METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20070265879A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Besch, Jennifer, Henton, Aaron, Lester, Jacqueline, Berislavich, Karen, Huffman, Matthew, Charlson, Sara
• Application Number:
  US11/695,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20070265879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Computerized methods for configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system are provided. In embodiments, the computerized methods include receiving information specific to facilities and/or personnel based upon which the healthcare information system is being customized; receiving pre-configured content from a pre-configured content component, the pre-configured content being pre-determined to be relevant in customizing the healthcare information system; receiving informational assistance data from a knowledge portal; and utilizing at least a portion of the facility- and personnel-specific content, the pre-configured content and the knowledge portal input to aid in automating the directed solicitation of user input. The method may further include receiving directed input of user information; storing the user information in at least one information store; extracting user information from the at least one information store; and inputting the extracted user information into the pre-configured content component.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, aid in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system, the method comprising:

receiving content specific to at least one of a facility and personnel based upon which the customized healthcare information system is being configured, implemented and/or maintained;

receiving pre-configured content from a pre-configured content information store, the pre-configured content being pre-determined to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system; and

utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input.

2. The one more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving directed input of user information; and

storing the user information in association with at least one information store.

3. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

extracting at least a portion of the user information from the at least one information store; and

inputting the extracted user information into the pre-configured content information store.

4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input comprises utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein the one or more screen displays comprises a chronological series of screen displays, and wherein at least one subsequent screen display in the chronology is determined, at least in part, based upon manual input received in association with one or more previous screen displays in the chronology.

6. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein receiving content specific to at least one of a facility and personnel based upon which the customized healthcare information system is being configured, implemented and/or maintained comprises receiving one or more of a facility and personnel profile and facility- and personnel-specific content.

7. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving input from a knowledge portal, the knowledge portal being configured to access informational assistance data; and

utilizing at least a portion of the received knowledge portal input to automate the directed solicitation of user input.

8. A method for configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system, the method comprising:

receiving pre-configured content from a pre-configured information store, the pre-configured content being pre-determined to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system;

receiving content specific to at least one of a facility and personnel based upon which the customized healthcare information system is being configured, implemented and/or maintained;

utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate directed solicitation of user input;

receiving directed input of user information;

storing the user information in association with at least one information store;

extracting at least a portion of the user information from the at least one information store; and

inputting the extracted user information into the pre-configured content information store.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving content specific to at least one of a facility and personnel based upon which the customized healthcare information system is being configured, implemented and/or maintained comprises receiving one or more of a facility and personnel profile and facility- and personnel-specific content.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining if user information has been received, wherein if it is determined that the user information has been received, storing the user information in association with at least one information store comprises storing the user information in association with the pre-configured content component as pre-configured content.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input comprises utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more screen displays comprises a chronological series of screen displays, and wherein at least one subsequent screen display in the chronology is determined, at least in part, based upon manual input received in association with one or more previous screen displays in the chronology.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving input from a knowledge portal, the knowledge portal being configured to access informational assistance data.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising utilizing at least a portion of the received knowledge portal input to aid in automating the directed solicitation of user input.

15. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, aid in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system, the method comprising:

receiving pre-configured content from a pre-configured content information store, the pre-configured content being pre-determined to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system;

receiving input from a knowledge portal, the knowledge portal being configured to access informational assistance data; and

utilizing at least a portion of the received pre-configured content and the received input from the knowledge portal to automate solicitation of directed user input.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises receiving content specific to at least one of a facility and personnel based upon which the customized healthcare information system is being configured, implemented and/or maintained.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises utilizing at least a portion of the received facility- and personnel-specific content to automate solicitation of directed user input.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving directed input of user information;

storing the user information in association with at least one information store;

extracting at least a portion of the user information from the at least one information store; and

inputting the extracted user information into the pre-configured content information store.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein utilizing at least a portion of the received knowledge portal input and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input comprises utilizing at least a portion of the received knowledge portal input and the received pre-configured content to automate solicitation of directed user input utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the one or more screen displays comprises a chronological series of screen displays, and wherein at least one subsequent screen display in the chronology is determined, at least in part, based upon manual input received in association with one or more previous screen displays in the chronology.