Alert Management Utilizing Mobile Devices

• US 20170352238A1
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Herbst, Damon, Bahr, Cassie Lyn, Mehra, Rajneesh, Brothers, Jamie
• Granted Patent: US 9,881,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for managing patient alerts using a mobile device. A mobile device associated with a patient caregiver receives a critical alert related to the patient, and the alert is presented on the mobile device. The alert includes important contextual information that enables the caregiver to make a quick assessment of how to effectively address the alert. The alert includes options for accepting the alert or rejecting the alert. Acceptance of the alert enables the caregiver to communicate the alert to selected caregivers that can assist in managing the alert. Rejecting the alert causes the alert to be automatically communicated to additional caregivers associated with patient.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-storage medium having stored thereon instructions, executable by a mobile device, for an alert user interface for managing patient alerts, the alert user interface comprising:

an alert identifier area that presents descriptive information associated with an alert;

an alert area that presents one of a critical alert and a noncritical alert;

an alert response area that presents selectable options of responses to the alert, the selectable options including an accept alert option, a reject alert option, and a message option; and

a selectable option area, comprising one or more selectable graphical representations corresponding to one or more additional caregivers to whom the alert can be forwarded.

2. The alert user interface of claim 1, wherein the alert identifier area is further configured to present additional information related to the alert upon receiving the user acceptance of the medical alert.

3. The alert user interface of claim 2, wherein the additional information related to the alert comprises one or more lab values related to the alert, one or more device readings related to the alert, or one or more medication orders related to the alert.

4. The user interface of claim 1, wherein selection of a selectable graphical representation initiates a forward alert interface.

5. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the selectable graphical representations include one or more of:

a picture, a role, a location, and an availability indicator comprising a graphical representation of an availability status associated with the additional caregivers.