Automated Medical Treatment Order Processing System
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1. An automated treatment ordering system, comprising:
- at least one repository including information associating a plurality of orders for treatment to be administered to a patient with corresponding ancillary treatment orders;
an input processor for receiving data identifying initiation of a particular treatment order for a particular patient;
a data processor for using said information in said at least one repository for automatically identifying and initiating an ancillary treatment order associated with said particular treatment order for said particular patient in response to predetermined rules and said data identifying initiation of said particular treatment order; and
a workflow processor for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed in performance of said ancillary treatment order.
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Abstract
A system employs a workflow engine and rules engine to automatically create, activate, discontinue, or perform other clinical orders functions without requiring a clinical user'"'"'s interaction to initiate the orders. This facilitates advanced clinical workflow order automation, allowing to implement treatment protocols as automated system processes that improve clinical system processes efficiencies and the quality of patient care.
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1. An automated treatment ordering system, comprising:
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at least one repository including information associating a plurality of orders for treatment to be administered to a patient with corresponding ancillary treatment orders;
an input processor for receiving data identifying initiation of a particular treatment order for a particular patient;
a data processor for using said information in said at least one repository for automatically identifying and initiating an ancillary treatment order associated with said particular treatment order for said particular patient in response to predetermined rules and said data identifying initiation of said particular treatment order; and
a workflow processor for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed in performance of said ancillary treatment order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An automated treatment ordering system, comprising:
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at least one repository including information associating a plurality of orders for treatment to be administered to a patient with corresponding ancillary treatment orders;
an input processor for receiving data indicating a diagnostic patient assessment has been made;
a data processor for automatically parsing and examining data fields of a document comprising said diagnostic patient assessment to derive a code representing said particular treatment order and using said identified code in automatically identifying said ancillary treatment order from said information in said at least one repository; and
a workflow processor for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed in performance of said ancillary treatment order. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An automated treatment ordering system, comprising:
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at least one repository including information associating a plurality of orders for treatment to be administered to a patient with corresponding ancillary treatment orders;
an input processor for receiving data identifying initiation of a particular treatment order for a particular patient;
a data processor for using said information in said at least one repository for automatically identifying and initiating an ancillary treatment order associated with said particular treatment order for said particular patient in response to said data identifying initiation of said particular treatment order; and
a workflow processor for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed in performance of said ancillary treatment order. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for automatically identifying and activating ancillary orders by a medical treatment ordering system in response to detected ancillary order codes, the method comprising the steps of:
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parsing data fields included in a treatment order to detect an ancillary order code;
where an ancillary order code is detected, automatically identifying an ancillary order associated with the detected code; and
executing ancillary order workflow including automatically collecting ancillary order parameter values and initiating the ancillary order by messaging an alerts worklist accessible by supporting healthcare workers. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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