DISASSOCIATING MEDICAL DEVICES

• US 20160125147A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Klindworth, Kristopher C., Nakoulima, Alioune D., Echebiri, Chinonye, Kelly, Lisa, Zakutny, Judith A., Muehlmeier, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US14/587,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125147A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• 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: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, an indication a device is associated to a patient is received. If the device is in a different location than the patient or a similar device is already associated to the patient, an alert is provided to a clinician.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication that a device is associated to a patient; and

providing an alert to a clinician that the device is in a different location than the patient or that a similar device is already associated to the patient.

2. The media of claim 1, further comprising receiving characteristics of the device.

3. The media of claim 2, further comprising determining, based on the characteristics of the device or information received from the device, whether the device is primary or secondary.

4. The media of claim 3, further comprising modifying the device from secondary to primary.

5. The media of claim 1, further comprising providing an identification of the different location.

6. The media of claim 5, further comprising prompting the clinician to disassociate the device from the patient.

7. The media of claim 1, further comprising providing a vendor identification and model of the device.

8. The media of claim 1, further comprising providing a graphical trend of when the device and any other devices associated to the patient.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the graphical trend identifies the type of the device and the type of any other devices, including any medications associated with the device or other devices.

10. The media of claim 1, further comprising enabling the clinician to search for a particular device.

19. The media of claim 1, further comprising enabling the clinician to search for a particular device.

11. A computer-implemented method in a clinical computing environment comprising:

receiving, via a first computing process, an indication that a device is associated to a patient;

receiving, via a second computing process, characteristics of the device;

providing, via a third computing process, an alert to a clinician that the device is in a different location than the patient or that a similar device is already associated to the patient;

wherein each computing process is performed by one or more computing devices.

12. The media of claim 11, further comprising determining, based on the characteristics of the device or information received from the device, whether the device is primary or secondary.

13. The media of claim 12, further comprising modifying the device from secondary to primary.

14. The media of claim 11, further comprising providing an identification of the different location.

15. The media of claim 11, further comprising prompting the clinician to disassociate the device from the patient.

16. The media of claim 11, further comprising providing a vendor identification and model of the device.

17. The media of claim 11, further comprising providing a graphical trend of when the device and any other devices associated to the patient.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein the graphical trend identifies the type of the device and the type of any other devices, including any medications associated with the device or other devices.

20. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media storing instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an indication that a device is associated to a patient;

provide an alert to a clinician that the device is in a different location than the patient or that a similar device is already associated to the patient; and

prompt the clinician to disassociate the device from the patient.