TO-DO LISTS IN COMPUTERIZED HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20070255594A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: St. Amand, Stephanie, Muehlmeier, Bryan, Winkel, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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

Electronic to-do lists are provided in a computerized healthcare environment for managing and documenting events during clinical care processes. A to-do list includes events that may need to be completed and, in some cases, documented during a clinical care process. The to-do list may be generated in response to a selection of a to-do macro including data associated with a number of clinical events that need to be completed during the clinical care process. As events are completed by clinicians during the process, the to-do list may be used to document the completion of the event. As such, clinicians may readily identify events that have been performed, as well as events that have yet to be performed. In some cases, a clinical event in a to-do list may include associated details, which may be used to populate information in an electronic record when the clinical event is indicated as completed.

Claims

1. A method in a clinical computing environment for providing an electronic to-do list for tracking completion of a plurality of clinical events during a clinical care process, the method comprising:

receiving a user selection of a to-do macro for a type of clinical care process, the to-do macro comprising data associated with a plurality of clinical events to be completed for the type of clinical care process;

generating a to-do list based on the selected to-do macro, the to-do list providing an indication for at least a portion of the plurality of clinical events;

presenting the to-do list to a user via a user interface;

receiving user input indicative of completion of one or more selected clinical events; and

based on the user input, providing an indication that the one or more selected clinical events have been completed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises defining the to-do macro by identifying the plurality of clinical events based on a pre-built standard of care for the type of clinical care process developed to ensure patient quality of care.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises presenting a to-do macro user interface component in response to the user selection of the to-do macro, the to-do macro user interface component including an indication of the plurality of clinical events.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input modifying information associated with at least one of the clinical events via the to-do macro user interface component.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises receiving input indicating that at least one of the clinical events has already been completed via the to-do macro user interface component.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein generating a to-do list based on the selected to-do macro comprises generating the to-do list based at least in part on user input received via the to-do macro user interface component.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input modifying one or more clinical events in the to-do list.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user input modifying one or more clinical events in the to-do list comprises at least one of reordering one or more clinical events in the to-do list and modifying information associated with one or more clinical events in the to-do list.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing an indication that the one or more selected clinical events have been completed comprises removing the one or more selected clinical events from the to-do list.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises documenting the completion of the one or more selected clinical events in an electronic record.

11. A method for documenting a clinical event performed during a clinical care process, the method comprising:

presenting an electronic to-do list, the to-do list including an indication of a plurality of clinical events to be performed during a clinical care process, wherein at least one clinical event is associated with details regarding the at least one clinical event;

receiving user input indicating that the at least one clinical event has been completed; and

based on the user input, documenting the completion of the at least one clinical event in an electronic record, wherein the details associated with the at least one clinical event are used to populate information in the electronic record.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting an electronic to-do list comprises receiving a selection of a to-do macro, to-do macro comprising information for the plurality of clinical events to be performed during the clinical care process.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises defining the to-do macro by identifying the plurality of clinical events based on a pre-built standard of care for the clinical care process developed to ensure patient quality of care.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein presenting an electronic to-do list further comprises presenting a to-do macro user interface in response to the selection of the to-do macro, wherein the to-do macro user interface allows a user to modify information in the to-do macro, and wherein the to-do list is generated based at least in part on any modifications received via the to-do macro user interface.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input modifying one or more clinical events in the to-do list.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the user input modifying one or more clinical events in the to-do list comprises at least one of reordering one or more clinical events in the to-do list and modifying information associated with one or more clinical events in the to-do list.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the details associated with the at least one clinical event comprises a series of answers, and wherein the series of answers correspond with a series of questions in an electronic record and are used to populate information in the electronic record.

18. A method in a clinical computing environment for providing an electronic to-do list for tracking completion of a plurality of clinical events during a clinical care process and documenting the completion of at least one of the clinical events in an electronic record, the method comprising:

receiving a user selection of a to-do macro for a type of clinical care process, the to-do macro comprising data associated with a plurality of clinical events to be completed for the type of clinical care process, wherein at least one clinical event is associated with details regarding the at least one clinical event;

generating a to-do list based on the selected to-do macro, the to-do list providing an indication for at least a portion of the plurality of clinical events;

presenting the to-do list to a user via a user interface;

receiving user input indicative of completion of the at least one clinical event having details associated therewith; and

based on the user input, providing an indication that the at least one clinical event has been completed and documenting the completion of the at least one clinical event in an electronic record, wherein the details associated with the at least one clinical event are used to populate information in the electronic record.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input modifying information in the to-do macro, and wherein generating the to-do list based on the selected to-do macro comprises generating the to-do list based at least in part on the user input modifying information in the to-do macro.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the details associated with the at least on clinical event comprises a series of answers, and wherein the series of answers correspond with a series of questions in an electronic record and are used to populate information in the electronic record.