Method for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input

• US 10,360,996 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Charlson, Sara J., Huffman, Matthew R., Berislavich, Karen E., Lester, Jacqueline S., Henton, Aaron L., Besch, Jennifer L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pauls, John A
• Application Number:
  US11/695,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,495 Days
• Field of Search: 704 9, 705 2- 4, 707 1, 707 3, 707102, 600300, 719316, 706 45
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

Computerized methods for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input are provided. The method includes receiving a first content item; determining a plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first content item, each of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives being determined utilizing one or more of pre-configured content, facility- and personnel-specific content, a facility and personnel profile, and informational assistance data; presenting the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection; receiving user selection of one of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first content item; receiving a second content item; and determining at least one pre-configured alternative for association with the second content item. The at least one-preconfigured alternative is a member of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives but is not the one of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives selected by the user for association with the first content item.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, performing a method of displaying in a clinical environment for building a customized healthcare information system based on an existing healthcare information system by selectively associating, through directed user input, content items from the existing healthcare information system with pre-configured alternatives, the pre-configured alternatives configured for use in the customized healthcare information system and configured to be options to represent one or more content items from the existing healthcare information system, the method comprising:

receiving, from an interactive display a survey component, a first content item from an existing healthcare information system for building a customized healthcare information system, wherein the first content item comprises a first clinical laboratory orderable items;

determining, via the survey component, that the first content item is an exact name match with a pre-configured content item for use in the customized healthcare information system;

presenting, via the interactive display the survey component, a representation of the exact name match between the first content item and the pre-configured content item for verification, from a user, of the exact name match, the user being a healthcare facility or at least one of a healthcare facility personnel, wherein the survey component is configured to present a plurality of screen displays from which the user may input information to build the customized healthcare information system;

receiving via the interactive display verification from the user of the exact name match between the first content item and the pre-configured content item for use in the customized healthcare information system;

receiving via the interactive display, at a survey component, a second content item from an existing healthcare information system for building a customized healthcare information system, wherein the second content item comprises a second clinical laboratory orderable item;

determining, via the survey component, a plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection to reconcile the second content item from the existing healthcare information system with one or more pre-configured alternatives of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives, the plurality of pre-configured alternatives configured for use in the customized healthcare information system and configured to be options to represent the second content item in the customized healthcare information system, wherein each of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives are determined utilizing pre-configured content that comprises survey-specific tables that contain options for configuring, implementing, or maintaining the customized healthcare information system, facility and personnel-specific content derived from the existing healthcare information system, and facility and personnel profiles, wherein the derived facility and personnel-specific content is extracted utilizing data mining techniques performed on HL-7 transactions within the existing healthcare information system, and wherein the survey-specific tables are extracted utilizing data mining techniques performed on the existing healthcare information system;

presenting, via the survey component on the interactive display, the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection;

directing the user via interactive display through the process of selecting one pre-configured alternative of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives to reconcile the second content item from the existing healthcare information system with the one pre-configured alternative of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for use in the customized healthcare information system;

receiving via the interactive display, at the survey component, user selection of the one pre-configured alternative of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the second content item in order to reconcile the second content item from the existing healthcare information system with the one pre-configured alternative of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives.

2. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives is based upon a CPT code associated with the second clinical orderable item.

3. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises, prior to the presenting, via the survey component, the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection, displaying information regarding order catalog naming conventions that are associated with the customized healthcare information system.

4. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, further comprising receiving via the interactive display user input to add unmatched clinical laboratory orderable items.

5. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 1, further comprising displaying on an interactive display the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives and second plurality of pre-configured alternatives in a sequential ordered list.

6. A method in a clinical environment for building a customized healthcare information system based on an existing healthcare information system by selectively associating content items from the existing healthcare information system with pre-configured alternatives, based upon directed user input, the pre-configured alternatives configured for use in the customized healthcare information system and configured to be options to represent one or more content items from the existing healthcare information system, the method being performed by one or more computing devices including at least one processor and one or more computer-readable media, the method comprising:

receiving from an interactive display at a survey component a plurality of content items from an existing healthcare information system for building a customized healthcare information system, wherein each of the plurality of content items is a clinical laboratory orderable item;

determining via the survey component that a first content item of the plurality of content items is an exact name match with a pre-configured content item for use in the customized healthcare information system;

presenting via the interactive display the survey component a representation of the exact name match between the first content item and the pre-configured content item for verification, from a user, of the exact name match, the user being a healthcare facility or at least one of a healthcare facility personnel, wherein the survey component is configured to present a plurality of screen displays from which the user may input information to build the customized healthcare information system;

receiving via the interactive display verification from the user of the exact name match between the first content item and the pre-configured content item for use in the customized healthcare information system;

determining, via the survey component, a first plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection to reconcile a second content item of the plurality of content items from the existing healthcare information system with one or more pre-configured alternatives, wherein the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives are configured for use in the customized healthcare information system and configured to be options to represent the second content item of the plurality of content items in the customized healthcare information system, wherein each of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives are determined utilizing pre-configured content that comprises survey-specific tables that contain options for configuring, implementing, or maintaining the customized healthcare information system, facility and personnel-specific content derived from the existing healthcare information system, and a facility and personnel profile, wherein the derived facility and personnel-specific content is extracted utilizing data mining techniques performed on HL-7 transactions within the existing healthcare information system, and wherein the survey-specific tables are extracted utilizing data mining techniques performed on the existing healthcare information system;

presenting via the survey component on the interactive display, at least the second of the plurality of content items for association with the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives;

directing the user via interactive display through the process of selecting at least one pre-configured alternative of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives to reconcile the second content item from the existing healthcare information system with the at least one pre-configured alternative of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives for use in the customized healthcare information system;

receiving via the interactive display, at the survey component, user selection of the at least one pre-configured alternative of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the second of the plurality of content items;

determining, via the survey component, a second plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection to reconcile a third content item of the plurality of content items from the existing healthcare information system with one or more pre-configured alternatives of the second plurality of pre-configured alternatives, wherein the second plurality of pre-configured alternatives are configured for use in the customized healthcare information system and configured to be options to represent the third content item of the plurality of content items in the customized healthcare information system; and

presenting via the survey component at least the third of the plurality of content items for association with the second plurality of pre-configured alternatives, wherein the at least one pre-configured alternative of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives selected for association with the second content item is not presented with the second plurality of pre-configured alternatives.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first plurality of preconfigured alternatives is based upon a CPT code associated with the clinical laboratory orderable item.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising utilizing information extracted from the user selection of the at least one pre-configured alternative of the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the second of the plurality of content items to direct the user through the process of selecting a pre-configured alternative of the second plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the third of the plurality of content items.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising, prior to the presenting via the survey component at least the second of the plurality of content items for association with the first plurality of pre-configured alternatives, displaying information regarding order catalog naming conventions that are associated with the customized healthcare information system.