LOCATION-BASED MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20140114688A1
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: EATON, JAMES D. Jr., COMPTON, DAVID L., NELSON, JUSTIN, CANNON, PAUL, NOLTE, MARK
• Granted Patent: US 10,565,352 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing healthcare environments are provided. In embodiments, a real-time status of a clinical device, along with a location, is received. The location of the clinical device is obtained via a clinical device identifier that is tracked by a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment. A clinical device may be identified as inappropriate for use and an alert presented to a clinician including the problem of the clinical device and the location thereof. A replacement clinical device may be located, using clinical identifiers, and presented to the clinician. Such monitoring and location awareness facilitates efficient responses to healthcare situations.

Claims

1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for managing healthcare environments, the method comprising:

receiving patient clinical information from a patient'"'"'s electronic health record;

receiving a real-time status of the patient, wherein the real-time status includes a location of the patient based on a patient identifier that is tracked via a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment;

based on the patient clinical information and the real-time status of the patient, determining that an alert is required; and

displaying the alert in both an alert area of a user interface and a blueprint area of the user interface such that the alert is visible simultaneously with the location of the patient within the blueprint area.

2. The computer-storage media of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a live video feed of a patient'"'"'s room in response to identifying that an alert is in effect for the patient.

3. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors utilize ultrasound technology, infrared technology, or radio frequency identification technology.

4. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the real-time status of the patient further includes vital signs of the patient.

5. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the real-time status of the patient further includes clinical device functionality information.

6. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the patient identifier is a patient wristband.