CLINICAL ACTIVITY NAVIGATOR

• US 20080086684A1
• 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: LOUDIS, JENNIFER, HERTEL, CHERYL
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,946 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A clinical activity navigator facilitates documentation of multiple clinical activities. When a plurality of clinical activities are selected for document, an activity navigator user interface may be presented that includes an indication for each of the clinical activities. The indication for each clinical activity includes a link to documentation for the corresponding clinical activity. A user selection of an indication for one of the clinical activities is received via the activity navigator user interface. In response to the user selection, a documentation user interface for that clinical activity is presented that allows entry of information associated with that clinical activity.

Claims

1. A method in a clinical computing environment for navigating among documentation for each of a plurality of clinical activities being performed by a clinician, the method comprising:

receiving a command to document a plurality of clinical activities;

presenting an activity navigator user interface, the activity navigator user interface including an indication for each of the plurality of clinical activities, each indication including a link to documentation for a corresponding clinical activity;

receiving a user selection of an indication for a first clinical activity via the activity navigator user interface; and

presenting a first documentation user interface for the first clinical activity, the first documentation area allowing entry of information associated with the first clinical activity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving information via the first documentation user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises receiving a command to exit the first documentation user interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises determining that documentation for the first clinical activity has not been completed;

and saving the information entered into the first documentation user interface.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises receiving a second user selection of the indication for the first clinical activity via the activity navigator user interface;

and presenting the first documentation user interface including the information previously received.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises determining that documentation for the first clinical activity has been completed and removing the indication for the first clinical activity from the activity navigator user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a command to document a plurality of clinical activities comprises receiving the command from a patient activity user interface, the patient activity user interface comprising a timeline view of clinical activities scheduled to be performed by the clinician for one or more patients assigned to the clinician.

8. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising an activity navigator allowing a clinician to navigate to documentation for each of a plurality of clinical activities selected to be documented by the clinician, the activity navigator including an indication for each of the plurality of clinical activities, each indication comprising a link to documentation allowing entry of information associated with a corresponding clinical activity.

9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein documentation for each clinical activity included the activity navigator has not been completed.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the indication for a first clinical activity is removed from the activity navigator when documentation for the at first activity is completed.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein information has been entered in documentation corresponding with a first activity, and wherein a user selection of the indication for the first clinical activity causes presentation of the documentation corresponding with the first activity including information that has been entered.

12. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method for navigating among documentation for each of a plurality of clinical activities being performed by a clinician, the method comprising:

receiving a command to document a plurality of clinical activities;

presenting an activity navigator user interface, the activity navigator user interface including an indication for each of the plurality of clinical activities, each indication including a link to documentation for a corresponding clinical activity;

receiving a user selection of an indication for a first clinical activity via the activity navigator user interface; and

presenting a first documentation user interface for the first clinical activity, the first documentation area allowing entry of information associated with the first clinical activity.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises receiving information via the first documentation user interface.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises receiving a command to exit the first documentation user interface.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises determining that documentation for the first clinical activity has not been completed;

and saving the information entered into the first documentation user interface.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises receiving a second user selection of the indication for the first clinical activity via the activity navigator user interface;

and presenting the first documentation user interface including the information previously received.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises determining that documentation for the first clinical activity has been completed and removing the indication for the first clinical activity from the activity navigator user interface.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein receiving a command to document a plurality of clinical activities comprises receiving the command from a patient activity user interface, the patient activity user interface comprising a timeline view of clinical activities scheduled to be performed by the clinician for one or more patients assigned to the clinician.