USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AN ITEM OF WORK IN A WORKFLOW CONTEXT

• US 20100169142A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: COLLINS, JAMES ROBERT, HINTON, TOMMY L., CHAMBERLAIN, JERALD T.
• Application Number:
  US12/648,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

A user interface for use in, e.g., a healthcare computing environment, for displaying an item of work in a workflow context associated with a particular resource is provided In one embodiment, the user interface includes a first workflow context display area configured to display a current workflow state of the item of work and at least one of a past workflow state and a potential future workflow state of the item of work. The user interface may further include a selectable workflow view indicator, whereby following the selectable workflow view indicator allows a user to navigate to a second workflow context display area configured to display an identity of at least one additional resource associated with the item of work and a status of the item of work as it pertains to the additional resource.

Claims

1. A method in a healthcare computing environment for displaying at least one item of work in a workflow context associated with a particular resource, the method comprising:

receiving an item of work;

determining a workflow for the item of work, the workflow including a plurality of resources, and

displaying the item of work in the context of the determined workflow as it pertains to the particular resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the workflow context displayed includes a current workflow state of the item of work and at least one of a past workflow state and a potential future workflow state of the item of work.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the workflow context displayed includes an identity of at least one of the plurality of resources and a status of the item of work as it pertains to the at least one of the plurality of resources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the workflow is one of a standard workflow an exception workflow.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the workflow is capable of being altered by an authorized user.