the 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 a second input means;
receiving the delivery information from the second input means at a medication management unit;
requesting an order from an information system based on the delivery information from the second input means at the medication management unit;
receiving an order from the information system at the medication management unit;
sending a delivery programming code to the medical device based on the order 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 (31)
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32. A medication management system, for use with a 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 the delivery information from the second input means, compare the 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 (33, 34, 35, 36)
- wherein the first input means delivers a medication order prescribed for a patient to the information system; and
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