System and method for improved care provider management

• US 20070088571A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Randazzo, Michael, Susai, Joseph, John, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/394,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088571A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for managing care provider relationships including a user interface component and a database. The user interface component is capable of specifying an association between a patient and a care provider. The association includes a role for the care provider. The database is capable of storing association data. The association data includes one or more associations between patients and care providers.

Claims

1. A system for managing care provider relationships, the system including:

a user interface component, wherein the user interface component is capable of specifying an association between a patient and a care provider, wherein the association includes a role for the care provider; and

a database, wherein the database is capable of storing association data, wherein the association data includes one or more associations between patients and care providers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of displaying the association data.

3. The system of claim 1, further including an order entry component, wherein the order entry component is capable of generating an order, wherein the order includes an association between the patient and the care provider.

4. The system of claim 1, further including a clinical decision support component, wherein the clinical decision support component is capable of generating a notification to a user, wherein the user is determined based at least in part on the association data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of defining a team of care providers.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of associating the patient a team of care providers.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of defining a custom role for the care provider.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the association between the patient and the care provider is temporary.

9. A method for managing care provider relationships, the method including:

associating a patient with a care provider, wherein the association includes a role for the care provider; and

storing the association between the patient and the care provider in a database, wherein the database includes association data, wherein the association data includes one or more associations between patients and care providers.

10. The method of claim 9, further including displaying the association data.

11. The method of claim 9, further including generating an order with an order entry component, wherein the order specifies an association between the patient and the care provider.

12. The method of claim 9, further including generating a notification to a user with a clinical decision support component, wherein the user is determined based at least in part on the association data.

13. The method of claim 9, further including defining a team of care providers.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the patient is associated with a team of care providers.

15. The method of claim 9, further including defining a custom role for the care provider.

16. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a user interface routine configured to allow an association between a patient and a care provider to be specified, wherein the association includes a role for the care provider; and

a storage routine configured to store the association in association data, wherein the association data includes one or more associations between patients and care providers.

17. The set of instructions of claim 16, further including an order entry routine configured to generate an order, wherein the order associates the patient with the care provider.

18. The set of instructions of claim 16, further including a clinical decision support routine configured to generate a notification to a user, wherein the user is determined based at least in part on the association data.

19. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein the user interface routine is configured to allow an association between the patient and a team of care providers to be specified.

20. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein the user interface routine is configured to allow a custom role to be specified.