AUTOMATICALLY DISASSOCIATING MEDICAL DEVICES FROM PATIENTS

• US 20150182696A1
• Filed: 02/06/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: KELLY, LISA, ZAKUTNY, JUDITH A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,962,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16804 Flow controllers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems, methods, computer storage media, and user interfaces are provided for automatically disassociating medical devices from patients. An indication that a medical device is associated with a patient and is online is received. A disruption in the communication with the medical device that has not been disassociated with the patient is identified. In embodiments, the disruption indicates the medical device has lost a wireless connection, is associated with a scheduled downtime, has been powered off, or is offline. Once it is determined that a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the disruption, the medical device is automatically disassociated from the patient. In embodiments, the medical device is retroactively re-associated to the patient if it is determined the medical device should not have been automatically disassociated from the patient.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for automatically disassociating an infusion device from a patient, the method comprising:

receiving an indication that an infusion device is associated with a patient and is online;

receiving an indication that the infusion device has gone offline and was not disassociated from the patient;

determining that a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the infusion device went offline; and

automatically disassociating the infusion device from the patient.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein a wireless connection associated with the infusion device has been lost causing the infusion device to go offline.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein a scheduled downtime has occurred causing the infusion device to go offline.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the infusion device has been powered off causing it to go offline.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the infusion device is not in a standby or paused mode.

6. The media of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication to retroactively re-associate an automatically disassociated infusion device to the patient.

7. The media of claim 1, wherein the predetermined period of time is configurable by a healthcare facility or clinician.

8. The media of claim 1, wherein the predetermined period of time is based on a preference of the healthcare facility, a unit of the healthcare facility, an individual clinician, a type of patient, or a diagnosis associated with the patient.

9. A system for automatically disassociating a medical device from a patient, the computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to a computer hardware storage medium, the computer hardware storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the one or more processors, the computer software components comprising:

an association component that receives an indication that a medical device is associated with a patient and is online;

an offline component that receives an indication that the medical device has gone offline and was not disassociated from the patient;

an elapsed time component that receives an indication that a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the medical device went offline; and

a disassociation component that automatically disassociates the medical device from the patient.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the predetermined period of time is configurable.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a retroactive component that receives an indication that the medical device should not be automatically disassociated from the patient.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the indication is communicated by a clinician.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising a retroactive component that retroactively re-associates an automatically disassociated medical device to the patient.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the disassociation component further receives additional information associated with a device location, a patient location.

15. A method for automatically disassociating a medical device from a patient, the method comprising:

receiving a communication from a medical device associated with a patient;

identifying a disruption in communication with the medical device, the medical device not being disassociated from the patient, wherein the disruption indicates the medical device has lost a wireless connection, is associated with a scheduled downtime, has been powered off, or is offline;

determining a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the disruption; and

automatically disassociating the medical device from the patient.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the medical device is not in a standby or paused mode.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the medical device should not have been automatically disassociated from the patient.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising retroactively re-associating the medical device to the patient.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein determining the medical device should not have been automatically disassociated from the patient is based on an interaction from a clinician.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the medical device is one or more of:

an infusion device, a balloon pump, a ventilator, a dialysis machine, a cardiac output machine, a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump, or a patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) pump.