RELATING MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

• US 20100179835A1
• Filed: 01/11/2010
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wager, Douglas W.
• Application Number:
  US12/685,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20100179835A1
• 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

A computer-implemented method for alerting one or more members of a connected health network is provided, wherein the connected health network includes two or more members having linked medical records. The method includes receiving a change in a first health record of a first member, the first health record being linked to a second health record of a second member based on a specified relationship. The method also includes using the change in the first health record to determine whether a condition exists that could affect the second member, and, if so, alerting the second member of the affect of the change in the first health record on the second member.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for alerting one or more members of a connected health network, wherein the connected health network includes two or more members having linked medical records, the method comprising:

receiving a change in a first health record of a first member, the first health record being linked to a second health record of a second member based on a specified relationship;

using the change in the first health record to determine whether a condition exists that could affect the second member; and

if so, alerting the second member of the affect of the change in the first health record on the second member.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a health-related action based on the alert.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

alerting the first member of a change in the second health record of the second member.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of whether a condition exists is based on the type of the specified relationship.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the specified relationship is identified by the first member.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the specified relationship comprises a parent/child relationship, a spousal relationship, a sibling relationship, or a frequent contact relationship.

7. One or more computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for alerting patients based on related electronic medical records, the method comprising:

referencing a first medical record associated with a first patient, the first medical record being connected to a second medical record associated with a second patient based on a relationship level between the first patient and the second patient;

determining that the first medical record contains information that might affect health of the second patient; and

providing an alert to the second patient to indicate a potential health concern of the second patient based on information within the first medical record.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the relationship level between the first patient and the second patient comprises a spousal relationship level, a child/parent relationship level, a sibling relationship level, or a co-inhabitant relationship level.

9. The media of claim 7, wherein the relationship level is used to determine that the first medical record contains information that might affect health of the second patient.

10. The media of claim 7 further comprising:

recognizing a modification to the first medical record associated with the first patient.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the modification is used to determine that the first medical record contains information that might affect health of the second patient.

12. The media of claim 7, wherein the alert indicates at least one potential affect to the health of the second patient based on the information within the first medical record.

13. The media of claim 7, wherein the alert includes a specific disease, condition, allergy, medication, genetic marker, or a combination thereof that is relevant to the second patient.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein the alert includes the modification to the first medical record associated with the first patient.

15. The media of claim 7, wherein the alert includes a health-related action.

16. A user interface embodied on at least one computer storage medium, the user interface for alerting patients based on related electronic medical records, the user interface comprising:

an alert display area configured to display an alert indicating at least one potential health condition of a first patient, wherein the potential health condition is recognized based on information within a medical record associated with a second patient that is in a relationship with the first patient; and

a relationship display area configured to display a level of the relationship between the first patient and the second patient in association with the alert.

17. The user interface of claim 16 further comprising an alert type display area configured to display a type of alert corresponding with the alert, wherein the type of alert comprises an allergy alert type, a genetic alert type, a hereditary risk alert type, an infectious disease alert type, a medication alert type, or a combination thereof.

18. The user interface of claim 16 further comprising a risk display area configured to display a level of risk to the first patient in association with the alert, the level of risk being based on the general health of the first patient, the level of relationship between the first patient and the second patient, the alert, a status of the alert, or a combination thereof.

19. The user interface of claim 16 further comprising a status display area configured to display a status of an alert, the status indicating whether the alert is active or inactive.

20. The user interface of claim 16, wherein the alert specifies a particular disease, condition, allergy, genetic marker, or a combination thereof that is relevant to the first patient.