Medical Emergency Framework

• US 20160070869A1
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Portnoy, Alan Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,594,873 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• 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

Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating a medical emergency workflow. In accordance with one aspect, a code cart is paired with a computer system. The code cart may include tracking tags attached to the code cart and cart items. The computer system may include a data collector for scanning the tracking tags and an application. The application may be executable by a processor to perform steps including receiving, from the data collector, information associated with the code cart and one or more selected cart items, and updating a medical emergency record based at least in part on the received information.

Claims

1. A medical emergency system, comprising:

a code cart with tracking tags attached to the code cart and cart items; and

a computer system paired with the code cart, wherein the computer system includes a data collector for scanning the tracking tags and an application, wherein the application is executable by a processor to perform steps for facilitating a medical emergency workflow, the steps comprising;

receiving, from the data collector, information associated with the code cart and one or more selected cart items; and

updating a medical emergency record based at least in part on the received information.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the computer system is paired with the code cart via a Bluetooth wireless network.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the tracking tags comprise barcode tags and the data collector comprises a barcode scanner.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the tracking tags comprise radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and the data collector comprises an RFID reader.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the tracking tags stores unique identifiers associated with the code cart and the cart items.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the cart items comprise advanced cardiac life support medications and equipment.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the computer system is further coupled to an electronic health records (EHR) system that is configured to store code cart data associated with one or more code carts.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the code cart data comprises a unique identifier, cart location and information associated with cart items.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the application is further executable by the processor to present an alert notification, via a user interface, in response to determining there is at least one expired cart item in the code cart.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the application is further executable by the processor to perform steps comprising:

presenting, via a user interface, a list of one or more user-selectable clinical protocols; and

in response to a user selection of at least one of the one or more clinical protocols, highlighting one or more cart items required by the selected clinical protocol.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the application is further executable by the processor to provide a visual confirmation of a user selection of one or more of the cart items.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the visual confirmation comprises a visual image of the one or more selected cart items.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the one or more selected cart items comprises administered dosage or time of scanning.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the application is further executable by the processor to update the medical emergency record with clinical data acquired by medical devices coupled to the computer system.

15. A computer-implemented method of facilitating a medical emergency workflow, comprising:

(i) pairing, in response to the medical emergency, a computer system with a code cart;

(ii) receiving, via a user interface, a user selection of a cart item;

(iii) receiving, from a data collector used to scan a tracking tag attached to a cart item removed from the code cart, information associated with the cart item;

(iv) presenting, via the user interface, an alert notification in response to a mismatch between the selected cart item and the cart item removed from the code cart; and

(v) updating a medical emergency record based at least in part on the received information from the data collector.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

receiving data captured by medical devices during the medical emergency; and

updating the medical emergency record with the data.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

deriving information about interventions made during the medical emergency based on the information received from the data collector; and

updating the medical emergency record with the derived information.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

receiving data captured by medical devices during the medical emergency; and

generating recommendations for treatment based on the data.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising generating a notification in response to a quantity of a cart item falling below a pre-configured par level.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program of instructions executable by machine to perform steps for facilitating a medical emergency workflow, the steps comprising:

(i) pairing, in response to the medical emergency, a computer system with a code cart;

(ii) receiving, from a data collector used to scan a tracking tag attached to a cart item removed from the code cart, information associated with the cart item; and

(iii) updating a medical emergency record based at least in part on the received information from the data collector.