Systems and Methods for Providing Emergency Alerts on a Geospatial Display

• US 20140200903A1
• Filed: 01/11/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Hancock, Kenneth, Johnson, Kevin, Self, Bryan, Skiba, Mark, Stanton, John, Thompson, Stephen, Wedgeworth, Brandon
• Application Number:
  US13/739,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20140200903A1
• 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: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/005 with transmission via computer network
• 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

Embodiments include systems and methods for providing emergency alerts on a geospatial display. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method can include receiving event data from one or more data management systems. The method can include determining at least one emergency event exists based at least in part on the received event data. Furthermore, the method can include outputting, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list. Moreover, the method can include outputting, via a display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one memory for storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the memory and further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions operable to;

receive event data from one or more data management systems;

based at least in part on the received event data, determine at least one emergency event exists;

output, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list; and

output, via the display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data management systems comprise at least one of the following:

a clinical system, an ADT system, an admission system, an environmental service system, an order and results system, a case management system, a transporter system, and a data system with event data associated with a patient care facility.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the event data comprises at least one of the following:

a real time event, data associated with a patient, and data associated with a patient care facility.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to:

output, via the display device, text corresponding to the at least one emergency event.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to:

overlay the at least one color and text on the scaled geospatial arrangement.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency event comprises at least one of the following:

missing infant or child, bomb threat, suspicious object, missing adult, severe weather, hazardous material release, decontamination incident, fire, smoke, suspicious smell or odor, armed person or person with a weapon, hostage situation, violent situation, external disaster, internal disaster, utility failure, adult medical emergency, pediatric medical emergency, or neo-natal medical emergency.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to:

receive one or more user inputs correlating the at least one emergency event to the at least one color.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of pre-assigned colors is based at least in part on user selection or a predefined priority.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving event data from one or more data management systems;

based at least in part on the received event data, determining at least one emergency event exists;

outputting, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list; and

outputting, via a display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data management systems comprise at least one of the following:

a clinical system, an ADT system, an admission system, an environmental service system, an order and results system, a case management system, a transporter system, and a data system with event data associated with a patient care facility.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the event data comprises at least one of the following:

a real time event, data associated with a patient, and data associated with a patient care facility.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

outputting, via the display device, text corresponding to the at least one emergency event.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

overlaying the at least one color and text on the scaled geospatial arrangement.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the emergency event comprises at least one of the following:

missing infant or child, bomb threat, suspicious object, missing adult, severe weather, hazardous material release, decontamination incident, fire, smoke, suspicious smell or odor, armed person or person with a weapon, hostage situation, violent situation, external disaster, internal disaster, utility failure, adult medical emergency, pediatric medical emergency, or neo-natal medical emergency

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving one or more user inputs correlating the at least one emergency event to the at least one color.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the set of pre-assigned colors is based at least in part on user selection or a predefined priority.

17. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to:

receive event data from one or more data management systems, wherein the data management systems comprise at least one of the following;

a clinical system, an ADT system, an admission system, an environmental service system, an order and results system, a case management system, a transporter system, and a data system with event data associated with a patient care facility;

determine at least one emergency event exists;

output, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list;

output, via a display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors;

output, via the display device, text corresponding to the at least one emergency event; and

overlay the at least one color and text on at least one of a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list.

18. The computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the event data comprises at least one of the following:

a real time event, data associated with a patient, and data associated with a patient care facility.

19. The computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the emergency event comprises at least one of the following:

missing infant or child, bomb threat, suspicious object, missing adult, severe weather, hazardous material release, decontamination incident, fire, smoke, suspicious smell or odor, armed person or person with a weapon, hostage situation, violent situation, external disaster, internal disaster, utility failure, adult medical emergency, pediatric medical emergency, or neo-natal medical emergency

20. The computer readable media of claim 17, further configured to receive one or more user inputs correlating the at least one emergency event to the at least one color.