DYNAMIC ASSOCIATION AND DOCUMENTATION

• US 20150012297A1
• Filed: 08/12/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: ASH, MICHAEL A., LANCASTER, BRIAN J., GIFFORD, THOMAS C., OWEN, HEATHER, TYLER, JD, COHEN, DAVID
• Granted Patent: US 10,860,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for enabling a user to dynamically create associations and take actions with respect to a clinical finding associated with a patient. After selecting a clinical finding that is of interest in a first workflow application, a graphical user interface is automatically presented. The graphical user interface includes trending information for the clinical finding as well as information related to the clinical finding. The graphical user interface enables a clinician to associate the clinical finding with a current patient problem or a possible diagnosis related to the clinical finding. Additionally, the graphical user interface enables the clinician to take actions with respect to the clinical finding.

Claims

1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling a user to dynamically create associations and take actions with respect to a clinical finding associated with a patient, the GUI comprising:

an first display area configured to display both a current problem list for the patient comprising one or more selectable declared clinical problems and a possible diagnoses list comprising one or more selectable possible diagnoses related to the clinical finding, selection of at least one of the one or more selectable clinical problems or at least one of the one or more possible diagnoses creating an association between the clinical finding and the selected item in the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record; and

a second display area configured to display one or more clinical actions, selection of at least one of the one or more clinical actions enabling a user to initiate at least one of the one or more clinical actions with respect to the clinical finding without navigating away from the GUI.

2. The GUI of claim 1, wherein the GUI is initiated upon selection of the clinical finding presented on a second GUI.

3. The GUI of claim 2, wherein the GUI overlies content associated with the second GUI.

4. The GUI of claim 1, wherein the first display area further comprises a textual input area configured to receive textual input from a user regarding the association between the clinical finding and the selected item.

5. The GUI of claim 1, wherein the one or more clinical actions comprise at least order actions, document actions, and message actions.

6. One or more computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for dynamically creating associations and taking actions with respect to a clinical finding associated with a patient, the GUI comprising:

a related information display area configured to display trending information for the clinical finding;

an association display area configured to display both a current problem list for the patient and one or more possible diagnoses related to the clinical finding; and

an action display area configured to display one or more actions related to the clinical finding.

7. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the related information display area further comprises a related labs area configured to display one or more lab values determined to be related to the clinical finding.

8. The GUI of claim 7, wherein the related information display area further comprises a medication display area configured to display one or more medications that are currently being taken by the patient, the one or more medications determined to be related to the clinical finding.

9. The GUI of claim 8, wherein the one or more lab values and the one or more medications are determined to be related to the clinical finding based on reference materials.

10. The GUI of claim 8, wherein the one or more lab values and the one or more medications are determined to be related to the clinical finding based on explicit clinician preferences.

11. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the trending information is presented in association with a timeline.

12. The GUI of claim 11, wherein the timeline includes one or more icons overlaid on the timeline at points in time, the one or more icons representing clinical actions taken at the points in time, the clinical actions related to the clinical finding.

13. The GUI of claim 12, wherein the one or more icons are actionable, wherein taking action with respect to at least one of the one or more icons initiates presentation of information associated with the at least one icon.

14. The GUI of claim 6, wherein the clinical finding comprises at least one of a lab value, a procedure result, a medication, or a clinical document.

15. One or more computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling a user to dynamically create associations and take actions with respect to a clinical finding associated with a patient, the GUI comprising:

a related information display area configured to display at least trending information related to the clinical finding and lab values determined to be related to the clinical finding;

an association display area configured to display at least a current problem list comprising one or more selectable declared clinical problems for the patient, a possible diagnoses list comprising one or more selectable possible diagnoses related to the clinical finding, and one or more input areas configured to receive textual inputs, selection of at least one of the one or more selectable clinical problems or at least one of the one or more possible diagnoses creating an association between the clinical finding and the selected item in the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record; and

an action display area configured to display one or more clinical action tabs, selection of which enables a user to take action with respect to the clinical finding.

16. The GUI of claim 15, wherein the one or more clinical action tabs comprise an order action tab, a document action tab, a message action tab, and a history action tab.

17. The GUI of claim 16, wherein selection of the order action tab initiates presentation of an ordering screen comprising one or more suggested orders related to the clinical finding.

18. The GUI of claim 17, wherein the one or more suggested orders include one or more order sets related to the clinical finding.

19. The GUI of claim 16, wherein selection of the document action tab enables a user to associate the clinical finding with one or more existing clinical documents.

20. The GUI of claim 16, wherein selection of the message action tab initiates presentation of a messaging screen that includes one or more predefined messaging templates.