Systems And Methods For Providing Healthcare Asset Intelligence Using Service-Oriented Architecture And Service-Oriented Computing

• US 20090254362A1
• Filed: 04/07/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Choubey, Suresh K., Joshi, Narendra B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,069,057 B2
• 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: 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 providing healthcare asset intelligence comprising a data layer adapted to preprocess healthcare asset intelligence data, a service component layer adapted to comprise a plurality of service components, and a service application layer adapted to comprise a service application. The healthcare asset intelligence data is data related to management of healthcare assets. The system is configured according to a service-oriented architecture and uses service-oriented computing. Each of the plurality of service components is adapted to utilize the preprocessed healthcare asset intelligence data. The service application is adapted to utilize at least one of the plurality of service components to provide the healthcare asset intelligence.

Claims

1. A system for providing healthcare asset intelligence, the system comprising:

a data layer adapted to preprocess healthcare asset intelligence data, wherein the healthcare asset intelligence data is data related to management of healthcare assets, and wherein the system is configured according to a service-oriented architecture and uses service-oriented computing;

a service component layer adapted to comprise a plurality of service components, wherein each of the plurality of service components is adapted to utilize the preprocessed healthcare asset intelligence data; and

a service application layer adapted to comprise a service application, wherein the service application is adapted to utilize at least one of the plurality of service components to provide the healthcare asset intelligence.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the service component layer has serial access to the data layer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the service component layer is further adapted to manage the plurality of service components.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the service component layer is further adapted to integrate at least two of the plurality of service components for use by the service application in providing the healthcare asset intelligence.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least two of the plurality of service components are stored at locations that are remote from one another.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data layer is adapted to comprise a data warehouse, wherein the data warehouse is adapted to integrate a first set of data stored in a first data source and a second set of data stored in a second data source.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the data warehouse is adapted to organize data from the first and second data sources according to a clustering factor.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first and second data sources are located remotely from one another.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the preprocessing comprises at least one of formatting, encrypting, integrating, and filtering the healthcare asset intelligence data.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the data layer, the service component layer, and the service application layer are stored at a centralized site.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of service components is a rule processor unit adapted to generate an alarm based at least in part on an application of a rule to the healthcare asset intelligence data.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of service components is adapted to process the healthcare asset intelligence data.

13. A method for providing healthcare asset intelligence, the method comprising:

selecting a service component from a plurality of service components, wherein the plurality of service components is in a service-oriented architecture, and wherein the service component is adapted to acquire healthcare asset intelligence data from a data warehouse; and

configuring a service application based at least in part on the selected service component using service-oriented computing, wherein the service application is adapted to generate the healthcare asset intelligence using the selected service component.

14. A method for providing healthcare asset intelligence, the method comprising:

acquiring healthcare asset intelligence data from a data warehouse using at least one service component;

processing the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data using the at least one service component in a service-oriented architecture; and

generating the healthcare asset intelligence based at least in part on the processing of the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data using service-oriented computing.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one service component is a plurality of service components, and wherein the plurality of service components serially access the healthcare asset intelligence data.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one service component and the data warehouse are stored at a centralized site.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the healthcare asset intelligence is further based at least in part on an application of a rule to the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

organizing the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data according to a cluster factor.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

preprocessing the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying the healthcare asset intelligence on a user interface.

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

a data acquisition routine configured to acquire healthcare asset intelligence data;

a processing routine configured to process the acquired healthcare asset intelligence data based at least in part on a service application using a service-oriented architecture; and

an intelligence generation routine configured to generate healthcare asset intelligence based at least in part on the processing routine using service-oriented computing and the service-oriented architecture.