UNVERIFIED ORDER PRESENTATION MECHANISM

• US 20100168904A1
• Filed: 07/06/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: KIRSCH, STEVEN G., HENDERSON, TODD R., FIRL, ZACHARY R., ALLEN, KATY S.
• Application Number:
  US12/498,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20100168904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/216
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-storage media provide an unverified order presentation mechanism allowing clinicians to view unverified orders alongside verified orders from a particular patient'"'"'s medication profile. The unverified orders and verified orders may be displayed at a medication dispensing computing device used for dispensing medications from a medication storage and dispensing apparatus. The unverified orders and verified orders are displayed different such that a user can identify which orders are verified and which orders are unverified. In some embodiments, a user can select an unverified order to cause a medication to be dispensed from an associated medication storage and dispensing apparatus.

Claims

1. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions for causing a computing device to perform a method of displaying verified and unverified medication orders, the computing device being operable to control dispensing of medications from a medication storage and dispensing apparatus, the method comprising:

accessing medication order information associated with a patient, the medication order information including one or more verified medication orders and one or more unverified medication orders; and

displaying at least a portion of the medication order information, wherein each of the one or more unverified medication orders is displayed using at least one visual characteristic that identifies the one or more unverified orders as having an unverified status.

2. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the order information is accessed from an electronic medical record for the patient maintained by a comprehensive clinical computing system operable to collect data from a plurality of clinical domains within a healthcare organization.

3. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the at least one visual characteristic comprises at least one selected from the following:

a text font, a text size, a text color, an icon, a symbol, and additional text specifying the unverified status.

4. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises preventing selection of each of the one or more unverified medication orders, thereby prevention dispensing medication associated with the one or more unverified medication orders from the medication storage and dispensing apparatus.

5. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying a first unverified medication order from the one or more unverified medication orders as having a non-dispensable medication status; and

preventing a first medication associated with the first unverified medication order from being dispensed based on the non-dispensable medication status.

6. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying a second unverified medication order from the one or more unverified medication orders as having a dispensable medication status; and

allowing a second medication associated with the second unverified medication order to be dispensed based on the dispensable medication status.

7. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 6, wherein the first unverified medication order is displayed using a first visual characteristic and the second unverified medication order is displayed using a second visual characteristic, wherein the first visual characteristic is different from the second visual characteristic, thereby facilitating user identification of the first unverified medication order as having the non-dispensable medication status and the second unverified medication order as having the dispensable medication status.

8. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 7, wherein the first unverified medication order is identified as having the non-dispensable medication status and the second unverified medication order is identified as having the dispensable medication status based one or more rules for determining whether medication associated with a particular unverified medication order can be dispensed.

9. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 8, wherein the one or more rules determine whether medication associated with a particular unverified medication order can be dispensed based on one or more selected from the following factors:

a type of medication associated with the particular unverified medication order, a role of a clinician attempting to access medication associated with the particular unverified medication order, and a location of the medication storage and dispensing apparatus.

10. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions for causing a computing device to perform a method of using an unverified medication order for dispensing a medication, the computing device being operable to control dispensing of medications from a medication storage and dispensing apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a list of medication orders for a patient, wherein the list of medication orders includes one or more verified medication orders and one or more unverified medication orders, and wherein each of the one or more unverified medication orders is displayed using a visual characteristic that identifies the one or more unverified medication orders as having an unverified status;

receiving a selection of an unverified medication order from the list of medication orders; and

responsive to the selection, causing a medication associated with the selected unverified medication order to be dispensed from the medication storage and dispensing apparatus.

11. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a new medication order for the patient;

identifying the new medication order as having an unverified status;

storing the new medication order in an electronic medical record associated with the patient; and

updating the displayed list of medication orders by adding the new medication order from the electronic medical record, wherein the new medication order is displayed using the visual characteristic identifying the new medication order as having the unverified status.

12. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises determining that the selected unverified medication order is associated with a dispensable medication.

13. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises receiving a second selection of a second unverified medication order from the list of medication orders;

identifying the second unverified medication order as being associated with a non-dispensable medication; and

based on identifying the second unverified medication order as being associated with a non-dispensable medication, preventing a second medication associated with the second unverified medication order from being dispensed from the medication storage and dispensing apparatus.

14. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 13, wherein the second unverified medication order is displayed using a second visual characteristic that identifies the second medication order as having an unverified status and as being associated with a non-dispensable medication.

15. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 10, wherein the visual characteristic comprises at least one selected from the following:

a text font, a text size, a text color, an icon, a symbol, and additional text specifying the unverified status.

16. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions for presenting one or more user interfaces for displaying a medication profile for a particular patient in a particular healthcare encounter, the one or more user interfaces comprising:

an order list including medication orders associated with medications prescribed for the particular patient; and

a visual characteristic associated with one or more particular medication orders of the order list to indicate said one or more particular medication orders possesses the status of an unverified order.

17. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 16, wherein the user interface further comprises:

a user-selectable interactive element for selecting a particular medication order of the order list having the status of an unverified order to be dispensed.

18. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 16 wherein information regarding the medication orders is accessed from an electronic medical record for the patient maintained by a comprehensive clinical computing system operable to collect data from a plurality of clinical domains within a healthcare organization.

19. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 16, wherein the visual characteristic comprises at least one selected from the following:

a text font, a text size, a text color, an icon, a symbol, and additional text specifying the unverified status.

20. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 16, wherein the user interface further comprises:

a second visual characteristic associated with at least one of the one or more particular medication orders of the order list to indicate said at least one of the one or more particular medication orders is associated with a non-dispensable medication.