Method to transform clinician order entry

• US 9,727,936 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Renly, Sondra R., Ford, Daniel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Porter, Rachel L
• Application Number:
  US12/633,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,799 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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 computer-implemented method receives, into a computerized system, routine electronic transmissions such as a clinician order entry (CPOE) order message relating to a patient. The order message is used to identify one of a number of pre-established templates to create an individualized wellness plan. The method identifies data variables that need to be supplied for the wellness plan and identifies patient documentation related to the wellness plan. The method supplies the data variables and combines patient documentation into the wellness plan. The method identifies and includes dependency-awareness of tasks, reminders, and appointments within and across wellness plans. The method can customize the wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences, and can restrict access and content of the wellness plan. The method provides the wellness plan to the patient through their preferred interactive calendar application and obtains the remaining data variables, performs across plan dependency checks, and obtains the patient preferences from the patient through the interactive calendar application. This allows the method to provide the patient a list of tasks, reminders, and appointments through the interactive calendar application and enables both clinician and patient to track plan progress and completion.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, into a computerized system, a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of a number of pre-established templates;

identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

combining said patient documentation into said wellness plan, using said computerized system;

customizing said wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences regarding a type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient, using said computerized system;

obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

restricting access to said wellness plan based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient, using said computerized system;

providing said wellness plan to said patient through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

providing said patient a list of required tasks through said interactive calendar application, using said computerized system;

receiving feedback from said patient regarding completion of said required tasks, using said computerized system;

updating said interactive calendar based on said feedback, using said computerized system; and

outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback, using said computerized system, to said patient and a clinician.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising supplying said data variables, using said computerized system, by at least one of:

searching databases for said data variables;

receiving input from health care professionals for said data variables; and

receiving input from said patient for said data variables.

3. The method according to claim 1, said patient documentation comprising medical decision support documentation, patient educational documentation, and contra-indication checking documentation.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving said clinician preferences from health care professionals and receiving said patient preferences from said patient.

5. A computerized system for processing clinician order entry (CPOE) orders, said system comprising:

a memory that stores a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, and a patient preference regarding a type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient; and

a processor that performs;

receiving a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of a number of pre-established templates;

identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan;

identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan;

combining said patient documentation into said wellness plan;

customizing said wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences regarding a type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient through said interactive calendar application;

restricting access to said wellness plan based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

providing said wellness plan to said patient through said interactive calendar application;

providing said patient a list of required tasks through said interactive calendar application;

receiving feedback from said patient regarding completion of said required tasks;

updating said interactive calendar based on said feedback; and

outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan, based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback, to a patient and a clinician.

6. A non-transitory computer program storage medium tangibly embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform a computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a clinician order entry (CPOE) order relating to a patient, said order identifying a wellness plan that is based on one of a number of pre-established templates;

identifying data variables that need to be supplied for said wellness plan;

identifying patient documentation related to said wellness plan;

combining said patient documentation into said wellness plan;

customizing said wellness plan according to clinician preferences and patient preferences regarding a type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

obtaining said data variables and said patient preferences from said patient through said interactive calendar application;

restricting access to said wellness plan based on said type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient;

providing said wellness plan to said patient through said interactive calendar application;

providing said patient a list of required tasks through said interactive calendar application;

receiving feedback from said patient regarding completion of said required tasks;

updating said interactive calendar based on said feedback; and

outputting reports regarding a status of said wellness plan, based on said interactive calendar application and said feedback, to said patient and a clinician.

7. The tangible computer program storage medium according to claim 6, said method further comprising supplying said data variables, using said computerized system, by at least one of:

searching databases for said data variables;

receiving input from health care professionals for said data variables; and

receiving input from said patient for said data variables.

8. The tangible computer program storage medium according to claim 6, said patient documentation comprising medical decision support documentation, patient educational documentation, and contra-indication checking documentation.

9. The non-transitory computer program storage medium according to claim 6, said patient preferences comprising the type of interactive calendar application preferred by said patient.

10. The tangible computer program storage medium according to claim 6, said method further comprising receiving said clinician preferences from health care professionals and receiving said patient preferences from said patient.