SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ORGANIZING PATIENT INFORMATION

• US 20100223071A1
• Filed: 03/02/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Kland, Michele, Barylak-Roge, Terri, Richmeier-Harney, Judy, Wolf, Karl, Rivedal, Eric
• Application Number:
  US12/396,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20100223071A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• 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

An apparatus and system are provided for facilitating organization of medical data, associated with a patient(s) to enable medical professionals to prioritize and deliver timely and appropriate care to one or more patients. The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive medical information, associated with a patient(s), from one or more entities and store the medical information in a memory. The processor is also configured to provide a portion(s) of the medical information to a view of a display(s) and update a portion of the medical information upon receiving new medical data associated with the portion in response to determining that the new medical data corresponds to the patient(s). The processor is also configured to provide the portion of the medical information to a view of a display(s).

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving medical information, associated with one or more patients, from one or more different computer systems;

storing the received medical information in a memory;

examining, via a processors the received medical information stored in the memory and identifying whether data in the received medical information indicates the medical information corresponds to one or more patients, the data comprises one or more unique identifiers (IDs) associated with the one or more patients;

providing one or more portions of the received medical information to a single view of one or more displays;

configuring the one or more portions of the received medical information to generate a summary view of the medical information received from the one or more different computer systems, the medical information is associated with at least one of the patients;

updating, via the processor, at least a first portion of the received medical information upon receiving additional medical data associated with the first portion in response to a determination indicating that the additional medical data corresponds to at least one patient, the additional medical data also being stored in the memory;

providing the first portion, as updated, to the single view of the one or more displays; and

providing at least one alert, received from at least one of the different computer systems, to the summary view, the at least one alert comprises data indicating a medical status associated with the patient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving comprises periodically polling one or more memories of one or more devices at predetermined time intervals to receive the medical information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination comprises evaluating whether the new medical data comprises at least one of the unique IDs.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing at least a second portion of the received medical information corresponding to one of the patients and providing the second portion to the single view of the one or more displays.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the one or more portions of the received medical information, based at least in part on any one of a user, a user'"'"'s role, or a user group, to display medical information associated with at least one patient that is assigned to at least one health care professional.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, generating one or more alerts at a predetermined time prior to the occurrence of one or more corresponding events, the events are associated with providing medical care to the at least one patient.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining medical information associated with the patient in response to selecting the alert.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the data of the alert comprises visible indicia and the visible indicia is generated in response to the medical information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a priority in which to perform one or more tasks associated with the patient on the basis of the visible indicia.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

assigning a value to one or more tasks associated with a plurality of patients; and

displaying information associated with the plurality of patients in an order of priority along with the associated tasks, the order of priority is based at least in part on the value assigned to each of the tasks.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether one or more tasks assigned to the health care professional is overdue; and

providing information indicating that at least one task, among the tasks, is overdue to the view of the one or more displays in response to a time associated with the task expiring.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more alerts comprise data indicating medical care that a health care professional is to provide to at least one of the patients at a specified time.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein at least one of the alerts signifies that a condition of the at least one patient is deteriorating and requires immediate medical attention by a health care professional.

14. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

receive medical information, associated with one or more patients, from one or more different computer systems;

store the received medical information in a memory;

examine the received medical information stored in the memory and identify whether data in the received medical information indicates the medical information corresponds to one or more patients, the data comprises one or more unique identifiers (IDs) associated with the one or more patients;

provide one or more portions of the received medical information to a single view of one or more displays;

configure the one or more portions of the received medical information to generate a summary view of the medical information received from the one or more different computer systems, the medical information is associated with at least one patient;

update at least a first portion of the received medical information upon receiving additional medical data associated with the first portion in response to a determination indicating that the additional medical data corresponds to at least one patient, the additional medical data is also being stored in the memory;

provide the first portion, as updated, to the single view of the one or more displays; and

provide at least one alert, received from at least one of the computer systems, to the summary view, the alert comprises data indicating a medical status associated with the patient.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to receive by periodically polling one or more memories of one or more devices at predetermined time intervals to receive the medical information.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to perform the determination by evaluating whether the new medical data comprises at least one of the unique IDs.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to analyze at least a second portion of the received medical information corresponding to one of the patients and provide the second portion to the single view of the one or more displays.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to manipulate the one or more portions of the received medical information to display medical information associated with at least one patient that based at least in part on any one of a user, a user'"'"'s role, or a user group.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate one or more alerts, comprising visible indicia, at a predetermined time prior to the occurrence of one or more corresponding events, the events are associated with providing medical care to the at least one patient.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain medical information associated with the patient in response to selecting the alert.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the data of the alert comprises visible indicia and the visible indicia is generated by the processor in response to receipt of the medical information.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to utilize the visible indicia to identify a priority in which to perform one or more tasks associated with the patient.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

assign a value to one or more tasks associated with a plurality of patients; and

display information associated with the plurality of patients in an order of priority along with the associated tasks, the order of priority is based at least in part on the value assigned to each of the tasks.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether one or more tasks assigned to the health care professional is overdue;

and

provide information indicating that at least one task, among the tasks, is overdue to the view of the one or more displays in response to a time associated with the task expiring.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more alerts comprise data indicating medical care that a health care professional is to provide to the at least one patient at a specified time.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the alerts comprises visible indicia which signifies that a condition of the at least one patient is deteriorating and requires immediate medical attention by a health care professional.

27. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion configured for receiving medical information, associated with one or more patients, from one or more different computer systems

a second executable portion configured for storing the received medical information in a memory;

a third executable portion configured for examining the received medical information stored in the memory and identifying whether data in the received medical information indicates the medical information corresponds to one or more patients, the data comprises one or more unique identifiers (IDs) associated with the one or more patients;

a fourth executable portion configured for providing one or more portions of the received medical information to a single view of one or more displays;

a fifth executable portion configured for manipulating the one or more portions of the received medical information to generate a summary view of the medical information received from the one or more different computer systems, the medical information is associated with at least one patient;

a sixth executable portion configured for updating at least a first portion of the received medical information upon receiving additional medical data associated with the first portion in response to a determination indicating that the additional medical data corresponds to at least one patient, the additional medical data is also being stored in the memory;

a seventh executable portion configured for providing the first portion, as updated, to the single view of the one or more displays; and

an eighth executable portion configured for providing at least one alert, received from at least one of the different computer systems, to the summary view, the at least one alert comprises data indicating a medical status associated with the patient.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein receiving comprises periodically polling one or more memories of one or more devices at predetermined time intervals to receive the medical information.