DYNAMIC CLINICAL WORKLIST

• US 20110276343A1
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Zon, Cornelis, Lagor, Charles, Lord, William P.
• Application Number:
  US13/125,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A system and method receiving patient information entered via a user interface, processing the patient information to generate an initial worklist based on the patient information and a patient guideline, displaying the initial worklist, receiving a user input based on the initial worklist, processing the user input to generate an updated worklist based on the user input and displaying the updated worklist.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving (210) patient information entered via a user interface;

processing (230) the patient information to generate an initial worklist based on the patient information and a patient guideline;

displaying (240) the initial worklist;

receiving (250) a user input based on the initial worklist;

processing (280) the user input to generate an updated worklist based on the user input; and

displaying (290) the updated worklist.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving (250) further input based on the displayed worklist;

processing (280) the further input to generate an altered updated worklist; and

displaying (290) the altered updated worklist.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the user input to generate the updated worklist includes communicating (270) with one of a guideline manager (112) and a rules engine (118).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the guideline manager (112) generates a patient guideline representation (116) based on the patient information and an accepted healthcare industry guideline.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the rules engine (118) includes criteria for sorting a list of tasks of the initial worklist.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial worklist and the updated worklist include a list of recommended tasks (114).

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the list of recommended tasks (114) is sortable by one of importance, cost, risks, patient preferences and invasiveness.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the patient information in a patient information database (122).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient information includes one of a patient symptom, disease, condition and test result.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input includes one of an indication of completed task, a request to sort the worklist and additional patient information.

11. A system, comprising:

a user interface (104) to enter patient information and a user input;

a memory (108) storing a patient guideline;

a processor (102) generating a worklist based on one of the patient information and the user input along with a patient guideline, wherein the user input is based on a previously generated worklist; and

a display (106) displaying the worklist (114).

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the display (106) simultaneously displays a patient guideline representation (116).

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interface (104) receives further input based on the displayed worklist (114), the processor (102) altering the display of the patient guideline representation (116) based on the further user input.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the worklist (114) is further based on a work function of the user.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory (108) stores criteria for sorting the worklist (114) and the processor (102) sorts the worklist (114) based on the criteria.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the worklist (114) includes a list of recommended tasks.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the list of recommended tasks is sortable by one of importance, cost, risks, patient preferences and invasiveness.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the patient information includes one of a patient symptom, disease, condition and test result.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the user input includes one of an indication of a completed task, a request to sort the worklist and additional patient information.

20. A computer-readable storage medium (108) including a set of instructions executable by a processor (102), the set of instructions operable to:

receive (210) patient information entered via a user interface;

process (230) the patient information to generate an initial worklist based on the patient information and a patient guideline;

display (240) the initial worklist;

receive (250) a user input based on the initial worklist;

process (280) the user input to generate an updated worklist based on the user input; and

display (290) the updated worklist (114).