Providing clinical information to clinicians

• US 8,346,572 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Eaton, James D. Jr., Compton, David L., Nelson, Justin, Cannon, Paul, Nolte, Mark Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Najarian, Lena
• Assistant Examiner(s): SEOH, MINNAH L
• Application Number:
  US12/612,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20110106560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing clinical information to clinicians are provided. In embodiments, a patient'"'"'s electronic health record is accessed to identify that a first clinician has requested a consult with a second clinician. Each clinician is associated with a clinician identifier that is identified by a plurality of sensors. A location for both the first and second clinician is received from the plurality of sensors. A determination is made whether the first and second clinicians are near one another. Upon determining that the first and second clinicians are near one another, a notification is presented to the first clinician. Such tracking of clinician location helps avoid missed opportunities and provides efficient communication among clinicians.

Claims

1. One or more tangible computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for providing clinical information to clinicians, the method comprising:

identifying in a patient'"'"'s electronic health record that a first clinician treating the patient has requested a consult with a second clinician treating the patient;

receiving a location for the first clinician by way of a first clinician identifier, wherein the first clinician identifier is tracked via a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment, and wherein the plurality of sensors utilize one of ultrasound technology, infrared technology, or radio-frequency identification technology;

receiving a location for the second clinician by way of a second clinician identifier, wherein the second clinician identifier is tracked via the plurality of sensors in the healthcare environment;

determining whether the location for the first clinician and the location for the second clinician are within a predefined distance from one another, wherein the determination is based on the proximity of the sensors that identified the location of both the first and the second clinician; and

upon determining that the location for the first clinician and the location for the second clinician are within the predefined distance from one another, presenting a notification to the first clinician that includes both the location of the second clinician and the consult requested by the first clinician.

2. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting the notification to the first clinician via a mobile device.

3. The computer-storage media of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting the first clinician with an option to inform the second clinician of the location of the first clinician.

4. The computer storage media of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an indication from the clinician to inform the second clinician of the location of the first clinician.

5. The computer-storage media of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting a notification to the second clinician that includes the location of the first clinician.

6. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises notifying an ordering clinician that an order is complete.

7. The computer-storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises presenting status updates of an order via a mobile device.

8. The computer-storage media of claim 7, wherein status updates include an indication that a result is available, an indication that a test is in progress, or an indication that the test is pending.