Computerized system and method for documenting patient vital signs during blood product administration and transfusion
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1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for processing patient vital signs during blood product administration in a computerized healthcare environment, the method comprising:
- identifying a blood product to be administered to a patient by receiving, at a remote computer at the patient'"'"'s bedside, a blood product identifier identifying the blood product to be administered to the patient;
identifying the patient by receiving, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s bedside, a patient identifier identifying the patient;
communicating the blood product identifier and the patient identifier to a blood bank database to maintain a record of the blood product administration;
communicating a start time of the blood product administration to the blood bank database;
receiving vital signs, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside, at a first time instance for the patient identified at the patient'"'"'s bedside during administration of the blood product identified at the patient'"'"'s bedside by a healthcare provider;
determining whether the vital signs at the first time instance for the patient during the blood product administration are within an acceptable range by comparing the vital signs received at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside with an acceptable range of vital signs during blood product administration;
upon determining that the vital signs at the first time instance for the patient during the blood product administration are within the acceptable range, determining whether the blood product administration is complete;
upon determining that the blood product administration is not complete, notifying the blood bank database that the blood product administration is not complete such that the blood bank database includes accurate information regarding blood product administration status and receiving, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside, vital signs at a second time instance for the patient during the blood product administration;
determining whether the vital signs at the second time instance for the patient obtained during the blood product administration are within the acceptable range by comparing the vital signs at the second time instance received from the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside with the acceptable range of vital signs during blood product administration;
upon a determination that the vital signs at the second time instance are not within the acceptable range, displaying a notification at the bedside of the patient to the healthcare provider currently administering the blood product to the patient; and
automatically, without user intervention, documenting in a patient database the vital signs for the patient and whether the vital signs for the patient are within the acceptable range.
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A computerized system and method for processing patient vital signs during blood product administration in a computerized healthcare environment is provided. A blood product to be administered to a patient is identified. The patient is identified. Vital signs for the patient are received during blood product administration by a healthcare provider and automatically, without user intervention, the vital signs for the patient are documented in a database.
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1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for processing patient vital signs during blood product administration in a computerized healthcare environment, the method comprising:
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identifying a blood product to be administered to a patient by receiving, at a remote computer at the patient'"'"'s bedside, a blood product identifier identifying the blood product to be administered to the patient; identifying the patient by receiving, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s bedside, a patient identifier identifying the patient; communicating the blood product identifier and the patient identifier to a blood bank database to maintain a record of the blood product administration; communicating a start time of the blood product administration to the blood bank database; receiving vital signs, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside, at a first time instance for the patient identified at the patient'"'"'s bedside during administration of the blood product identified at the patient'"'"'s bedside by a healthcare provider; determining whether the vital signs at the first time instance for the patient during the blood product administration are within an acceptable range by comparing the vital signs received at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside with an acceptable range of vital signs during blood product administration; upon determining that the vital signs at the first time instance for the patient during the blood product administration are within the acceptable range, determining whether the blood product administration is complete; upon determining that the blood product administration is not complete, notifying the blood bank database that the blood product administration is not complete such that the blood bank database includes accurate information regarding blood product administration status and receiving, at the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside, vital signs at a second time instance for the patient during the blood product administration; determining whether the vital signs at the second time instance for the patient obtained during the blood product administration are within the acceptable range by comparing the vital signs at the second time instance received from the remote computer at the patient'"'"'s beside with the acceptable range of vital signs during blood product administration; upon a determination that the vital signs at the second time instance are not within the acceptable range, displaying a notification at the bedside of the patient to the healthcare provider currently administering the blood product to the patient; and automatically, without user intervention, documenting in a patient database the vital signs for the patient and whether the vital signs for the patient are within the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computing device for processing patient vital signs during blood product administration, the computing device comprising:
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a first identifying component for identifying a blood product to be administered to a patient; a second identifying component for identifying the patient; a first communicating component for communicating an identifier identifying the identified blood product to be administered to the patient, a patient identifier identifying the patient, and a start time of a blood product administration of the identified blood product to the identified patient; a receiving component for receiving vital signs for the patient during the blood product administration by a healthcare provider; a first determining component for determining whether the vital signs for the patient obtained during the blood product administration are within an acceptable range; a second determining component for determining whether the blood product administration is complete based upon a determination that vital signs for the patient obtained during the blood product administration are within the acceptable range; a second communicating component for communicating an indication that the blood product administration is not complete to the blood bank database; a displaying component for notifying the healthcare provider currently administering the blood product that the vital signs for the patient are not within an acceptable range; and a documenting component for automatically, without user intervention, documenting in a database the vital signs for the patient and whether the vital signs for the patient are within the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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