MANAGING RELATED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS

• US 20100179834A1
• Filed: 01/11/2010
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wager, Douglas W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,529 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a method for linking the health records of two or more patients and alerting them of a change in at least one of the patient'"'"'s health records are provided. One method comprises, in part, receiving an indication of a desire to link the first medical record of the first patient to a second medical record of a second patient and searching a connected health network for at least one of the first medical record associated with the first patient or the second medical record associated with the second patient. The method further comprises designating a sharing level between the first medical record of the first patient and the second medical record of the second patient, the sharing level indicating an extent of healthcare information that can be shared between the first medical record and the second medical record. The method also includes requesting the second patient to accept a link between the first medical record and the second medical record, and linking the first medical record associated with the first patient and the second medical record associated with the second patient.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for linking two or more medical records, wherein a first patient has a first medical record, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a desire to link the first medical record of the first patient to a second medical record of a second patient;

searching a connected health network for at least one of the first medical record associated with the first patient or the second medical record associated with the second patient;

designating a sharing level between the first medical record of the first patient and the second medical record of the second patient, the sharing level indicating an extent of healthcare information that can be shared between the first medical record and the second medical record;

requesting the second patient to accept a link between the first medical record and the second medical record; and

linking the first medical record associated with the first patient and the second medical record associated with the second patient.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the sharing level between the first medical record and the second medical record.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sharing level comprises a spousal sharing level, a sibling sharing level, a frequent-contact sharing level, or a parent/child sharing level.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing a relationship level between the first patient and the second patient.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the relationship level comprises a spousal relationship level, a child/parent relationship level, a sibling relationship level, or a co-inhabitant relationship level.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the sharing level is designated based on the relationship level between the first patient and the second patient.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

alerting the first patient of a change in the second medical record of the second patient.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

alerting the second patient of a change in the first medical record of the first patient.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in accordance with the designated sharing level, alerting the first patient of any medical conditions, medications, allergies, or genetic markers of the second patient that may affect the first patient.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in accordance with the designated sharing level, alerting the second patient of any medical conditions, medications, allergies, or genetic markers of the first patient that affect may the second patient.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first patient indicates the desire to link the first medical record of the first patient to the second medical record of a second patient.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first patient indicates the sharing level between the first medical record of the first patient and the second medical record of the second patient.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to the second patient to accept a link between the first medical record and the second medical record includes the designated sharing level.

14. One or more computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for relating two or more electronic medical records within a connected health network having a plurality of electronic medical records, the method comprising:

recognizing an indication that a relationship exists between a first patient and a second patient, the first patient being associated with a first electronic medical record and the second patient being associated with a second electronic medical record within the connected health network; and

based on the existence of the relationship between the first patient and the second patient, linking the first electronic medical record associated with the first patient and the second electronic medical record associated with the second patient so that healthcare information associated with at least one of the first patient or the second patient can be shared between the first electronic medical record and the second electronic medical record.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein an extent of the healthcare information is shared in accordance with a type of the relationship between the first patient and the second patient.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the type of relationship between the first patient and the second patient comprises a spousal relationship type, a child/parent relationship type, a sibling relationship type, or a co-inhabitant relationship type.

17. The media of claim 14, wherein the healthcare information is shared between the first electronic medical record and the second electronic medical record to determine if any medical conditions, medications, allergies, genetic markers, or a combination thereof of one of the first patient or the second patient affects the other of the first patient or the second patient.

18. The media of claim 17, further comprising:

providing an alert to the other of the first patient or the second patient, the alert including the any medical conditions, medications, allergies, genetic markers, or a combination thereof.

19. The media of claim 18, further comprising:

providing a health-related action corresponding with the alert.