INTEGRATING ACTION BOXES FOR INFUSION MANAGEMENT

• US 20110119612A1
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: GANNON, MARY, BUCKLEY, AMANDA, ROGERS, STEPHANIE L., FIECHTNER, HANNAH
• Granted Patent: US 9,927,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data from infusion pumps in a healthcare setting and displaying the data on a user device are provided. Centralized clinician views are provided to enable clinician to provide additional information for infusion data within selected time ranges. Embodiments provide near real-time graphical displays of infusion data to clinicians on separate user devices. In addition, near real-time graphical displays of patient physiologic data is displayed simultaneously to a clinician along with the infusion data.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed, perform a method for indicating an action is required for an item associated with infusion documentation, the method comprising:

receiving a continuous data feed from at least one device operable to assist in treating a patient;

receiving a selection of a time range having multiple items from a user interface containing data from the continuous data feed; and

displaying at least one item within the selected time range that requires additional information from a clinician.

2. The media of claim 1, further comprising identifying the additional information required.

3. The media of claim 1, further comprising displaying an action box to facilitate entering the additional information.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required is a witness name.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required is a site associated with intravenous therapy.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required is a weight associated with the patient.

7. The media of claim 1, further comprising displaying a hover box for entering the additional information that appears next to a cell containing the item that requires additional information when the clinician highlights that cell.

8. The media of claim 1, presenting the clinician with a selectable button that when activated identifies the additional information required for the at least one item within the selected time range.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the selectable button appears as a hover box next to the selected time range.

10. A graphical user interface (GUI) stored on one or more computer-readable media and executable by a computing device, said GUI comprising:

A first display area configured for displaying data from a continuous data feed from at least one device;

A second display area configured for receiving a selection of a time range associated with the data;

A third display area configured for displaying items that require additional from a clinician within the selected time range; and

A fourth display area configured for displaying an action box for entering additional information.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the at least one device is an infusion pump, a medical device, or a combination thereof.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein entering additional information comprises receiving an indication that the clinician has provided the required information.

13. The media of claim 10, further comprising a fifth display area configured for indicating to a clinician if additional information is required for a single cell.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein the action box hovers next to the selected time range.

15. The media of claim 10, wherein displaying data comprises displaying data entries from the at least one device corresponding to an approximate time associated with a single cell.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the first display area is further configured for displaying multiple data entries for the single cell.

17. The media of claim 10, wherein the first display is configured to distinguish between a cell that requires additional information and a cell that does not require additional information.

18. A computerized system for entering additional information associated with infusion documentation, the system comprising:

at least one device transmitting data to a server comprising at least one component;

a device information receiving component for receiving a continuous stream of data from the at least one device associated with a patient;

a time range selection component for receiving a selection of a time range associated with the data;

an analyzing component for determining more than one item of data requires additional information within the selected time range; and

a action component for displaying an action box for entering additional information associated with the more than one item.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a user device communication component for displaying the items requiring additional information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user device communication component is operable to distinguish between items that require additional information and items that do not require additional information.