METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ASSOCIATING CONTENT ITEMS WITH PRE-CONFIGURED ALTERNATIVES BASED UPON DIRECTED USER INPUT

• US 20070276869A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,360,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method in a clinical environment for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input, the method comprising:

receiving a first content item;

determining a plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first content item, wherein each of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives is 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, wherein 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.

2. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the first and second content items are clinical orderable item.

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

4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises presenting a message indicating that an additional pre-configured alternative that was determined for association with the second content item is not presented as the additional pre-configured alternative has already been associated with the first content item.

5. A method in a clinical environment for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of content items;

determining a plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with each of the plurality of content items, wherein each of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives is determined utilizing one or more of pre-configured content, facility- and personnel- specific content, a facility and personnel profile, and informational assistance data, and wherein a first of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives is determined for association with each of a first and a second of the plurality of content items;

presenting at least the first of the plurality of content items for association with the first of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives;

receiving user selection of the first of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first of the plurality of content items; and

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

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of content items is a clinical orderable item.

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

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising presenting a message indicating that an additional pre-configured alternative that was determined for association with the second content item is not presented as the additional pre-configured alternative has already been associated with the first content item.