Managing Patient Care Plans

• US 20100169109A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• 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: Pivonka, Fran, Pelegrin, Khalod Kelantan, Pastine, Lisa, Hanov, Yegor F.
• Application Number:
  US12/347,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing patient care plans are provided. In embodiments, a patient care plan, including at least one order, is input into a patient profile. A user may proactively check for alerts related to the patient care plan or receive alert notification when signing the orders included in the patient care plan. Upon presentation of an alert, the user may re-enter the patient profile to correct input information, cancel the order associated with the alert, override the alert, and the like. In the case the alert is overridden, information related to the reason for overriding the alert is collected and preserved in an alert history for presentation to subsequent users.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for managing patient care plans, the method comprising:

receiving input of at least one patient care plan, wherein the patient care plan comprises at least one order;

receiving a user indication to determine if at least one alert exists; and

upon determining that at least one alert exists, presenting the at least one alert.

2. The media of claim 1, further comprising presenting a notification to the user upon a determination at least one alert does not exist.

3. The media of claim 1, further comprising receiving a signature associated with the at least one order.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the user indication to check for the at least one alert is received prior to receiving a signature associated with the at least one order.

5. The media of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user indicated action to cancel the at least one order in response to the presented at least one alert.

6. The media of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user indicated action to override the presented at least one alert.

7. The media of claim 6, further comprising receiving information related to overriding the at least one alert, wherein the information includes the at least one alert, an identity of an overriding user, and a reason for overriding the at least one alert.

8. The media of claim 7, further comprising presenting the information to a subsequent user.

9. The media of claim 1, further comprising presenting related results.

10. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for managing patient care plans, the method comprising:

receiving input from a first user to add a patient care plan to a patient profile, wherein the patient care plan comprises at least one order;

receiving a user indication to check for at least one alert;

presenting the at least one alert to the first user;

receiving a first user indicated action from the first user in response to the at least one alert;

receiving a signature associated with the at least one order;

receiving a second user indicated action from a second user to present an alert history associated with the patient care plan; and

presenting the alert history to the second user, wherein the alert history notifies the second user of the first user indicated action in response to the presented at least one alert.

11. The media of claim 10, further comprising displaying related results to at least one of the first or second users.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the first user indicated action comprises canceling the at least one order or overriding the presented at least one alert.

13. The media of claim 10, wherein the alert history includes information related to overriding the at least one alert including the at least one alert, an identity of the overriding user, and a reason for overriding the at least one alert.

14. A computer-implemented method for managing patient care plans, comprising:

receiving input of at least one patient care plan, wherein the patient care plan comprises at least one order;

receiving a user indication to determine if at least one alert exists;

upon determining that at least one alert exits, presenting the at least one alert; and

receiving a user indicated action in response to the at least one presented alert.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the user indication to check the at least one alert is received prior to receiving a signature associated with the at least one order.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the user indicated action is canceling the at least one order.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the user indicated action is overriding the at least one alert.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving information related to overriding the at least one alert wherein the information includes the at least one alert, an identity of the overriding user, and a reason for overriding the at least one alert.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying the information to a subsequent user.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying related results.