Computerized system and method for inputting healthcare clinical orders

• US 20110054937A1
• Filed: 08/28/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vicki J.O. Dibble
• Original Assignee: Vicki J.O. Dibble
• Inventors: Dibble, Vicki Jo
• Application Number:
  US12/583,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20110054937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A customizable system and method are provided for enabling the input of healthcare clinical orders, the method including the steps of: (1) Displaying a service line home page; (2) Providing topic-specific orderset forms for each service line listed; (3) Displaying a selected topic-specific orderset form; (4) Providing pre-populatable medical record information fields on the topic-specific orderset forms; (5) Making multiple clinical order selections available; and (6) Providing contemporary access to an ancillary or miscellaneous order form. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for enabling the input of clinical orders into a healthcare application, the method comprising the steps of:

(1) Displaying a service line home page with a list of service lines for selection;

(2) Providing a plurality of customizable topic-specific orderset forms for each of the service lines;

(3) Displaying a selected one of the topic-specific orderset forms;

(4) Providing at least one pre-determined, pre-populatable medical record information field on each of the topic-specific orderset forms;

(5) Making multiple, customizable, clinical order selections available for selection; and

(6) Providing contemporary access to a second, ancillary order form or miscellaneous order form.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (6) further comprises displaying a selected one of the ancillary order forms.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step, after step (6), of:

(7) Making at least one free text area available on at least one of the topic-specific orderset forms.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step, after step (6), of:

(8) Displaying a warning if a required information field is not filled in once a computer session utilizing the method is underway.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (6) comprises:

Providing access to the ancillary order form and the miscellaneous order form.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(9) Providing an option for selecting an additional, miscellaneous order form from a drop-down navigation menu.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

(10) Providing a Place Orders button for placement of at least one selected clinical order and exiting.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service line home page further comprises at least one one-click frequently used clinical order.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one one-click frequently used clinical order is a one-click “

Consult Order”

button for a particular one of the service lines.

10. A daily rounding method for enabling the input of clinical orders into a healthcare application, the method comprising the steps of:

(1) Providing a “

select daily rounding form”

option at a point of entry to an order entry collection of a closed loop order navigation system;

(2) Providing an option to select among a plurality of frequently used or miscellaneous order forms, or alternatively proceeding to one of a listing of service line home pages of the system and then displaying a selected one of the service line home pages;

(3) Providing at least one pre-determined, pre-populatable medical record information field on each of the service line home pages; and

(4) Displaying a selected one of the topic-specific orderset forms.

11. The daily rounding method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

(5) Providing at least one pre-determined, pre-populatable medical record information field on each of the topic-specific orderset forms;

(6) Making multiple, customizable, clinical order selections available for selection; and

(7) Providing access to a second, ancillary order form or miscellaneous order form within the closed loop order navigation system.

12. The daily rounding method according to claim 11, further comprising the step, after step (5), of:

Displaying a warning if mandatory information fields from a pre-determined list are not filled in.

13. The daily rounding method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

Providing a Place Orders button by which the clinical order is, or orders are, placed and the closed loop order navigation system is exited.

14. The daily rounding method according to claim 10, wherein the miscellaneous order form options of step (2) comprise the following:

(a) Computerized Tomography, Imaging;

(b) Vascular Lab, Echocardiogram; and

(c) Microbiology.

15. The daily rounding method according to claim 11, wherein, if an additional clinical order form is selected from a drop-down navigation menu on the topic-specific orderset form, a second clinical order form will display after the Place Orders button has been clicked.

16. A system for enabling the input of clinical orders into a healthcare application, the system comprising:

(a) a customizable service line home page listing available service lines;

(b) a plurality of customizable service specific home pages available on the service line home page;

(c) a plurality of customizable topic-specific clinical ordersets related to a selected one of the service lines;

(d) a plurality of customizable ancillary order forms available on the service line home page; and

(e) a plurality of customizable clinical orders available on each of the topic-specific clinical ordersets or the ancillary order forms;

wherein the system enables placement of a plurality of clinical orders in one uninterrupted session.

17. The system according to claim 16, further comprising a plurality of customizable, miscellaneous order forms available on the topic-specific clinical ordersets or the ancillary order forms.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the topic-specific clinical ordersets each comprise at least one free text area.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein the ancillary order forms comprise laboratory, radiology, or electrocardiogram order forms.

20. The system according to claim 16, wherein the service line home page further comprises a one-click “

Consult Order”

button for a particular one of the service lines.