Medical and other consent information management system

• US 20060178913A1
• Filed: 01/03/2006
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Lara, Anne, Prasad, Rajiv
• Application Number:
  US11/324,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20060178913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• 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

Abstract

A system allows healthcare personnel to automatically associate patient related activities to an appropriate consent form and track the status of consent forms electronically. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprises at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to the particular patient and signatures validating consent obtained from the particular patient and other persons. A consent data processor uses the at least one repository and determines signatures required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient are obtained.

Claims

1. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:

at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying,

a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and

signatures validating consent obtained from said particular patient and other persons; and

a consent data processor for using said at least one repository and determining signatures required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient are obtained.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said particular treatment is a continuing treatment and

said consent data processor applies predetermined rules to determine a validity period of said particular consent and whether a signature previously acquired for said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient is expired.

3. A system according to claim 2, including

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image including image elements identifying to a user said signatures previously acquired for said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient are expired.

4. A system according to claim 2, including

a configuration processor for receiving user entered information indicating persons required to provide signatures for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said persons required to provide signatures for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment comprise at least two of, (a) a patient, (b) a physician and (c) a witness.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said other persons comprise at least one of, (a) physician and (b) a witness.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said consent information includes a consent form and

said at least one repository associates a consent form with a particular treatment.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said consent data processor applies predetermined rules to determine persons required to provide signatures for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein

said persons required to provide signatures for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment comprise at least two of, (a) a patient, (b) a physician and (c) a witness.

10. A system according to claim 1, including

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image including image elements identifying consent information status for a plurality of different patients and different treatments provided to said plurality of different patients.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein

said consent information status identifies at least two of, (a) expiration status of previously obtained consent information, (b) persons providing signatures indicating particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient and (c) a date said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient was obtained.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said at least one repository associates consent information of a particular patient with data identifying a date said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient was obtained.

13. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said consent data processor receives data representing a clinical note provided by a healthcare worker concerning status of said particular consent for storing in said at least one repository in association with said particular consent.

14. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:

at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying,

a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and

a signature validating consent obtained from said particular patient; and

a consent data processor for,

using said at least one repository and determining a patient signature required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient is obtained and

receiving status data representing status of a signature required or a particular consent and associating a status with a particular consent using said at east one repository.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said status signifies a signature required for a particular consent is at least one of, (a) near expiration and (b) expired.

16. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said status data is at least one of, (a) automatically derived and (b) entered by a user.

17. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said status signifies a particular signature required for a particular consent is missing, said particular signature is to be provided by one of, (a) patient, (b) a healthcare worker, (c) a witness and (d) a person designated by a patient.

18. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said status signifies data representing a particular consent is unavailable in electronic form.

19. A system according to claim 14, wherein

said consent data processor automatically applies predetermined rules to determine if a signature previously acquired for said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient is at least one of, (a) expired and (b) approaching expiration.

20. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:

at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying,

a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and

a signature validating consent obtained from said particular patient; and

a consent data processor for,

using said at least one repository and determining a patient signature required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient is obtained and

automatically applying predetermined rules to determine if a signature previously acquired for said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient is at least one of, (a) expired and (b) approaching expiration.

21. A system according to claim 20, wherein

said consent data processor receives status data representing status of a signature required for a particular consent and associates a status with a particular consent using said at least one repository.

22. A system according to claim 20, wherein

said consent data processor automatically derives status data representing status of a signature required for a particular consent and associates a status with a particular consent using said at least one repository.