PATIENT INTERACTIVE HEALING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110054936A1
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: COWAN, DANIEL P., RUFF, CHRISTOPHER M.
• Application Number:
  US12/553,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20110054936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing an interactive healing environment to a patient are provided. Servers in a network may operate a set of modules to communicate with a client device of the patient. The set of modules may operate to enhance communication between the patient and the healthcare providers of patient in the healthcare facility. The modules may also interact with medical devices associated with the patient. The medical devices may be connected to a component, such as a bus, that receives data from the medical devices and determines where the data should be sent.

Claims

1. A system for providing an interactive healing environment to a patient in a healthcare facility, comprising:

one or more servers operating in a private network wherein each server has a processor coupled to a memory;

the one or more servers operating a set of modules to communicate with a client device of the patient wherein the set of modules includes;

an information module that provides a set of information about the healthcare facility;

a care team module that provides the set of information about people who give care to the patient in the healthcare facility;

an education module that provides at least one of a health education information, an electronic document retrieval, and an interactive patient education;

a scheduling module that provides at least one of a schedule for the patient and a task list for the patient;

a health records module that provides the patient access to at least one of their personal care information and their personal health record; and

a treatment module that provides real-time information from one or more medical devices associated with the patient;

the one or more servers retrieving data from the one or more medical devices wherein the one or more medical devices operate to treat the patient or operate to support the patient; and

the client device operating to provide an interactive interface between the patient and the set of modules in the one or more servers.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising the set of modules includes at least one of:

a television module that provides television services;

a gaming module that enables an interactive gaming experience;

a movie module that provides a first on-demand selection of video content;

a music module that provides a second on-demand selection of audio content; and

a menu module that provides an access to food services and gift shops associated with the healthcare facility.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising the set of modules includes a feedback module that solicits input from the patient to correct and improve a stay of the patient in the healthcare facility.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the care team module is associated with an indoor positioning system to track the physical locations of people who give care to the patient in the healthcare facility and wherein the care team module provides information such as a name, a position and a picture of the healthcare giver, when the healthcare giver enters a room of the patient.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the education module monitors when the patient has completed a health education information learning activity.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the health records module updates an electronic medical record, associated with the patient, in the healthcare recordkeeping system when the patient completes the health education information learning activity.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback module solicits feedback information from the patient regarding their treatment at the healthcare facility, wherein the feedback information comprises the response of the patient to one or more quality of care surveys.

8. The system of claim 6, further comprising a notification component that alerts a healthcare facility management team and the healthcare provider when positive feedback information provided by the patient falls below a predetermined threshold.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an environmental module that allows the patient and the people who give care to the patient to control the environmental conditions in a room of the patient, wherein the environmental conditions include lighting and temperature.

10. The system of claim 2, further comprising a parental control module that limits a material accessed by the patient in the television, gaming, movies and music modules.

11. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that, when executed perform a method for providing an interactive healing environment to a patient, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of the patient;

receiving the identification of one or more medical devices;

receiving the identification of a set of healthcare services provided by a healthcare facility

associating the patient, the one or more medical devices, and the set of healthcare services provided by a healthcare facility to one another for a period of time determined by a treatment of the patient in the healthcare facility;

customizing a set of system services that are accessed by the patient wherein the set of system services enables the patient to interact with a set of modules that include at least one of information module, a care team module, an education module, a scheduling module, a health records module and a treatment module; and

providing the set of system services to a client device wherein the patient retrieves and inputs information by using the set of system services.

12. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11 wherein the set of modules includes at least one of:

a television module that provides television services;

a gaming module that enables an interactive gaming experience;

a movie module that provides a first on-demand selection of video content;

a music module that provides a second on-demand selection of audio content; and

a menu module that provides an access to food services and gift shops associated with the healthcare facility.

13. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, further comprising, maintaining an association of an identified patient and the one or more medical devices until an occurrence of a disassociation event, wherein the disassociation event includes one or more of a disassociation by a clinician, an indication that the one or more medical devices is offline, or an override caused by the association of another patient to the one or more medical devices.

14. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein one or more of the identification of the patient, or the identification of the one or more medical devices are received by scanning a barcode that is associated with the patient, or the one or more medical devices.

15. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein one or more of the identification of the patient, or the identification of the one or more medical devices are received by a user selection of the patient identification, or one or more medical devices identification found in an electronically searchable database that contains a plurality of identifications.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the care team module is associated with an indoor positioning system to track the physical locations of people who give care to the patient in the healthcare facility and wherein the care team module provides information such as a name, position and a picture of a healthcare giver, when the healthcare giver enters a patient room.

17. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the education module monitors when the patient has completed a health education information learning activity.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, further comprising updating an electronic medical record associated with the patient when the patient has completed a health education information learning activity.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the feedback module solicits feedback information from the patient regarding their treatment at the healthcare facility, wherein the feedback information comprises the response of the patient to one or more quality of care surveys.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 19, further comprising alerting a healthcare facility management team and the people who give care to the patient when positive feedback information provided by the patient falls below a predetermined threshold.

21. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that, when executed perform a method for providing an interactive healing environment to a patient, the method comprising:

operating one or more servers in a private network wherein each server has a processor coupled to a memory;

utilizing the one or more servers to operate a set of modules, wherein the set of modules communicates with a client device of the patient wherein the set of modules includes;

an information module that provides the set of information about the healthcare facility;

a care team module that provides a set of information about people who give care to the patient in the healthcare facility;

an education module that provides at least one of a health education information, an electronic document retrieval, and an interactive patient education;

a scheduling module that provides at least one of a schedule for the patient and a task list for the patient;

a health records module that provides the patient access to their personal care information and their personal health record; and

a treatment module that provides real-time information from one or more medical devices associated with the patient;

retrieving data from the one or more medical devices wherein the one or more medical devices operate to treat the patient or operate to support the patient;

storing the retrieved data on the one or more servers; and

utilizing the client device to provide an interactive interface between the patient and the set of modules in the one or more servers.

22. The computer-readable storage media of claim 21, further comprising the set of modules includes a feedback module that solicits input from the patient to correct and improve a stay of the patient in the healthcare facility.