Integrating action boxes for infusion management

• US 9,927,943 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Gannon, Mary, Buckley, Amanda, Fiechtner, Hannah, Rogers, Stephanie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nunez, Jordany
• Application Number:
  US12/890,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20110119612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,741 Days
• Field of Search: 715771, 715764, 715210, 705 2
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data from infusion pumps in a healthcare setting and displaying the data on a user device are provided. Centralized clinician views are provided to enable clinician to provide additional information for infusion data within selected time ranges. Embodiments provide near real-time graphical displays of infusion data to clinicians on separate user devices. In addition, near real-time graphical displays of patient physiologic data is displayed simultaneously to a clinician along with the infusion data.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed, perform a method for indicating an action is required for an item associated with infusion documentation, the method comprising:

receiving a first continuous data feed from a first device operable to assist in treating a patient;

receiving a second continuous data feed from a second device operable to assist in treating the patient;

receiving a selection of a time range having multiple items from a user interface containing data from the first continuous data feed and the second continuous data feed;

identifying a plurality of items within the selected time range that each requires additional information from a clinician based on data received from the first continuous data feed and the second continuous data feed, each item being associated with one of the first device or the second device;

identifying the additional information required for the plurality of items; and

displaying an action box for entering the additional information for items associated with the first device and the second device, the action box listing each item that requires additional information and indicating what additional information is required, wherein the action box is configured to receive input associated with the additional information for each item.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required for at least one item is a witness name.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required for at least one item is a site associated with intravenous therapy.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the additional information required for at least one item is a weight associated with the patient.

5. The media of claim 1, further comprising presenting the clinician with a selectable button that, when activated after entering the additional information, indicates that the data is ready to be transmitted or published to an EMR associated with the patient.

6. The media of claim 5, wherein the selectable button appears as a hover box next to a selected time range.

7. A computerized system for entering additional information associated with infusion documentation, the system comprising:

a first medical device comprising computer readable media transmitting data associated with a patient;

a second medical device comprising computer readable media transmitting data associated with the patient;

a computing device remote from the first medical device and the second medical device, the computing device having one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media with computer-readable instructions for executing a method comprising;

receiving a first continuous stream of data from the first medical device;

receiving a second continuous stream of data from the second medical device;

receiving a selection of a time range associated with the first continuous stream of data and the second continuous stream of data;

determining more than one item of data requires additional information within the selected time range, the more than one item of data comprising a first item the associated with the first continuous stream of data and a second item associated with the second continuous stream of data; and

providing a graphic user interface component comprising an action box for entering additional information for the first item associated with the first continuous data stream and the second item associated with the second continuous data stream, the action box listing each item that requires additional information and indicating what additional information is required, wherein the action box is configured to receive input associated with the additional information for each item.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the graphic user interface component is presented to a user via a user device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user device is remote from the computing device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the first medical device is a first infusion pump administering a first infusion and the second medical device is a second infusion pump administering a second infusion.