CARE COORDINATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20090265185A1
• Filed: 02/28/2008
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: McCALLIE, DAVID, FINN, CHRISTOPHER, O'LARTE, DAVID, CROOKS, STEVEN S.
• Application Number:
  US12/039,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20090265185A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

Systems and associated methods are disclosed for coordinating health services delivery within a patient population. In certain embodiments, a system and associated methods facilitate the presentation of patient-specific information on a shared site accessible by a group of users. Edits may also be made to the patient-specific information by specific users, so that the group of users can observe the changes and provide additional input. In other embodiments, a system and associated methods are utilized to determine a priority scheme with regard to delivering care to a plurality of patients. The priority scheme is represented by a graphical ranking where patients having a similar ranking are presented proximal to one another and patients having a dissimilar ranking are presented distal to one another.

Claims

1. A method in a computing system environment for managing the presentation of categorized patient-specific information among a plurality of users, the method comprising:

retrieving, for a particular user of the plurality of users, a patient-specific information set from a shared network site;

selectively displaying, for the particular user, the retrieved information set in a categorized format consistent with preferences designated by the particular user;

receiving, from the particular user, modifications to content of the retrieved information set displayed to form a modified patient-specific information set; and

storing, on the shared network site, the modified patient-specific information set to facilitate access by at least another user of the plurality of users to the modified patient-specific information set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information set includes data representative of at least general personal information for the designated patient and care-related information for the designated patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifications received include at least one of:

additional comments associated with at least one of a specific informational entry and a specific category;

a new informational entry;

a file attachment; and

an electronic link for navigating to additional content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users are health service providers.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively displaying the retrieved information set in a categorized format includes displaying the information set temporally within a plurality of categories.

6. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

7. A method in a computing system environment for providing formatted updates regarding a patient based on the modification of content present on a shared network site, the method comprising:

receiving a subscription request associated with a particular care provider and a particular patient;

registering content modification on the shared network site relevant to the subscription request; and

selectively generating formatted updates for the particular care provider regarding the particular patient based on the content modification registered.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising presenting the formatted updates within a secured access location associated with the particular care provider.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the content present on the shared network includes patient-specific categorized information, the shared network site facilitating:

the presentation of the patient-specific categorized information; and

modification, by authorized health service providers, of the patient-specific categorized information presented.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the subscription request relates to at least one of:

non-specific content modification on the shared network site for the particular patient;

content modification on the shared network site for the particular patient specific to one or more selected entries;

content modification on the shared network site for the particular patient specific to one or more selected categories and;

content modification on the shared network site for the particular patient specific to discussion points within at least one of the entries of the one or more selected entries.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the content modification includes data representative of at least general personal information for the designated patient and care-related information for the designated patient.

12. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 7.

13. A computing system for managing the presentation of categorized patient-specific information among a plurality of authorized users, the computing system comprising:

a content management module for managing the organization of content on a shared network site as patient-specific categorized information;

a display module for presenting to a particular user of the plurality of authorized users the patient-specific categorized information in a format consistent with preferences designated by the particular user; and

an editing module for selectively enabling modification by the plurality of authorized users of the patient-specific categorized information.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a subscription module for handling a subscription request associated with a particular patient and a particular user of the plurality of authorized users and selectively generating formatted updates for the particular user regarding the particular patient based on modifications to the patient-specific categorized information.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the patient-specific categorized information is presented by the display module in a plurality of categories, each category containing information arranged temporally.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the patient-specific categorized information is presented by the display module in a plurality of categories to enable a particular user of the plurality of authorized users to chose between at least two of:

a first presentation mode in which only a most recent modification to the information in at least some of the plurality of categories is displayed;

a second presentation mode in which only an original informational entry within at least some of the plurality of categories is displayed;

a third presentation mode in which only selected categories of the plurality of categories are displayed; and

a fourth presentation mode where a list of modifications to the information in at least some of the plurality of categories is displayed.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the modifications of the patient-specific categorized information enabled by the editing module include at least one of:

additional comments associated with at least one of a specific informational entry and a specific category;

a new informational entry;

a file attachment; and

an electronic link for navigating to additional content.

18. A user interface embodied on at least one computer-readable medium, the user interface for managing the presentation of patient-specific information accessible by a plurality of users, the user interface comprising at least one display region configured for presenting the patient-specific information in categorized form based on preferences designated by a particular user of the plurality of users, the patient-specific information presented including content modifications previously instituted by at least one user of the plurality of users.

19. The user interface of claim 18, wherein the patient-specific information includes data representative of at least general personal information for a designated patient and care-related information for the designated patient.

20. A method in a computing system environment for determining priority for receiving care among a plurality of patients, the method comprising:

retrieving one or more sets of patient-specific data for the plurality of patients related to care delivery;

ranking the need to receive care for each of the plurality of patients based on the one or more sets of patient-specific data retrieved; and

displaying the results of the ranking according to a visualization scheme on a user interface where patients having a similar ranking are presented proximal to one another and patients having a dissimilar ranking are presented distal to one another.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein ranking of the need to receive care is based on a patient-specific measure of at least one of:

urgency of delivering care;

importance of delivering care;

quantity of procedures needed for care delivery; and

nature of care to be delivered.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the patient-specific data is retrieved from at least one of:

a personal health record for each patient of the plurality of patients;

a community health record for the plurality of patients; and

medical claims;

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the visualization scheme for displaying the ranking results includes an ordered chart presented in at least one display region of the user interface, the ordered chart including a listing of the plurality of patients in ranked order.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the ordered chart has a set of regions each denoting a unique range of ranking values and provided with a distinctive visual indicator to distinguish one region from another region.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the visualization scheme for displaying the ranking results includes a graphical plot of ranking values for the plurality of patients.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the graphical plot has a set of regions each denoting a unique range of ranking values and provided with a distinctive visual indicator to distinguish one region from another region.

27. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 20.

28. A user interface embodied on at least one computer-readable medium, the user interface providing a visualization scheme for designating a suggested priority for receiving care among a plurality of patients, the user interface comprising at least one display region configured for presenting an ordered chart including a listing of the plurality of patients in ranked order, the ordered chart having a set of regions, each region denoting a unique range of ranking values for the plurality of patients and being provided with a distinctive visual indicator to distinguish one region from another region.

29. A user interface embodied on at least one computer-readable medium, the user interface providing a visualization scheme for designating a suggested priority for receiving care among a plurality of patients, the user interface comprising at least one display region configured for presenting a graphical plot of ranking values for the plurality of patients, the graphical plot having a set of regions, each region denoting a unique range of ranking values for the plurality of patients and being provided with a distinctive visual indicator to distinguish one region from another region.