METHOD TO TRANSFORM CLINICIAN ORDER ENTRY

• US 20110137679A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ford, Daniel A., Renly, Sondra R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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

A computer-implemented method receives, into a computerized system, routine electronic transmissions such as a clinician order entry (CPOE) order message relating to a patient. The order message is used to identify one of a number of pre-established templates to create an individualized wellness plan. The method identifies data variables that need to be supplied for the wellness plan and identifies patient documentation related to the wellness plan. The method supplies the data variables and combines patient documentation into the wellness plan. The method identifies and includes dependency-awareness of tasks, reminders, and appointments within and across wellness plans. The method can customize the wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences, and can restrict access and content of the wellness plan. The method provides the wellness plan to the patient through their preferred interactive calendar application and obtains the remaining data variables, performs across plan dependency checks, and obtains the patient preferences from the patient through the interactive calendar application. This allows the method to provide the patient a list of tasks, reminders, and appointments through the interactive calendar application and enables both clinician and patient to track plan progress and completion.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for bi-directional communication of clinical clinician order entry (CPOE) data to a patient, said method comprising:

receiving pre-defined healthcare data from a data repository using a computer;

extracting required healthcare data variables from said pre-defined healthcare data using said computer;

extracting documentation comprising decision support documentation, education documentation and contra-indication check documentation from module templates based on patient data using said computer;

integrating said documentation with said required healthcare data variables to provide integrated data, using said computer;

customizing said integrated data based on clinician, patient, and health care practice preferences to provide customized integrated data, using said computer;

restricting access to said customized integrated data to provide a necessary level of security using said computer, said necessary level of security being based on a type of system access used by said patient;

packaging said customized integrated data with healthcare tasks, reminders, and appointments specific to said patient to provide customized integrated data, using said computer; and

uploading said customized integrated data to a patient calendar application using said computer, said customized integrated data in said patient calendar application being viewed by said patient as interactive calendar.

2. The method of claim 1, said pre-defined healthcare data comprising Health Level-7 data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying search criteria to said patient calendar application to search for said required healthcare data variables, using said computer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising said patient calendar application prompting said patient to input said required healthcare data variables into said patient calendar application, using said computer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising said patient calendar application notifying said patient of said healthcare tasks, reminders, and appointments.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, into a computerized system, a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of a number of pre-established templates;

identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

combining said patient documentation into said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

customizing said wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences, using said computerized system;

restricting access to said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

providing said wellness plan to said patient through an interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

providing said patient a list of required tasks through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

receiving feedback regarding completion of said required tasks, using said computerized system;

updating said interactive calendar based on said feedback, using said computerized system; and

outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback, using said computerized system to a patient and a clinician.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising supplying said data variables, using said computerized system, by at least one of:

searching databases for said data variables;

receiving input from health care professionals for said data variables; and

receiving input from said patient for said data variables.

8. The method according to claim 6, said patient documentation comprising medical decision support documentation, patient educational documentation, and contra-indication checking documentation.

9. The method according to claim 6, said patient preferences comprising the type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

and a level of said restricting of said access to said wellness plan being based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising receiving said clinician preferences from health care professionals and receiving said patient preferences from said patient.

11. A computerized system for processing clinician order entry (CPOE) orders, said system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one computerized storage medium operatively connected to said processor, said computerized storage medium storing a plurality of pre-established templates, each of said templates comprising a wellness plan, each said wellness plan comprising dated tasks, reminders, and calendar appointments, each of said templates further identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan;

at least one interface operatively connected to said processor, said interface receiving a CPOE order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of said pre-established templates, said processor identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan, said interface receiving clinician preferences and patient preferences, said processor customizing said wellness plan according to said clinician preferences and patient preferences, said processor restricting access to said wellness plan; and

at least one interactive calendar application operatively running on said processor, said interactive calendar application providing said wellness plan to said patient, said interactive calendar application obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient, said interactive calendar application providing said patient a list of required tasks,

said processor receiving feedback regarding completion of said required tasks, said processor updating said interactive calendar application based on said feedback, and

said interface outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback.

12. The system according to claim 11, said processor searching said computerized storage medium for said data variables, said interface receiving input from health care professionals for said data variables, and said interface receiving input from said patient for said data variables.

13. The system according to claim 11, said patient documentation comprising medical decision support documentation, patient educational documentation, and contra-indication checking documentation.

14. The system according to claim 11, said patient preferences comprising the type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

and a level of said restricting of said access to said wellness plan being based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient.

15. The system according to claim 11, said interactive calendar application notifying said patient of said healthcare tasks, reminders, and appointments.

16. A computer program storage medium tangibly embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, into a computerized system, a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of a number of pre-established templates;

identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

combining said patient documentation into said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

customizing said wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences, using said computerized system;

restricting access to said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

providing said wellness plan to said patient through an interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

providing said patient a list of required tasks through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

receiving feedback regarding completion of said required tasks, using said computerized system;

updating said interactive calendar based on said feedback, using said computerized system; and

outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback, using said computerized system to a patient and a clinician.

17. The computer program storage medium according to claim 16, said method further comprising supplying said data variables, using said computerized system, by at least one of:

searching databases for said data variables;

receiving input from health care professionals for said data variables; and

receiving input from said patient for said data variables.

18. The computer program storage medium according to claim 16, said patient documentation comprising medical decision support documentation, patient educational documentation, and contra-indication checking documentation.

19. The computer program storage medium according to claim 16, said patient preferences comprising the type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

and a level of said restricting of said access to said wellness plan being based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient.

20. The computer program storage medium according to claim 16, said method further comprising receiving said clinician preferences from health care professionals and receiving said patient preferences from said patient.