ADAPTABLE MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM

• US 20110153343A1
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Dufour, Ali, Tremblay, Jean-Sebastien, Lagace, Jean-Francois, Dumont, Sebastien
• Application Number:
  US12/644,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20110153343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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

Examples of systems and methods are provided for adapting a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network, including receiving a message comprising medical information data, predicting a healthcare worker'"'"'s workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data; communicating, based on the predicted workflow, a menu comprising one or more medical action options for displaying to the healthcare worker.

Claims

1. A method of adapting a medical workflow implemented at a processor coupled to a hospital network, comprising:

receiving a message comprising medical information data;

predicting a healthcare worker'"'"'s workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data;

communicating to an interface, based on the predicting, a menu comprising one or more medical action options.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predicting further comprises predicting using the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and the authorization level.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information data comprises at least one of a patient identification, a medical item identification or a barcode information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information data comprises a medical action selected by the healthcare worker.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a state associated with the medical information data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predicting further comprises predicting using the state associated with the medical information data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a session information with the first message.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predicting further comprises predicting based on the session information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the predicting further comprises:

accessing a workflow database comprising medical action option entries; and

including at least one medical action option in the healthcare worker'"'"'s predicted workflow.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the workflow database based on a system administrator'"'"'s input.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

facilitating disabling a menu item from the menu.

12. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for adapting a medical workflow, the instructions comprising code to cause a processor to:

receive a message comprising medical information data;

predict a healthcare worker'"'"'s workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data;

communicate to an interface, based on the predicting, a menu comprising one or more medical action options.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code for predicting further comprises code for predicting using the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and the authorization level.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the medical information data comprises at least one of a patient identification, a medical item identification or a barcode information.

15. A system for adapting a medical workflow, comprising:

a server;

a scanner having an interface; and

a database;

wherein

the server comprises;

a medical information reception section configured to receive a message from the scanner comprising medical information data;

a workflow prediction section configured to predict a healthcare worker'"'"'s workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data;

a menu communication section configured to communicate to the scanner, based on the predicted workflow, a menu comprising one or more medical action options for displaying on the interface.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the workflow prediction section is further configured to predict the healthcare worker'"'"'s workflow using the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and the authorization level.

17. The system of claim 15 further comprising:

a state determination section configured to determined a state associated with the medical information data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the workflow prediction section is further configured to predict using the state associated with the medical information data.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a session management section configured to associate a session information with the first message.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein, the workflow prediction section is further configured to predict using the session information.