Computerized systems and methods for providing mobile-device updates of electronic health records

• US 10,726,947 B1
• Filed: 12/31/2018
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: McNair, Douglas S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Seung H
• Application Number:
  US16/237,107
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10861 sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels postal sorting B07C3/14, conveying articles B65G47/48
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, decision making based on a third party'"'"'s clinical situation by determining and providing useful, up-to-date information, such as patient-related information to a decision maker. In one embodiment, a user first identifies an information item concerning a patient. Based on that item, a reference pointer, which identifies the information item, is generated. The reference pointer is communicated to the user'"'"'s mobile device. Subsequently, the user'"'"'s mobile device receives updates related to the reference pointer.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising:

a processor;

a graphical user interface;

a receiving component, coupled with the processor, and configured to receive an indication of one or more information items, the indication of one or more information items comprising an audio or visual indication; and

one or more computer-readable devices, coupled with the processor, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile computing device to;

receive the indication of one or more information items, the indication comprising an audio or visual indication;

determine the one or more information items based on the indication;

based on the one or more information items, determine a set of information items related to the one or more information items for which an indication was received;

receive a reference pointer, by the receiving component, wherein the reference pointer is associated with the set of information items;

transmit the information indicated by the reference pointer to a server;

receive, in response to the transmission, a subset of information items from the set of information items associated with the reference pointer;

display at least a portion of the received subset of information items on the graphical user interface;

monitor the set of information items to detect changes with respect to the set of information items; and

display an update to at least a subset of the set of information items based on a detected change to the set of information items on the graphical user interface.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the receiving component is a camera, wherein the reference pointer is encoded within a graphical image, and wherein to receive the reference pointer is to capture the image utilizing the camera.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the receiving component is a wireless communication receiver, and wherein to receive the reference pointer is to receive the reference pointer over a wireless communication channel established with the wireless communication receiver.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication channel is a short-range wireless communication channel.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the receiving component is a wireless cellular communication receiver, and wherein to receive the reference pointer is to receive the reference pointer as a text message via a wireless communication channel established via a mobile service provider.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile computing device to:

retrieve the information indicated by the reference pointer by decoding an image.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the receiving component receives the reference pointer based on a selection by the user on the graphical user interface.

8. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable devices, coupled with the one or more processors, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the computing system to;

receive, from a mobile device, an indication of one or more information items and authorization information;

authenticate the ability of the mobile device to access the one or more indicated information items based on the authorization information;

in response to successful authentication, determine the one or more information items based on the indication of one or more information items;

monitor the one or more information items to detect changes with respect to the one or more information items; and

provide, to the mobile device, an update to at least one of the one or more information items based on a detected change to the one or more information items.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the authorization information includes user credentials that identify the user.

10. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the authorization information includes user credentials that specify information the user is permitted to access.

11. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the authorization information includes subscription credentials that specify a period of time for which the user has access to the set of information items.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the subscription credentials are discretized to a per-information item level for the set of information items.

13. The computing system of claim 8, wherein to authenticate the ability of the user to access the one or more indicated information items is further based on access-permission levels.

14. The computing system of claim 8 wherein the server computing system is further caused to provide a notification to the mobile device that updated information is available.

15. A method for providing updates of secure information relevant to a mobile device comprising:

receiving, from the mobile device, an indication of one or more information items and authorization information;

authenticating the mobile device to access the one or more indicated information items based on the authorization information;

in response to the successful authentication, determining the one or more information items based on the indication of one or more information items;

monitoring the one or more information items to detect changes with respect to the one or more information items; and

providing, to the mobile device, an update to at least one of the one or more information items based on a detected change to the one or more information items.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the authorization information includes user credentials that specify information the user is permitted to access.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the authorization information includes subscription credentials that specify a period of time for which the user has access to the set of information items.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the subscription credentials are discretized to a per-information item level for the set of information items.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein authenticating the ability of the user to access the one or more indicated information items is further based on access-permission levels.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a notification to the mobile device that updated information is available.