WRONG SITE SURGERY PREVENTION SYSTEM

• US 20100082368A1
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Corquality Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Corquality Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Korten, Jerome B., Gecelter, Gary R.
• Application Number:
  US12/240,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/08021 of the patient or his organs
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• 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

Compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures is ensured to prevent wrong site surgeries. Data related to a scheduled procedure is stored on a device. The data includes at least (1) indicia of personal identification for a patient and one or more participants in the scheduled procedure, and (2) information about the scheduled procedure. An input is received on the device that associates the patient with the data stored on the device. The patient and each of the one or more participants are then prompted to verify the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure on the device. When the patient and one or more participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure, the device is operable to enable operating room functionality.

Claims

1. A method for ensuring compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures to prevent wrong site surgeries, the method comprising:

storing data related to a scheduled procedure on a device, wherein the data related to the scheduled procedure includes at least (1) indicia of personal identification for a patient and one or more participants in the scheduled procedure, and (2) information about the scheduled procedure;

receiving at the device an input that associates the patient with the data stored on the device;

receiving one or more inputs from the patient at the device to verify the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure; and

receiving one or more inputs from each of the one or more participants at the device to verify the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure,

wherein the device is operable to enable operating room functionality when the patient and one or more participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an input at the device that associates the patient with the data stored on the device comprises receiving a biometric input from the patient at the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more participants verifies participant-specific information about the scheduled procedure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more participants verifies the information about the scheduled procedure in an order of that varies between scheduled procedures.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of receiving one or more inputs from each of the one or more participants at the device, the method further comprises:

receiving one or more inputs from at least one of the patient and the one or more participants to re-verify information about the scheduled procedure that any other of the patient and plurality of participants does not verify.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of receiving one or more inputs from each of the one or more participants at the device, the method further comprises:

receiving one or more inputs from a patient or participant who does not correctly verify the indicia of personal identification to re-verify the indicia of personal identification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating room functionality comprises any of functionality of one or more operating room lighting fixtures, functionality of one or more operating room electrical outlets, and operating room accessibility.

8. A method for controlling operating room functionality to ensure compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures designed to prevent wrong site surgeries, wherein the operating room functionality is initialized to a disabled state, the method comprising:

displaying a home screen including a selectable patient interface module and one or more selectable participant interface modules, wherein each participant interface module is associated with a participant in a scheduled procedure to be performed on a patient;

displaying a patient verification screen when the patient interface module is selected, wherein the patient verification screen includes indicia of patient personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure;

receiving one or more inputs from the patient to verify the indicia of patient personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure;

displaying a participant verification screen when a participant interface module is selected, wherein the participant verification screen displayed is specific to the participant associated with the selected participant interface module and includes indicia of participant personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure;

receiving one or more inputs from the participant associated with the selected participant interface module to verify the indicia of participant personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure; and

displaying a selectable activation module if the patient verifies the information on the patient verification screen and each participant verifies the information on the participant verification screen specific to the participant, wherein selecting the activation module enables the operating room functionality.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying the participant verification screen comprises displaying a plurality of fields each relating to a different aspect of the scheduled procedure.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein an order of the plurality of fields displayed on the participant verification screen varies between scheduled procedures.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying the home screen comprises:

displaying the patient interface module and the one or more selectable participant interface modules in a first color when the information on the associated verification screen has not been verified; and

displaying the patient interface module and the one or more selectable participant interface modules in a second color when the information on the associated verification screen has been verified.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more inputs received from the patient and the one or more inputs received from each participant comprises a biometric input.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein prior to displaying a selectable activation module, the method further comprises:

displaying a re-verification screen that prompts at least one of the patient and the plurality of participants to re-verify information about the scheduled procedure that any other of the patient and one or more participants does not verify.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the operating room functionality comprises any of functionality of one or more operating room lighting fixtures, functionality of one or more operating room electrical outlets, and operating room accessibility.

15. A system for controlling operating room functionality to ensure compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures designed to prevent wrong site surgeries, the system comprising:

a server operable to store data related to a plurality of scheduled procedures, wherein, for each scheduled procedure, the data includes at least (1) indicia of personal identification for a patient and one or more participants in the scheduled procedure, and (2) information about the scheduled procedure; and

a remote device operable to receive data related to a scheduled procedure from the server and receive one or more inputs from each of the patient and one or more participants to verify the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure, wherein the remote device facilitates enablement of operating room functionality when the patient and one or more participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the indicia of personal identification comprises biometric data and wherein the remote device is operable to receive a biometric input.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote device is operable receive one or more inputs from each participant to verify participant-specific information about the scheduled procedure.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote device is operable to prompt each participant to verify the information about the scheduled procedure in an order of that varies between scheduled procedures.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the operating room functionality comprises any of functionality of one or more operating room lighting fixtures, functionality of one or more operating room electrical outlets, and operating room accessibility.

20. The system of claim 15, and further comprising:

a sensor associated with at least one element of the operating room functionality that sends a signal to the remote device when the at least one element is enabled.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the remote device is operable to generate an alert if the signal is received from the sensor when fewer than all of the patient and plurality of participants have verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure.

22. A device for controlling operating room functionality to ensure compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures designed to prevent wrong site surgeries, the device comprising:

a controller operable to receive and store data related to a scheduled procedure, wherein the data related to the scheduled procedure includes at least (1) indicia of personal identification for a patient and one or more participants in the scheduled procedure, and (2) information about the scheduled procedure; and

at least one input element operable to receive one or more inputs from each of the patient and plurality of participants to verify the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure, wherein the at least one input element is further operable to enable operating room functionality when the patient and plurality of participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the at least one input element comprises a touch screen display.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure is displayed on the touch screen display, and wherein the patient and plurality of participants are prompted to verify information on the display by pressing portions of the display.

25. The device of claim 22, wherein the at least one input element comprises a biometric input device.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the biometric input device is operable to receive a biometric input to at least in part verify the indicia of personal identification.

27. A method for controlling operating room functionality to ensure compliance with pre-operative policies and procedures designed to prevent wrong site surgeries, wherein one or more operating room components are initialized to a disabled state, the method comprising:

storing data related to a scheduled procedure on a device, wherein the data related to the scheduled procedure includes at least (1) indicia of personal identification for a patient and one or more participants in the scheduled procedure, and (2) information about the scheduled procedure;

sensing whether the any of the one or more operating room components are switched from a disabled state to an enabled state;

receiving one or more inputs from each of the patient and the one or more participants at the device if the one or more operating room components are sensed to be in the disabled state, wherein the one or more inputs verifies the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure; and

preventing the patient and the one or more participants from verifying the indicia of personal identification and information about the scheduled procedure if any of the one or more operating room components are sensed to be in the enabled state (a) before the patient and one or more participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure and (b) until the enabled one or more operating components are returned to the disabled state.

28. The method of claim 27, and further comprising:

generating a token when the patient and one or more participants have all verified their respective indicia of personal identification and the information about the scheduled procedure indicating that the one or more operating room components can be enabled.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein each of the one or more participants verifies participant-specific information about the scheduled procedure.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein each of the one or more participants verifies the information about the scheduled procedure in an order of that varies between scheduled procedures.