System Event Notification

• US 20140372522A1
• Filed: 06/12/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Orona, Martin, Weiler, Aron
• Granted Patent: US 10,476,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• 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: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for distributing notifications to a user. The method can include receiving data encapsulating notifications from a device connected to a network that provide information relating to the device'"'"'s status. The device can provide a health related treatment. The method can associate each notification with one or more notification categories relating to a function performed by the device or a location of the device. A table of users having one or more subscriptions to these notification categories can be accessed. The subscriptions can be automatically assigned to users based on the users'"'"' role. A user can be identified from the table to distribute the one or more notifications to. The user can have a subscription that matches a notification category of the received notifications, and data comprising the notifications can be distributed to the user. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.

Claims

1. A method for implementation by one or more data processors comprising:

receiving, by at least one data processor via a network, data encapsulating one or more notifications from a device connected to the network, the one or more notifications providing information relating to a status of the device, the device configured to provide a health related treatment for a patient;

associating, by at least one data processor, each of the one or more notifications with one or more notification categories, the one or more notification categories relating to a function performed by the device or a location of the device;

accessing, by at least one data processor, a table of one or more users, each of the one or more users having one or more subscriptions to the one or more notification categories, the one or more subscriptions automatically assigned to the one or more users based on a role associated with the one or more users;

identifying, by at least one data processor, at least one user from the table to distribute the one or more notifications to, the at least one user having at least one subscription that matches at least one notification category of the one or more notifications; and

distributing, by at least one data processor, data comprising the one or more notifications to the at least one user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the distributing comprises at least one of loading the one or more notifications on a notifications page associated with the at least one user, sending an e-mail containing the one or more notifications to the at least one user, and sending a text message containing the one or more notifications to the at least one user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

associating, by at least one data processor, the one or more notification categories for the at least one user with at least a high priority and a low priority,

wherein the notifications page displays notifications in a notification category associated with a high priority before notifications in a notification category associated with a low priority.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the role associated with the one or more users is based on a position or a department associated with the one or more users.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the status of the device indicates whether the device is connected to the network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the status of the device specifies whether action is required from the at least one user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the device is selected from a group consisting of an infusion pump, a ventilator, an electrocardiogram, and a computing device hosting a data set editor application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the action required by the notification sent from the infusion pump indicates that the infusion pump needs to be refilled with medication.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the action required by the notification sent from the computing device indicates that a data set generated by the data set editor application is awaiting review.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically deleting, by at least one data processor, at least one of the subscriptions automatically assigned to the at least one user when the role associated with the at least one user changes.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by at least one data processor, a removal request for at least one of the subscriptions from the at least one user; and

deleting, by at least one data processor, the at least one subscription.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying, by at least one data processor, the one or more notifications before the distributing, the modifying comprising adding information to the one or more notifications including at least when the one or more notifications was received.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by at least one data processor via a network, data encapsulating one or more notifications from a device connected to the network, the one or more notifications providing information relating to a status of the device, the device configured to provide a health related treatment for a patient;

associating, by at least one data processor, each of the one or more notifications with one or more notification categories, the one or more notification categories relating to a function performed by the device or a location of the device;

accessing, by at least one data processor, a table of one or more users, each of the one or more users having one or more subscriptions to the one or more notification categories, the one or more subscriptions automatically assigned to the one or more users based on a role associated with the one or more users;

identifying, by at least one data processor, at least one user from the table to distribute the one or more notifications to, the at least one user having at least one subscription that matches at least one notification category of the one or more notifications; and

distributing, by at least one data processor, data comprising the one or more notifications to the at least one user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the role associated with the one or more users is based on a position or a department associated with the one or more users.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the status of the device specifies whether action is required from the at least one user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

automatically deleting, by at least one data processor, at least one of the subscriptions automatically assigned to the at least one user when the role associated with the at least one user changes.

17. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by at least one data processor via a network, data encapsulating one or more notifications from a device connected to the network, the one or more notifications providing information relating to a status of the device, the device configured to provide a health related treatment for a patient;

associating, by at least one data processor, each of the one or more notifications with one or more notification categories, the one or more notification categories relating to a function performed by the device or a location of the device;

accessing, by at least one data processor, a table of one or more users, each of the one or more users having one or more subscriptions to the one or more notification categories, the one or more subscriptions automatically assigned to the one or more users based on a role associated with the one or more users;

identifying, by at least one data processor, at least one user from the table to distribute the one or more notifications to, the at least one user having at least one subscription that matches at least one notification category of the one or more notifications; and

distributing, by at least one data processor, data comprising the one or more notifications to the at least one user.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the status associated with the device specifies whether action is required from the at least one user.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the status of the device specifies whether action is required from the at least one user.

20. The system of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

automatically deleting, by at least one data processor, at least one of the subscriptions automatically assigned to the at least one user when the role associated with the at least one user changes.