SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING DISPLAY OF MEDICAL PROCEDURE DATA

• US 20100332255A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Rotunda, James R.
• Application Number:
  US12/495,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20100332255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating display of medical procedure data on a surgical tracking display apparatus. A method may include accessing medical procedure data from one or more data sources. The method may further include aggregating the accessed medical procedure data into one or more procedure data units based at least in part upon predefined aggregation criteria. The method may additionally include assigning each procedure data unit to one of a plurality of groups and ordering the procedure data units for each group. The method may also include causing one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed in order on the surgical tracking display apparatus. Corresponding systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating display of medical procedure data on a surgical tracking display apparatus, the method comprising:

accessing medical procedure data from one or more data sources;

aggregating the accessed medical procedure data into one or more procedure data units based at least in part upon predefined aggregation criteria, wherein each procedure data unit is associated with a patient, with an operating room in which a medical procedure is scheduled to be performed on the patient, and with the medical procedure scheduled to be performed on the patient, and wherein each procedure data unit comprises an identification of the patient and a time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed;

assigning each procedure data unit to one of a plurality of groups, wherein each group is associated with a single operating room, and wherein each respective procedure data unit is assigned to the group associated with the operating room with which the respective procedure data unit is associated;

ordering the procedure data units for each group such that the procedure data units are ordered within each group based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed; and

causing, by a display controller, one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed in order on the surgical tracking display apparatus, wherein the displayed one or more ordered procedure data units for each respective group are displayed in a respective column of the surgical tracking display apparatus associated with the same operating room with which the respective group is associated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed comprises causing the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of the plurality of the groups to be displayed without respect to a vertical axis, such that the one or more ordered procedure data units from each respective group of the plurality of groups is displayed independent of the one or more ordered procedure data units from any other group.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that performance of a medical procedure with which a procedure data unit displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus is associated has been completed;

causing, in response to the determination, the procedure data unit to be removed such that the removed procedure data unit is no longer displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus; and

causing each ordered procedure data unit in the same column as the removed procedure data unit to be moved up the column to replace a display space vacated by the removed procedure data unit.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving medical procedure data for an add-on medical procedure to be performed in an operating room;

aggregating the received medical procedure data into a new procedure data unit;

assigning the new procedure data unit to the group associated with the operating room in which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed; and

causing the new procedure data unit to be displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus in the column associated with the same operating room with which the new procedure data unit is associated in a position ordered relative to any other procedure data units in the column based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a displayed procedure data unit displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus comprises an indication of a status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, and further comprising:

determining that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated; and

updating the indication of the status of the patient in the displayed procedure data unit based at least in part upon the determination that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing notice that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated to one or more of one or more medical staff persons responsible for performing the medical procedure with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, one or more medical staff persons associated with the operating room with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, or the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined aggregation criteria comprises one or more of aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical staff persons scheduled to perform one or more medical procedures on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit or aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical procedures scheduled to be performed on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each procedure data unit further comprises one or more of an indication of the associated medical procedure to be performed on the patient, an identification of one or more medical staff persons responsible for performing the medical procedure scheduled to be performed on the patient, or a current status of the patient.

9. An apparatus for facilitating display of medical procedure data on a surgical tracking display apparatus, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to cause the apparatus to at least:

access medical procedure data from one or more data sources;

aggregate the accessed medical procedure data into one or more procedure data units based at least in part upon predefined aggregation criteria, wherein each procedure data unit is associated with a patient, with an operating room in which a medical procedure is scheduled to be performed on the patient, and with the medical procedure scheduled to be performed on the patient, and wherein each procedure data unit comprises an identification of the patient and a time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed;

assign each procedure data unit to one of a plurality of groups, wherein each group is associated with a single operating room, and wherein each respective procedure data unit is assigned to the group associated with the operating room with which the respective procedure data unit is associated;

order the procedure data units for each group such that the procedure data units are ordered within each group based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed; and

cause one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed in order on the surgical tracking display apparatus, wherein the displayed one or more ordered procedure data units for each respective group are displayed in a respective column of the surgical tracking display apparatus associated with the same operating room with which the respective group is associated.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to cause the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed by causing the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of the plurality of the groups to be displayed without respect to a vertical axis, such that the one or more ordered procedure data units from each respective group of the plurality of groups is displayed independent of the one or more ordered procedure data units from any other group.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to:

determine that performance of a medical procedure with which a procedure data unit displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus is associated has been completed;

cause, in response to the determination, the procedure data unit to be removed such that the removed procedure data unit is no longer displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus; and

cause each ordered procedure data unit in the same column as the removed procedure data unit to be moved up the column to replace a display space vacated by the removed procedure data unit.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive medical procedure data for an add-on medical procedure to be performed in an operating room;

aggregate the received medical procedure data into a new procedure data unit;

assign the new procedure data unit to the group associated with the operating room in which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed; and

cause the new procedure data unit to be displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus in the column associated with the same operating room with which the new procedure data unit is associated in a position ordered relative to any other procedure data units in the column based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein a displayed procedure data unit displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus comprises an indication of a status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, and wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated; and

update the indication of the status of the patient in the displayed procedure data unit based at least in part upon the determination that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to provide notice that the status of the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated has been updated to one or more of one or more medical staff persons responsible for performing the medical procedure with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, one or more medical staff persons associated with the operating room with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated, or the patient with which the displayed procedure data unit is associated.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the predefined aggregation criteria comprises one or more of aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical staff persons scheduled to perform one or more medical procedures on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit or aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical procedures scheduled to be performed on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to at least:

access the medical procedure data from the one or more data sources;

aggregate the accessed medical procedure data into one or more procedure data units;

assign each procedure data unit to one of the plurality of groups;

order the procedure data units for each group; and

cause the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of the plurality of the groups to be displayed.

17. A computer program product for facilitating display of medical procedure data on a surgical tracking display apparatus, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:

a program instruction configured for accessing medical procedure data from one or more data sources;

a program instruction configured for aggregating the accessed medical procedure data into one or more procedure data units based at least in part upon predefined aggregation criteria, wherein each procedure data unit is associated with a patient, with an operating room in which a medical procedure is scheduled to be performed on the patient, and with the medical procedure scheduled to be performed on the patient, and wherein each procedure data unit comprises an identification of the patient and a time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed;

a program instruction configured for assigning each procedure data unit to one of a plurality of groups, wherein each group is associated with a single operating room, and wherein each respective procedure data unit is assigned to the group associated with the operating room with which the respective procedure data unit is associated;

a program instruction configured for ordering the procedure data units for each group such that the procedure data units are ordered within each group based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure is scheduled to be performed; and

a program instruction configured for causing one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed in order on the surgical tracking display apparatus, wherein the displayed one or more ordered procedure data units for each respective group are displayed in a respective column of the surgical tracking display apparatus associated with the same operating room with which the respective group is associated.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the program instruction configured for causing the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of a plurality of the groups to be displayed comprises instructions configured for causing the one or more ordered procedure data units from each of the plurality of the groups to be displayed without respect to a vertical axis, such that the one or more ordered procedure data units from each respective group of the plurality of groups is displayed independent of the one or more ordered procedure data units from any other group.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

a program instruction configured for receiving medical procedure data for an add-on medical procedure to be performed in an operating room;

a program instruction configured for aggregating the received medical procedure data into a new procedure data unit;

a program instruction configured for assigning the new procedure data unit to the group associated with the operating room in which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed; and

a program instruction configured for causing the new procedure data unit to be displayed on the surgical tracking display apparatus in the column associated with the same operating room with which the new procedure data unit is associated in a position ordered relative to any other procedure data units in the column based at least in part upon the time at which the medical procedure associated with the new procedure data unit is scheduled to be performed.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the predefined aggregation criteria comprises one or more of aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical staff persons scheduled to perform one or more medical procedures on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit or aggregating medical procedure data for a plurality of medical procedures scheduled to be performed on a single patient in a single operating room at the same time into a single procedure data unit.