Management of pending medication orders
First Claim
1. A system for managing pending medication orders pertaining to a patient located in a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
- an infusion pump located at the patient;
a controller located at the infusion pump and being in operational control over the infusion pump, the controller comprising a controller processor;
a display located at the controller and being under the operational control of the controller; and
an identification device configured to acquire patient identification data from the patient and provide that patient identification data to the controller;
wherein the controller processor is configured to;
receive the patient identification data from the identification device;
provide a patient-identification-received signal based on the patient identification data;
receive pending medication orders pertaining to an identified patient;
display the received pending medication orders for the identified patient on the display;
start an item-removed transaction and monitor an elapsed time when an item is removed;
stop monitoring the elapsed time and resolve the item-removed transaction when an item administration signal is received;
generate an alert signal when infusion data identified in a controlled-item-removed signal is not received within a preselected amount of elapsed time; and
update a transaction log to reflect an alert resolution.
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Abstract
Pending medication orders are presented on the controller of an infusion pump to which a patient has been identified. All pending medication orders are displayed on the screen of the controller and any may be selected by the clinician. Selecting a pending order at the controller that involves an infusion to the patient also results in automatic programming of the infusion pump in accordance with that order. Selection of an oral medication at the controller results, as does selection of any other order, in notification to the healthcare facility server that the order is being administered. Such notification resolves open controlled item transactions as well as provides information that may be relevant to a patient'"'"'s EMAR. Selection of a pending order may occur manually or automatically through identification of a medication.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for managing pending medication orders pertaining to a patient located in a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
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an infusion pump located at the patient; a controller located at the infusion pump and being in operational control over the infusion pump, the controller comprising a controller processor; a display located at the controller and being under the operational control of the controller; and an identification device configured to acquire patient identification data from the patient and provide that patient identification data to the controller; wherein the controller processor is configured to; receive the patient identification data from the identification device; provide a patient-identification-received signal based on the patient identification data; receive pending medication orders pertaining to an identified patient; display the received pending medication orders for the identified patient on the display; start an item-removed transaction and monitor an elapsed time when an item is removed; stop monitoring the elapsed time and resolve the item-removed transaction when an item administration signal is received; generate an alert signal when infusion data identified in a controlled-item-removed signal is not received within a preselected amount of elapsed time; and update a transaction log to reflect an alert resolution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing pending medication orders comprising:
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associating a controller that is located at an infusion pump and in operational control over the infusion pump with a patient by reading identification data from the patient; receiving pending medication orders for the patient; displaying received pending medication orders for the patient on a display screen located at the controller; selecting a displayed pending medication order from the controller, the selected pending medication order being selected from among the displayed pending medication orders; starting an item-removed transaction and monitor an elapsed time when an item is removed; stop monitoring the elapsed time and resolve the item removed transaction when an item administration signal is received; generating an alert signal when infusion data identified in a controlled-item-removed signal is not received within a preselected amount of elapsed time; and updating a transaction log to reflect an alert resolution. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A system for managing pending medication orders pertaining to a patient located in a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
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an infusion pump located at the patient; a controller located at the infusion pump and being in operational control over the infusion pump, the controller comprising a controller processor; a display located at the controller and being under the operational control of the controller; and an identification device configured to acquire patient identification data from the patient and provide that patient identification data to the controller and acquire medication identification data from a medication and provide that medication identification data to the controller; wherein the controller processor is configured to; receive the patient identification data from the identification device; provide a patient-identification-received signal based on the patient identification data; receive pending medication orders pertaining to an identified patient; display the received pending medication orders for the identified patient on the display; automatically select a displayed pending order upon receipt of the medication identification data that corresponds to data of the displayed pending order; automatically program the infusion pump with pumping parameters for the displayed pending order when the displayed pending order is selected; start an item-removed transaction and monitor an elapsed time when an item is removed; stop monitoring the elapsed time and resolve the item-removed transaction when an item administration signal is received; generate an alert signal when infusion identified in a controlled-item-removed signal is not received within a preselected amount of elapsed time; and update a transaction log to reflect an alert resolution. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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