VIEWING CLINICAL ACTIVITY DETAILS WITHIN A SELECTED TIME PERIOD

• US 20080086332A1
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: STAFFORD, Cindy, HERTEL, Cheryl
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,335 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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

Management of patient activities for a clinician is provided via a patient activity list. The patient activity list includes a timeline view comprising a two-dimensional representation in which a first dimension corresponds with one or more patients assigned to the clinician and a second dimension corresponds with time periods. The timeline view includes one or more scheduled clinical activities, each scheduled clinical activity being presented in the timeline view based on a scheduled time and a corresponding patient. In response to a user selection of a time period in the timeline view, details of scheduled clinical activities corresponding with the selected time period are provided within the timeline view.

Claims

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

presenting a timeline view comprising a two-dimensional representation in which a first dimension corresponds with one or more patients assigned to the clinician and a second dimension corresponds with time periods, wherein the timeline view includes one or more scheduled clinical activities, each scheduled clinical activity being presented in the timeline view based on a scheduled time and a corresponding patient;

receiving a user selection of a time period in the timeline view; and

in response to the user selection, presenting details of scheduled clinical activities corresponding with the selected time period, wherein the details are provided in the timeline view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises expanding the size of the selected time period within the timeline view in response to the user selection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises removing at least one other time period from the timeline view in response to the user selection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises determining that at least one patient does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises removing, from the timeline view, the at least one patient that does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

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

7. A method for facilitating the management of scheduled clinical activities for a clinician, the method comprising:

presenting a timeline view area comprising a plurality of time periods;

presenting one or more icons in the timeline view area representing one or more clinical activities scheduled to be performed by a clinician for one or more patients assigned to the clinician, wherein each icon is presented in the timeline view area based on a scheduled time for a corresponding clinical activity;

receiving user input indicating a selection of a time period in the timeline view area; and

presenting details for each clinical activity corresponding with the selected time period.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises expanding the size of the selected time period within the timeline view area in response to the user input.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises removing at least one other time period from the timeline view area in response to the user input.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises determining that at least one patient does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises removing, from the timeline view area, the at least one patient that does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

12. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

presenting a timeline view comprising a two-dimensional representation in which a first dimension corresponds with one or more patients assigned to the clinician and a second dimension corresponds with time periods, wherein the timeline view includes one or more scheduled clinical activities, each scheduled clinical activity being presented in the timeline view based on a scheduled time and a corresponding patient;

receiving a user selection of a time period in the timeline view; and

in response to the user selection, presenting details of scheduled clinical activities corresponding with the selected time period, wherein the details are provided in the timeline view.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises expanding the size of the selected time period within the timeline view in response to the user selection.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises removing at least one other time period from the timeline view in response to the user selection.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises determining that at least one patient does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises removing, from the timeline view, the at least one patient that does not have a scheduled clinical activity during the selected time period.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein each scheduled clinical activity is displayed in the timeline view using an icon representing a type for the scheduled clinical activity.