Systems and methods for transferring remote context

• US 8,954,554 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2010
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Bagwandeen, Hanif George
• Primary Examiner(s): MIAH, RAZU A
• Application Number:
  US12/833,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20120011237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/227, 370/338
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Example systems and methods provide remote context transfer and session termination. A computer-implemented method for remote context transfer between user sessions with a clinical information system includes accepting a user log on request for a user session at a first clinical information system; identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user; saving a context associated with one of the one or more open sessions; terminating the one or more open sessions identified as associated with the user; and transferring the saved context to the user session at the first clinical information system for use by the user in the user session.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for remote context transfer between user sessions with a clinical information system, the method comprising:

accepting a user log on request for a user session at a first clinical information system;

identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user;

saving a clinical context associated with one of the one or more open sessions;

alerting the user regarding the one or more open sessions and accepting user instruction regarding terminating the one or more open sessions and transferring the context to the user session at the first clinical information system;

terminating the one or more open sessions identified as associated with the user; and

transferring the saved context to the user session at the first clinical information system to configure the user session based on the saved context,

wherein remote termination of the one or more open sessions is enabled from the first clinical information system while saving and making the context available for the user to continue in the context via the user session, wherein transferring the saved context to configure the user session comprises loading the saved context for the user session and pre-populating data from the saved context in one or more user interface screens of the user session,

and wherein a list of available sessions is displayed via a session management dashboard for one or more users, the session management dashboard to provide device, session, and context information for each available session, the session management dashboard to allow an authorized user to terminate a selected session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein accepting a user log on request further comprises authenticating the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying further comprises identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user at one or more remote clinical information systems.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying further comprises identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user based on a user identifier.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identifier comprises a username associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein saving a context further comprises saving a context from a most recent of the one or more open sessions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the context comprises at least one of a user context and a patient context.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a set of instructions stored thereon which, when executed, instruct a processor to implement a method for remote context transfer between user sessions with a clinical information system, the method comprising:

accepting a user log on request for a user session at a first clinical information system;

identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user;

saving a clinical context associated with one of the one or more open sessions;

alerting the user regarding the one or more open sessions and accepting user instruction regarding terminating the one or more open sessions and transferring the context to the user session at the first clinical information system;

terminating the one or more open sessions identified as associated with the user; and

transferring the saved context to the user session at the first clinical information system to configure the user session based on the saved context,

wherein remote termination of the one or more open sessions is enabled from the first clinical information system while saving and making the context available for the user to continue in the context via the user session, wherein transferring the saved context to configure the user session comprises loading the saved context for the user session and pre-populating data from the saved context in one or more user interface screens of the user session,

and wherein a list of available sessions is displayed via a session management dashboard for one or more users, the session management dashboard to provide device, session, and context information for each available session, the session management dashboard to allow an authorized user to terminate a selected session.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein identifying further comprises identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user at one or more remote clinical information systems.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein identifying further comprises identifying one or more open sessions associated with the user based on a user identifier.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein saving a context further comprises saving a context from a most recent of the one or more open sessions.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the context comprises at least one of a user context and a patient context.

13. A clinical context and session management system comprising:

a processor connected to a memory, wherein the processor is programmed to facilitate clinical context and session management by implementing;

a monitor to identify one or more open sessions associated with a user at initiation of a user login request for a user session, the monitor to trigger a clinical information system to save at least one of a patient context and a user context associated with one of the one or more open sessions and terminate the one or more open sessions identified as associated with the user, wherein the monitor is to facilitate transfer of the saved at least one of a patient context and a user context to the user session to configure the user session based on the at least one of the patient context and user context,

wherein the monitor is to alert the user regarding the one or more open sessions and accept user instruction regarding terminating the one or more open sessions and transferring the at least one of a patient context and a user context to the user session, wherein remote termination of the one or more open sessions is enabled from the clinical information system while saving and making the at least one of a patient context and a user context available for the user to continue in the context via the user session, and wherein transfer of the saved context to configure the user session comprises loading the saved context for the user session and pre-populating data from the saved context in one or more user interface screens of the user session; and

a session management dashboard to display a list of available sessions for one or more users, the session management dashboard to provide device, session, and context information for each available session, the session management dashboard to allow an authorized user to terminate a selected session.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising an administrative session management dashboard to enable an administrator to monitor users with open sessions and facilitate termination of open sessions and transfer of at least one of a patient context and a user context to a local user session.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the monitor interacts with a data store in which at least one of a patient context and a user context is saved.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of a patient context and a user context is saved for transfer from a most recent of the one or more open sessions.