Computerized methods for displaying clinically-related in-patient information

• US 20060277070A1
• Filed: 06/02/2005
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Hungerford, Jill R., Brackett, Charles Cameron
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Methods for use in, e.g., in-patient care computing environment, for displaying clinically-related in-patient information on at least one patient-viewable display device are provided. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention may include receiving a clinical order associated with an in-patient, automatically generating one or more tasks based on the clinical order received, and automatically displaying the task(s) on the patient-viewable display device. If desired, the method may additionally include associating the clinical order and the task(s) with an electronic record associated with the in-patient (e.g., an electronic medical record), and accessing the electronic record to obtain the one or more tasks for display on the patient-viewable display device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying clinically-related in-patient information, the method comprising:

receiving a clinical order associated with an in-patient;

automatically generating one or more tasks based on the clinical order received; and

automatically displaying the one or more tasks on at least one patient-viewable display device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the clinical order and the one or more tasks with an electronic record associated with the in-patient; and

accessing the electronic record to obtain the one or more tasks for display on the at least one patient-viewable display device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more tasks are updated in real-time.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the one or more tasks based on at least one criterion prior to automatically displaying the one or more tasks on the at least one patient-viewable display device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein each of the at least one criterion comprises one of a care giver-specified criterion, an in-patient-specified criterion, and an institution-specified criterion.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more tasks comprises a charge-related task.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more tasks comprises an in-patient-action task.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising displaying an in-patient-action indicator in association with the at least one in-patient-action task.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving input that the in-patient-action task has been completed; and

associating the input with the electronic record.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising displaying additional information on the patient-viewable display device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of educational materials, support group information, patient surveys, charge-related information, service schedules, institution visiting hours, email communications, electronic messages, available menus, and selectable links thereto.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the clinical order is one of a physician-created order and an in-patient-created order.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising automatically displaying the one or more tasks on at least one additional patient-viewable display device.

14. A computer programmed to perform the method recited in claim 1.

15. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing the method recited in claim 1.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein each of the at least one criterion comprises one of care giver-specified criterion, an in-patient-specified criterion, and an institution-specified criterion.

16. A computer-implemented method for displaying clinically-related in-patient information, the method comprising:

receiving at least one of a clinical diagnosis and information pertaining to a clinical issue, the clinical diagnosis and/or clinical issue being associated with an in-patient;

automatically generating one or more tasks based on the at least one of the clinical diagnosis and the information pertaining to the clinical issue received; and

automatically displaying the one or more tasks on at least one patient-viewable display device.

17. A computer-implemented method for displaying clinically-related in-patient information, the method comprising:

receiving at least one of a clinical order, a clinical diagnosis, and information pertaining to a clinical issue, the clinical order, clinical diagnosis, and/or clinical issue being associated with an in-patient; and

displaying one or more of advertising content and clinical information pertaining to the clinical order, clinical diagnosis, and/or clinical issue on at least one patient-viewable display device.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, further comprising:

associating the at least one of the clinical order, the clinical diagnosis, and the information pertaining to the clinical issue with an electronic record associated with the in-patient; and

accessing the electronic record to obtain the at least one of the clinical order, the clinical diagnosis, and the information pertaining to the clinical issue; and

utilizing the at least one of the clinical order, the clinical diagnosis, and the information pertaining to the clinical issue accessed to select the one or more of the advertising content and the clinical information for display on the at least one patient-viewable display device.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, further comprising filtering the one or more of the advertising content and the clinical information based on at least one criterion prior to displaying the one or more of the advertising content and the clinical information on the at least one patient-viewable display device.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the method comprises displaying clinical information pertaining to the clinical order, clinical diagnosis, and/or clinical issue, and wherein the clinical information comprises one or more of educational materials, support group information, and selectable links thereto.

22. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing the method recited in claim 17.

23. A user interface embodied on at least one computer readable medium, the user interface for displaying an in-patient directed view of clinically-related in-patient information, the user interface comprising a schedule display area configured to display at least one of clinically-related tasks associated with the in-patient and non-clinically-related scheduling information.

24. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising an advertising content display area configured to display clinically-related advertising content.

25. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising a clinical information display area configured to display clinically-related education materials.

26. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising an email display area configured to display one or more of an email inbox associated with the in-patient and at least one email message residing in the in-patient'"'"'s email inbox.

27. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising a demographics display area configured to display information associated with the in-patient that has been derived from an electronic record associated with the in-patient.

28. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising a live-connect display area configured to display a real-time video image of a remote location with which an audio/video connection has been established.