RESCEDULING CLINICAL ACTIVITIES IN CONTEXT OF ACTIVITIES VIEW

• US 20080086329A1
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: GEHRT, LAURIE, GANNON, MARY, HERTEL, CHERYL
• Application Number:
  US11/777,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20080086329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Clinical activity management is provided by a patient activity list that allows rescheduling of clinical activities in context. A timeline view is presented including one or more scheduled clinical activities for at least one patient assigned to the clinician. The timeline view is divided into a number of time periods and each scheduled clinical activity is presented at a time period corresponding with a scheduled time for the scheduled clinical activity. User input indicating a desire to reschedule at least one scheduled clinical activity is received, and a rescheduling user interface component is presented in conjunction with the timeline view. Further user input is received indicating a change in scheduled time for the scheduled clinical activity via the rescheduling user interface component. In response to the further user input, the scheduled clinical activity is presented at a time period in the timeline view based on the change in scheduled time.

Claims

1. A method in a clinical computing environment for facilitating the rescheduling of clinical activities for a clinician, the method comprising:

presenting a timeline view including one or more scheduled clinical activities for at least one patient assigned to the clinician, wherein the timeline view is divided into a plurality of time periods and each scheduled clinical activity is presented at a time period corresponding with a scheduled time for the scheduled clinical activity;

receiving user input indicating a desire to reschedule at least one scheduled clinical activity;

presenting a rescheduling user interface component in conjunction with the timeline view;

receiving user input indicating a change in scheduled time for the at least one scheduled clinical activity via the rescheduling user interface component; and

presenting the at least one scheduled clinical activity at a time period in the timeline view based on the change in scheduled time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more scheduled clinical activities comprise all clinical activities scheduled to be performed for patients by the clinician during the clinician'"'"'s shift.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each scheduled clinical activity is presented in the timeline view using an icon representing a type for the scheduled clinical activity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the rescheduling user interface component allows entry of a reschedule reason.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input corresponding with a reschedule reason via the rescheduling user interface component.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises storing the reschedule reason.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises storing the change in scheduled time for the at least one scheduled clinical activity in a reschedule history.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises storing a reschedule reason with the change in scheduled time in the reschedule history.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises providing the reschedule history to at least one other clinician.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises presenting a reschedule history for the at least one scheduled clinical activity via the rescheduling user interface component.

11. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method comprising presenting a graphical user interface including a timeline view showing all clinical activities scheduled to be performed for a patient by a clinician during a specified work period and allowing the clinician to reschedule at least one clinical activity in context of the timeline view.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the timeline view shows all clinical activities scheduled to be performed by the clinician for all patient assigned to the clinician during the specified work period.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the specified work period comprises a shift.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises maintaining a reschedule history for the at least one clinical activity.

15. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method for rescheduling a clinical activity scheduled to be performed by a clinician for a patient, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display, a timeline view area providing a two-dimensional representation in which a first dimension corresponds with patients assigned to the clinician and a second dimension corresponds with time periods, the timeline view area including clinical activities scheduled to be performed for the patients by the clinician, wherein each clinical activity is shown in the timeline view area based on a scheduled time for the clinical activity;

receiving user input indicating a desire to reschedule a selected clinical activity in the timeline view area;

presenting, on the display, a rescheduling area adjacent the timeline view area;

receiving user input via the rescheduling area indicating a change in the scheduled time for the selected clinical activity;

presenting, on the display, the timeline view area showing the selected clinical activity at a time period corresponding with the change in the scheduled time; and

storing information in a reschedule history, the information corresponding with the change in scheduled time for the selected clinical activity.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein each scheduled clinical activity is presented in the timeline view area using an icon representing a type for the scheduled clinical activity.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the rescheduling area allows entry of a reschedule reason.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input corresponding with a reschedule reason via the rescheduling area.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises storing the reschedule reason.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises providing the reschedule history to at least one other clinician.