ADAPTABLE MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM

• US 20190325543A1
• Filed: 07/01/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: TREMBLAY, Jean-Sebastien, DUMONT, Sebastien, DUFOUR, Ali, LAGACE, Jean-Francois
• Granted Patent: US 11,170,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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

A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on an identified healthcare worker and based on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disables one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with an identified medical object, and communicates for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

Claims

1. A method of creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow, the method implemented by a processor coupled to a hospital network, comprising:

receiving a patient identity of a patient and a healthcare worker identity of a healthcare worker associated with the patient;

receiving, based on a scanning of a medical object, a message comprising medical information data that identifies the medical object;

determining an operating state or a vital state of the patient, and one or more state values associated with the identified medical object;

generating a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on the identified healthcare worker and based on the determined operating state or vital state of the patient;

creating a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options;

disabling one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with the identified medical object; and

communicating for display on a graphic interface the a menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the list of predicted medical action options is further based on the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and authorization level.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

starting a session based on a scan of a patient identification or a log in by the healthcare worker; and

associating session information from the session with the medical information data, wherein generating the list of predicted medical action options comprises selecting a next action based on prior actions performed by the healthcare worker during the session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the workflow including a list of predicted medical action options comprises:

accessing a workflow database comprising medical action option entries; and

including at least one of the medical action option entries in the generated workflow.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the workflow and the list of predicted medical action options is generated from a workflow database, the method further comprising:

updating the workflow database based on a system administrator'"'"'s input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of predicted medical action options is generated based on past actions associated with the identified medical object that were performed by one or more healthcare workers having a similar role with the identified healthcare worker.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information data comprises barcode information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information data comprises a medical action selected by the healthcare worker.

9. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions, the instructions comprising code to cause a processor to:

receive a patient identity of a patient and a healthcare worker identity of a healthcare worker associated with the patient;

receive, based on a scanning of a medical object, a message comprising medical information data that identifies the medical object;

determine an operating state or a vital state of the patient, and one or more state values associated with the identified medical object;

generate a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on the identified healthcare worker and based on the determined operating state or vital state of the patient;

create a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options;

disable one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with the identified medical object; and

communicate for display on a graphic interface menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the code for generating the list of predicted medical action options further comprises code for generating the list of predicted medical action options based on the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and authorization level.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the medical information data comprises barcode information.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the list of predicted medical action options is generated based on past actions associated with the identified medical object that were performed by one or more healthcare workers having a similar role with the identified healthcare worker.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise code to cause a processor to:

start a session based on a scan of a patient identification or a log in by the healthcare worker; and

associate session information from the session with the medical information data, wherein generating the list of predicted medical action options comprises selecting a next action based on prior actions performed by the healthcare worker during the session.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein generating the workflow including a list of predicted medical action options comprises:

accessing a workflow database comprising medical action option entries; and

including at least one of the medical action option entries in the generated workflow.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise code to cause a processor to update the workflow database based on a system administrator'"'"'s input.

16. A system, comprising:

a server;

a scanner;

and a database;

wherein the server comprises;

a medical information reception section configured to receive a patient identity of a patient and a healthcare worker identity of a healthcare worker associated with the patient, and receive a message from the scanner comprising medical information data that identifies a medical object;

a state information determination section configured to determine an operating state or a vital state of the patient, and one or more state values associated with the identified medical object;

a workflow prediction section configured to generate a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on the identified healthcare worker and based on the determined operating state or vital state of the patient; and

a menu communication section configured to create a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disable one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with the identified medical object, and communicate for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the workflow prediction section is further configured to generate the list of predicted medical action options based on the healthcare worker'"'"'s identity and authorization level.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

a session management section configured to;

start a session based on a scan of a patient identification or a log in by the healthcare worker; and

associate the session with the medical information data, wherein generating the list of predicted medical action options comprises selecting a next action based on prior actions performed by the healthcare worker during the session.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the list of predicted medical action options is generated based on past actions associated with the identified medical object that were performed by one or more healthcare workers having a similar role with the identified healthcare worker.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein generating the workflow including a list of predicted medical action options comprises:

accessing a workflow database comprising medical action option entries; and

including at least one of the medical action option entries in the generated workflow.