Computer-Implemented Method, System, and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care

• US 20140180711A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Kamen, Dean, Biasi, John J., Pribyl, Eric L., Kerwin, John M., Newman, Richard M., Gupta, Rahul
• Granted Patent: US 11,244,745 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

A medical error reduction system may include a medical error reduction software for use in creating and revising at least one drug library. The software configured to provide one of a plurality of sets of privileges to each of a plurality of sets of users. Each of the plurality of sets of privileges arranged to allocate a degree of software functionality to one of the plurality of sets of users. The degree of software functionality configured to define the ability of a user to alter the at least one drug library. The medical error reduction system may include at least one server. The medical error reduction system may include at least one editor computer each of the at least one editor computer comprising a processor in communication with a display. The at least one editor computer and at least one server may be configured to communicate via a network in a client-server based model. Each of the at least one drug library may be for use in at least one medical device.

Claims

1. A medical error reduction system comprising:

a medical error reduction software for use in creating and revising at least one drug library, the software configured to provide one of a plurality of sets of privileges to each of a plurality of sets of users, each of the plurality of sets of privileges arranged to allocate a degree of software functionality to one of the plurality of sets of users, the degree of software functionality configured to define the ability of a user to alter the at least one drug library;

at least one server;

at least one editor computer each of the at least one editor computer comprising a processor in communication with a display, the at least one editor computer and the at least one server configured to communicate via a network in a client-server based model; and

wherein each of the at least one drug library is for use in at least one medical device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one drug library is organized in a hierarchy.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the hierarchy includes a plurality of care areas which are subordinate to at least one care group.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein each level of the hierarchy includes a number of delivery parameters for the at least one medical device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one drug library includes a plurality of entries each corresponding to a specific medicament.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one drug library includes a number of parameters to inform operation of the at least one medical device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the drug library includes a plurality of programming limits for the at least one medical device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical error reduction software is further configured to provide quality improvement information to a user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates a drug library review privilege to one of the plurality of sets of users.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates a drug library editing privilege to one of the plurality of sets of users.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates a privilege set editing or creation privilege to one of the plurality of sets of users.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates an add user privilege to one of the plurality of sets of users.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of privileges allocated to each of the plurality of sets of users force a collaborative process between the plurality of sets of users for the creating and revising of the at least one drug library.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the medical error reduction software is configured to be executed by the at least one server, to be accessible via the at least one editor computer, and to display a simulated medical device graphical user interface, the simulated medical device graphical user interface mimicking behavior of the medical device graphical user interface for a medical device using a selected drug library of the at least one drug library;

the at least one medical device comprises a medical device processor and a medical device graphical user interface configured to display a user interface which conveys information and may be used to program its respective medical device; and

each of the at least one drug library comprises a plurality of entries which guide user programming of the at least one medical device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the simulated medical device graphical user interface is context sensitive.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the medical error reduction software includes a number of privilege sets each of which being assigned to one of a plurality of sets of users, the number of privilege sets each allocating a degree of software functionality to each of the plurality of sets of users.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the simulated medical device graphical user interface is a software functionality which may be toggled on or off by the number of sets of privileges.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the at least one drug library is organized in a hierarchy.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the hierarchy includes a plurality of care areas which are subordinate to at least one care group.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein each level of the hierarchy includes a number of delivery parameters for the at least one medical device.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the at least one drug library includes a plurality of entries each corresponding to a specific medicament.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one drug library includes a number of parameters to inform operation of the at least one medical device.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein the drug library includes a plurality of programming limits for the at least one medical device.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein the medical error reduction software is further configured to provide quality improvement information to a user.

252. The system of claim 1, further comprising a monitoring client configured to communicate with the at least one medical device.

25-32. -32. (canceled)

33. A medical error reduction system comprising:

a drug library editing software for use in creating and revising at least one drug library, the at least one drug library containing a plurality of entries, each of the at least one drug library for use with at least one medical device, the software configured to provide one of a plurality of sets of privileges to each of a plurality of sets of users, each of the plurality of sets of privileges arranged to allocate a degree of software functionality to one of the plurality of sets of users;

at least one server;

at least one editor computer, each of the at least one editor computer comprising a processor in communication with a user interface, the at least one editor computer and at least one server configured to communicate via a network in a client-server based model; and

wherein at least one of the plurality of set of users may use the software to request a change to at least a portion of the at least one drug library.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges is configured to allow a user to decline implementation of the change.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges is configured to allow a user to accept implementation of the change.

36. The system of claim 33, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges is configured to allow a user to submit a question to the change.

37. The system of claim 33, wherein at least one of the plurality of sets of privileges is configured to allow a user to propose a revision to the change.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the server is configured to execute the medical error reduction software.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the degree of software functionality is configured to define the ability of a user to alter the at least one drug library.

40. The system of claim 33, wherein the at least one medical device is an infusion pump.

253. The system of claim 33, further comprising a monitoring client configured to communicate with the at least one medical device.

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148. A medical error reduction system comprising:

a medical device comprising;

a medical device processor; and

a medical device graphical user interface configured to allow a user to program the medical device;

at least one server;

at least one editor computer including a processor in communication with a display, wherein the at least one editor computer is configured to communicate to the at least one server via a network in a client-server based model; and

a medical error reduction software configured to be executed by the at least one server and accessible via the at least one editor computer for use in creating and revising at least one drug library, the at least one drug library for use in the at least one medical device and including a plurality of entries that guide user programming of the at least one medical device, wherein the medical error reduction software is further configured to display a simulated medical device graphical user interface, the simulated medical device graphical user interface mimicking behavior of the medical device graphical user interface for a medical device using one of the at least one drug library.

254. The system of claim 148, further comprising a monitoring client configured to communicate with the medical device.

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235. A method for producing a drug library file, the method comprising:

assigning one of a plurality of sets of privileges to each of a plurality of sets of users, the plurality of sets of privileges arranged to allocate a degree of software functionality in a drug library editing software, the degree of software functionality configured to define the ability of a user to alter the at least one drug library;

creating a drug library using at least one editor computer, each of the at least one editor computer comprising a processor in communication with a user interface, the user interface for use by a user to edit the at least one drug library using the drug library editing software, creating the drug library comprising appropriate users of the plurality of sets of users, the appropriate users defined by the plurality of sets of privileges;

specifying a master medication list for an institution;

defining medication records for one or more portion of the institution;

verifying the defined medication records; and

approving the drug library for release to at least one medical device in the institution.

236. The method of claim 235, wherein one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates an editing privilege.

237. The method of claim 235, wherein one of the plurality of sets of privileges allocates a review privilege.

238. The method of claim 235, wherein specifying the master medication list comprises selecting a number of medications from a formulary database.

239. The method of claim 235, wherein defining medication records for one or more portion of the institution comprises selecting desired medications from the master medication list for each of the one or more portions of the institution.

240. The method of claim 239, wherein defining medication records for one or more portion of the institution comprises defining a number of parameters for each of the desired medications.

241. The method of claim 235, wherein verifying the defined medication records comprises reviewing the defined medication records.

242. The method of claim 235, wherein verifying the defined medication records comprises editing and revising the defined medication records.

243. The method of claim 235, wherein producing a drug library file further comprises conducting a pilot phase for the drug library file in which the drug library file is tested on a test medical device.

244. The method of claim 235, wherein producing a drug library file further comprises conducting a pilot phase for the drug library file in which the drug library file is tested on a simulated medical device user interface.

245. The method of claim 235, wherein the verifying the defined medication records comprises reviewing the defined medication records using a simulated medical device user interface.

255. The method of claim 235, further comprising a step of communicating with the at least one medical device using a monitoring client.

246-251. -251. (canceled)