MINIMIZING DISRUPTION DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

• US 20120323592A1
• Filed: 09/19/2011
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,680 B2
• 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 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• 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: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration are provided. An input is received indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated by the clinician. The medication-administration process is associated with one patient in a clinical care room. Incident to receiving this input, the clinician is prevented from receiving messages concerning patients and other matters not related to the one patient in the clinical care room. In addition, one or more visual indicators are provided to alert other clinicians, patients, and visitors that the clinician has begun the medication-administration process.

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 reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration, the method comprising:

receiving an input indicating that the clinician has initiated a medication-administration process for a patient in a clinical care room; and

incident to receiving the input;

(A) preventing the clinician from receiving messages that are not related to the patient in the clinical care room

(B) providing one or more visual indicators indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated, and

(C) automatically preparing the clinical care room for the medication-administration process.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the medication-administration process is cancelled upon detection that the patient is not present in the clinical care room, and wherein a notification that the patient is not present in the clinical care room is sent to the clinician.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the input is received upon the clinician retrieving medication(s) associated with the patient from a medication dispensing station.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

incident to receiving the input, providing the clinician with one or more notifications that are relevant to the medication-administration process.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the messages comprise critical alerts and notifications and non-critical alerts and notifications.

6. The media of claim 5, wherein the critical alerts and notifications are routed from the clinician to a back-up clinician or a clinician station associated with the clinical care room.

7. The media of claim 5, wherein the non-critical alerts and notifications are held in a queue for the clinician and released to the clinician when the medication-administration process is completed.

8. The media of claim 1, wherein the one or more visual indicators comprise at least one of room signage located outside the entrance to the clinical care room, signage at a clinician station associated with the clinical care room, and a badge worn by the clinician.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the badge generates an alarm for the clinician when the clinician enters any clinical care room other than the clinical care room after the medication-administration process has been initiated.

10. The media of claim 1, wherein the preparing of the clinical care room includes providing a visual display to the patient indicating that the clinician will be arriving to administer medication(s).

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the visual display further includes information about the medication(s), or information about the medication(s) and a consent form.

12. The media of claim 1, wherein the preparing of the clinical care room is dependent upon an identity of medication(s) to be administered to the patient.

13. The media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an input indicating that the medication-administration process is complete; and

transitioning the clinical care room back to its pre-medication administration state.

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 medication-administration process, 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 indicating the medication-administration process has been initiated for a patient in the clinical care room; 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 medication-administration process.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the components include at least a medical device interface useable to prepare one or more medical devices in the clinical care room for the medication-administration process and a bed interface useable to prepare a patient bed in the clinical care room for the medication-administration process, wherein the patient bed is prepared based upon an identity of a medication(s) to be administered to the patient.

16. 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 reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration, the method comprising:

receiving an input indicating the medication-administration process has been initiated by the clinician, the medication-administration process associated with one patient in a clinical care room; and

incident to receiving the input indicating the medication-administration process has been initiated;

(A) preventing the clinician from receiving messages concerning patients not related to the one patient in the clinical care room, and

(B) providing one or more visual indicators to alert people that the clinician has begun the medication-administration process.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

incident to receiving the input indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated by the clinician, providing the clinician with one or more notifications about the one patient and the clinical care room.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein the notifications include one or more items in an electronic medical record associated with the one patient, the one or more items relevant to the medication-administration process.

19. The media of claim 17, wherein the notifications include information about one or more medical devices needed for medication administration.

20. The media of claim 16, wherein at least one visual indicator includes a badge worn by the clinician, the badge being illuminated in such a way as to alert other clinicians that the medication-administration process has been initiated.