FRAMEWORKS AND METHODOLOGIES CONFIGURED TO ENABLE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CUSTOMISED CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ENABLE NATIVE INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN CUSTOMISABLE CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ENABLE PROCESS EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT IN CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• US 20170124265A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovative Clinical Information Management Systems Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Innovative Clinical Information Management Systems Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: PATRICK, Jon
• Granted Patent: US 10,672,511 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

Described herein are relates to frameworks and methodologies configured to enable design and implementation of customised clinical information systems. One embodiment includes a computer implemented method for providing Clinical Information System (CIS) functionalities, the framework including: providing a plurality of purpose-specific CIS interfaces, wherein each interface is renderable at a given client terminal based on CIS interface design data, wherein the CIS interface design data includes: (i) content pages, wherein each content page is configured to contain one or more page objects; and (ii) logical rules defining navigation and behaviour of content pages; providing access to a common central patient information database; providing a content and process design user interface, thereby to enable a user of a client terminal to define, by way of a graphical Interface, CIS interface design data; and operating a content and process engine.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for providing Clinical Information System (CIS) functionalities, the framework including:

providing a plurality of purpose-specific CIS interfaces, wherein each interface is renderable at a given client terminal based on CIS interface design data, wherein the CIS interface design data includes;

(i) content pages, wherein each content page is configured to contain one or more page objects; and

(ii) logical rules defining navigation and behaviour of content pages;

providing access to a common central patient information database, wherein the plurality of purpose specific CIS interfaces each have direct read and write access the common central patient information database;

providing access to a common Patient Administration System (PAS), wherein the plurality of purpose specific CIS interfaces each have direct native access to functionalities provided the common PAS;

providing a content and process design user interface, thereby to enable a user of a client terminal to define, by way of a graphical Interface, CIS interface design data; and

operating a content and process engine configured to, based upon interaction between the client terminal and content and process design user interface, define content and process data for enabling rendering of a plurality of custom CIS user interfaces at distributed client terminals.

2. A framework according to claim 1 wherein the content and process design user interface enables a user to select a customisation page object from a set of available objects, and customise that object by setting one or more parameters.

3. A framework according to claim 2 wherein the set of available objects is expandable by administrator definition of one or more new or modified customisable objects.

4. A framework according to claim 1 wherein the one or more page objects are customisable page objects defined and/or modified via a content and process design user interface, wherein the objects include:

information objects;

interactive buttons;

input fields, and data fields.

5. A computer implemented framework for providing Clinical Information System (CIS) functionalities, the framework including:

a plurality of purpose-specific CIS interfaces, wherein each interface is renderable at a given client terminal based on CIS interface design data, wherein the CIS interface design data includes;

(i) content pages, wherein each content page is configured to contain one or more page objects; and

(ii) logical rules defining navigation and behaviour of content pages; and

a common central patient information database, wherein the plurality of purpose specific CIS interfaces each have direct read and write access the common central patient information database.

6. A framework according to claim 5 including a content and process design user interface that provides users with a graphical editor interface thereby to define and/or modify one or more of the purpose-specific CIS interfaces.

7. A framework according to claim 6 wherein the content and process design user interface enables a user to select a customisation page object from a set of available objects, and customise that object by setting one or more parameters.

8. A framework according to claim 7 wherein the set of available objects is expandable by administrator definition of one or more new or modified customisable objects.

9. A framework according to claim 5 wherein the one or more page objects are customisable page objects defined and/or modified via a content and process design user interface, wherein the objects include:

information objects;

interactive buttons;

input fields, and data fields.

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18. A computer implemented method for providing Clinical Information System (CIS) functionalities, the method including:

providing a content and process design user interface, thereby to enable a user of a client terminal to define, by way of a graphical Interface, CIS interface design data, wherein the CIS interface design data includes;

(i) content pages, wherein each content page is configured to contain one or more customisable page objects; and

(ii) logical rules defining navigation and behaviour of content pages; and

operating a content and process engine configured to, based upon interaction between the client terminal and content and process design user interface, define content and process data for enabling rendering of a plurality of custom CIS user interfaces at distributed client terminals.

19. A method according to claim 18 wherein the content and process design user interface enables a user to select a customisation page object from a set of available objects, and customise that object by setting one or more parameters.

20. A method according to claim 19 wherein the set of available objects is expandable by administrator definition of one or more new or modified customisable objects.

21. A method according to claim 18 wherein the one or more customisable page objects include:

information objects;

interactive buttons;

input fields, and data fields.

22. A method according to claim 18 wherein the common set of patient management systems and databases includes a common patient registration and management system.

23. A method according to claim 18 wherein graphically defining CIS interface design data includes customising a given page object to obtain a data value inputted by a specified further page object in relation to a specified user.

24. A method according to claim 23 wherein the specified further page object is defined on a page other than a page currently being edited.

25. A method according to claim 23 wherein the specified further page object is defined on a page belonging to a CIS system other than that which contains the page currently being edited.

26. A method according to claim 18 wherein the common set of patient management systems and databases includes a common patient database.

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