KNOWLEDGE AWARE CASE CART MANAGER SYSTEM

• US 20150106114A1
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: RAMSEY, KAREN, MUEHLMEIER, BRYAN, NESSA, KRISTINE MARIE
• Application Number:
  US14/575,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106114A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• 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

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for managing one or more case carts in a healthcare setting. Information associated with a case cart is received at a case cart manager system. Based on the information, at least one action is determined for the case cart, and the action is communicated to the case cart. The case cart or a user of the case cart is directed to perform the at least one action. Additionally, the case cart can detect its own status and generate status information that is communicated to and received at the case cart manager system.

Claims

1. A healthcare facility case cart system, comprising a processor coupled to a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the processor, the computer software components comprising:

a detecting component that detects a status of the healthcare facility case cart and generates status information;

a communicating component that communicates the status information to a case cart manager system;

a receiving component that receives one or more communications from the case cart manager system, at least one communication of the one or more communications comprising an indication of one or more actions for the healthcare facility case cart; and

a directing component that directs the healthcare facility case cart to perform the one or more actions based on receipt of the at least one communication.

2. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 1, wherein the status information is updated in real or near real-time.

3. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 1, further comprising a communicating component that communicates with one or more healthcare systems to facilitate the one or more actions.

4. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 1, wherein the at least one action comprises the healthcare facility case cart moving from a first location to a second location.

5. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 1, wherein the directing component communicates a notification, the notification comprising an indication of the one or more actions for the healthcare facility case cart.

6. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 5, further comprising a displaying component that presents the notification to a user of the healthcare facility case cart.

7. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 5, wherein the healthcare facility case cart moves automatically.

8. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 6, wherein the notification is presented as a visual or audio display on the case cart.

9. The healthcare facility case cart of claim 6, wherein the notification is presented on a computer that is remote from the case cart.