Mobile discrete data documentation

• US 8,731,957 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Herbst, Damon, Meyer, Greg, Lantz, Randy, Bailey, Matt
• Primary Examiner(s): PAULS, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US12/351,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20100179819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,957 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 709/203, 709/224, 709/229, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transferring data from a medical device to a patient'"'"'s electronic medical record are provided. Initially, a medical device and a patient are identified, such as by scanning a barcode or searching in an electronically-searchable database. Once identified, the medical device and the patient area associated, and data from the medical device is acquired and sent to a form that allows a user to edit the data or add other information. The user may then indicate that the data is ready to be transmitted to the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record. The medical device and the patient may now be disassociated. The disassociation may be implicit, so that it is not required that a user provide an indication that the patient and medical device are to be disassociated. Rather, the disassociation may occur upon transmittal of the data to the patient'"'"'s EMR.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage device having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computing device having a processor and memory, cause the computing device to perform a method for electronically transferring data associated with a patient from a medical device to an electronic medical record (EMR) that corresponds to the patient, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of the medical device;

receiving an identification of a first patient;

receiving a user selection to associate the first patient to the medical device;

in response to receiving the user selection to associate the first patient to the first medical device, acquiring the data associated with the first patient from the medical device;

communicating the data to a requesting application that stores the data indefinitely for future reference for display in a format that allows a user to add to, delete, or edit the data that is associated with the first patient from the medical device prior to the data being transmitted to the patient'"'"'s EMR;

receiving an indication that the data is to be transmitted to the EMR that corresponds only to the first patient, wherein the EMR that corresponds to the first patient stores patient information relevant only to the first patient'"'"'s medical history and current treatment;

upon receiving the indication that the data is ready to be transmitted to the EMR, thus indicating that the user has reviewed the data, transmitting the data from the requesting application to the EMR that corresponds to the first patient such that the data is stored in the EMR in association with the first patient; and

automatically disassociating the first patient and the medical device upon transmission of the data to the EMR so that a second patient can be associated to the medical device such that the data transmitted to the EMR continues to be stored in the EMR after the first patient is disassociated from the medical device.

2. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an identification of a second patient;

receiving the user selection to associate the second patient to the medical device; and

acquiring the data associated with the second patient from the medical device.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the user selection to associate the first patient to the medical device comprises the user selection of a link that retrieves the data from the medical device.

4. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

suggesting at least one medical device;

receiving the user selection of one of the at least one medical device;

associating the first patient to the one of the at least one medical device; and

acquiring the data associated with the first patient from the one of the at least one medical device.

5. The media of claim 4, wherein the at least one medical device is suggested based on a location of the first patient.

6. The media of claim 4, wherein the at least one medical device is suggested based on a diagnosis of the first patient.

7. A system for electronically transferring data associated with a patient from a medical device to an electronic medical record (EMR) that corresponds to the patient, the system comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory for storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processing unit executes;

a receiving component for receiving identifications for the patient and the medical device;

an associating component for associating the patient to the medical device in response to receiving an indication that the patient and the medical device are to be associated;

an acquiring component for acquiring the data from the medical device that is associated with the patient;

a transmitting component for transmitting the acquired data to a requesting application that stores the data indefinitely for future reference so that the data from the medical device association with the patient can be added to, deleted, or edited prior to being stored in the EMR corresponding to the patient; and

a publishing component for publishing the data to the EMR that corresponds to the patient in response to receiving an indication that the data is to be transmitted to the EMR, indicating that the user has reviewed the data, such that the data is stored in the EMR in association with the patient, wherein the EMR stores patient information relevant only to the patient'"'"'s medical history and current treatment, and wherein once the data is transmitted to the EMR corresponding to the patient, the patient is automatically disassociated from the medical device to allow for another patient to be associated with the medical device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data that is transmitted to the requesting application is displayed in a format that allows the user to add information corresponding to the patient that is not included in the data acquired from the medical device.

9. One or more computer-readable storage device having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computing device having a processor and memory, cause the computing device to perform a method for electronically transferring data associated with a patient from a medical device to an electronic medical record (EMR) that corresponds to the patient, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of a first patient;

receiving an identification of the medical device;

in response to receiving the identification of the medical device, acquiring the data associated with the first patient from the medical device;

associating the first patient and the medical device to one another;

communicating the data to a requesting application that stores the data indefinitely for future reference for display such that the data from the first medical device can be added to, deleted, or edited by a user prior to the data being transmitted to the patient'"'"'s EMR;

receiving an indication that the data is to be transmitted to the first patient'"'"'s EMR, indicating that the user has reviewed the data, wherein the EMR stores patient information relevant only to the first patient'"'"'s medical history and current treatment;

upon receiving the indication that the data is to be transmitted to the patient'"'"'s EMR, transmitting the data from the requesting application to the first patient'"'"'s EMR such that the data is stored in the EMR in association with the first patient; and

automatically disassociating the first patient and the medical device upon the data being transmitted to the first patient'"'"'s EMR such that the data transmitted to the EMR continues to be stored in the EMR after the first patient is disassociated from the medical device.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the medical device comprises each of a plurality of medical devices.

11. The media of claim 10, further comprising receiving an indication of one of the plurality of medical devices from which to acquire the data.

12. The media of claim 9, further comprising:

once the data is sent to the first patient'"'"'s EMR, receiving an identification of a second patient;

acquiring the data from the medical device, wherein the data is associated with the second patient; and

associating the medical device and the second patient to one another.

13. The media of claim 9, wherein the identification of one or more of the first patient or the medical device is received by scanning a barcode associated with the first patient or the medical device.

14. The media of claim 9, wherein the identification of one or more of the first patient or the medical device is received by a user selection of the first patient identification or the medical device identification found in an electronically searchable database that contains a plurality of identifications.

15. The media of claim 9, wherein the data acquired from the medical device includes vital information taken from the first patient, the vital information including one or more of a body temperature, blood pressure, respiration, or pulse.

16. The media of claim 9, wherein the data IS authenticated once it is transmitted to the first patient'"'"'s EMR.

17. The media of claim 9, further comprising;

receiving a user selection to receive updated data associated with the first patient from the medical device;

acquiring the updated data from the medical device; and

communicating the updated data for display such that the updated data can be manipulated by the user.

18. The media of claim 9, wherein the data is communicated for display into a format that allows the user to add information corresponding to the first patient that is not included in the data acquired from the medical device.

19. The media of claim 9, further comprising disassociating the first patient and the medical device from one another.