SMART CLINICAL CARE ROOM

• US 20120323591A1
• Filed: 06/20/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: BECHTEL, STEPHANIE PALMER, NOLTE, MARK, KAYS, ERIC CHRISTIAN, SIEBERS, SCOTT GORDON, MITCHEM, GREGORY RAY
• Granted Patent: US 8,620,682 B2
• 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 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a real-world activity are provided. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input corresponding to the real-world activity is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of setting is optimized to facilitate completion of the real-world activity.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for adaptively utilizing a clinical care room to facilitate caring for a patient, the method comprising:

receiving an input indicating a code blue event has been initiated for the patient;

incident to receiving the input;

(A) notifying a clinical care team of the code blue event,

(B) modifying one or more environmental conditions in the clinical care room to facilitate patient care,

(C) automatically capturing clinical event information related to the clinical care room and the patient,

(D) displaying a code blue care plan to the clinical care team, and

(E) utilizing the clinical event information to adaptively update the code blue care plan.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the input indicating the code blue event has been initiated for the patient is automatically generated upon detection of a triggering event by a patient monitoring device.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the clinical care team is notified by communicating a message to one or more mobile devices associated with the clinical care team.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the modifying one or more environmental conditions in the clinical care room comprises fully illuminating the clinical care room.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the modifying one or more physical structures in the clinical care room comprises placing a patient bed in a predefined code blue position, powering off any television that is on, and transitioning a clinician-dashboard display device from a clinician view to a team view displaying the code blue care plan.

6. The media of claim 5, wherein the clinician-dashboard display device is positioned so that it is viewable by members of the clinical care team.

7. The media of claim 1, wherein the capturing clinical event information related to the clinical care room and the patient comprises capturing automatic inputs and outputs and manual inputs and outputs.

8. The media of claim 1, wherein the capturing clinical event information related to the clinical care room comprises utilizing room sensors to capture signals emitted by radio-frequency identification tags worn by members of the clinical care team in order to document their presence and position in the clinical care room.

9. The media of claim 1, wherein the capturing clinical event information related to the clinical care room and the patient comprises at least one of the following:

outputs from patient monitoring devices, medications administered to the patient, lab results, procedures performed on the patient, times at which clinical events occur, and transport events related to the patient.

10. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying one or more environmental conditions outside the clinical care room to facilitate patient care; and

modifying one or more physical structures in the clinical care room to facilitate patient care.

11. The media of claim 1, wherein the code blue care plan is adaptively updated in real-time.

12. The media of claim 1, wherein an indication is received that the code blue event is terminated.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the clinical care room automatically transitions back to its pre-code blue state incident to receiving the indication that the code blue event is terminated.

14. One or more computer-readable storage media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a real-world activity, the method comprising:

presenting the first scene in the clinical care room, the clinical care room having one or more zones and the first scene being associated with a first group of settings for components within the one or more zones;

receiving an input corresponding to the real-world activity; and

incident to receiving the input, providing the second scene in the clinical care room, the second scene being associated with a second group of settings for the components within the one or more zones, the second group of settings different from the first group of settings, wherein the second group of settings are optimized to facilitate completion of the real-world activity.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the one or more zones includes at least a clinician zone, a patient zone, and a family zone.

16. The media of claim 14, wherein the one or more components includes at least a clinician dashboard component, a connectivity engine, an interactive room link component, and a patient interactive station component.

17. The media of claim 14, wherein the second scene is a transport scene that is activated when an order is received indicating that a patient is scheduled for transport, and wherein the second group of settings comprise:

(A) turning off one or more lights in the clinical care room,

(B) turning off acoustic outputs in the clinical care room, and

(C) displaying on a digital room sign located outside the room entrance an indication that that patient is being transported.

18. The media of claim 14, wherein the second scene is a reading scene, and wherein the second group of settings comprises automatically illuminating the clinical care room, automatically minimizing acoustic outputs, and automatically adjusting a patient bed to facilitate reading.

19. The media of claim 14, wherein the second scene is a relaxation scene and wherein the second group of settings comprises dimming illumination in the clinical care room, playing music, and automatically adjusting a patient bed into a position that facilitates relaxation.

20. One or more computer-readable storage media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for adaptively utilizing a clinical care room to facilitate caring for a patient experiencing a code blue event, the method comprising:

receiving an input indicating the patient is experiencing the code blue event;

incident to receiving the input indicating the code blue event;

(A) notifying a code blue team of the code blue event,

(B) modifying one or more environmental conditions in the clinical care room to facilitate patient care by adjusting room lighting and adjusting acoustic outputs in the clinical care room,

(C) modifying one or more physical structures in the clinical care room to facilitate patient care by adjusting a position of a patient bed,

(D) capturing event information related to the clinical care room and the patient, wherein the event information includes at least one of;

a) a presence and position of members of the code blue team,

b) a time at which clinical events occur,

c) medications administered to the patient,

d) lab results, and

e) procedures performed on the patient, and

(E) displaying a code blue care plan to the code blue team,

(F) utilizing the event information to adaptively update the code blue care plan, and

(G) displaying advice related to the next step in the code blue care plan.