DEFINING PRIVILEGES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20070294302A1
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Besch, Jennifer, Charlson, Sara, Wavada, Theresa, Barbre, Megan
• Application Number:
  US11/765,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system are provided. The systems, methods and computer-readable media of embodiments described herein utilize a number of information sources prior to initiation of configuration, implementation and/or maintenance to tailor or flex the process in a manner that is facility- and/or personnel-specific, thus alleviating solicitation of unnecessary information. Such information sources may include, by way of example only, one or more of facility- and/or personnel-specific content, facility and personnel profiles, site profiles, help and knowledge assistance information, and pre-configured content options. The more information to which the system has access prior to initiation of the configuration, implementation and/or maintenance process, the more tailored the configuration, implementation and/or maintenance may be and, accordingly, the less time and effort will be required by a user.

Claims

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

receiving input of a position associated with a facility, the position having at least one configurable privilege associated therewith;

receiving a configuration definition for the at least one configurable privilege;

determining if the configuration definition is consistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the position; and

storing the configuration definition in association with the at least one configurable privilege.

2. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is consistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the configuration definition is accepted.

3. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is inconsistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the method further comprises presenting a privileges reconciliation alert.

4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises determining if the configuration definition is reasonably inconsistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the position.

5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is reasonably inconsistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the method further comprises presenting a reasonable inconsistency alert.

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

receiving a list of personnel associated with the position; and

associating the configuration definition with each person on the list of personnel.

7. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises providing access to the healthcare information system to at least one of the persons on the list of personnel in accordance with the configuration definition.

8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein receiving input of a position associated with a facility comprises:

receiving a list of positions associated with a facility, each position in the list having one or more configurable privileges associated therewith; and

receiving selection of the position from the list of positions.

9. A user interface configured for defining privileges based on position in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system, the user interface comprising:

a selected positions display portion configured to display a list of positions associated with a facility, each position in the list having at least one configurable privilege associated therewith;

an instructional display portion configured to display instructions regarding one or more tasks to be completed to define the at least one configurable privilege associated with at least one of the positions displayed in the list; and

a reconciliation alert display portion configured to display a reconciliation alert if it is determined that a configuration definition associated with a given position is inconsistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the given position.

10. The user interface of claim 9, wherein the reconciliation alert display portion is further configured to display a reasonable inconsistency alert if it is determined that the configuration definition associated with the given position is reasonably inconsistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the given position.

11. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising a description display area configured to display a description of facility and/or industry privileges generally associated with at least one of the positions displayed in the list.

12. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising a selectable copy indicator, selection of which initiates association of privileges associated with a first position in the list of positions with a second position in the list of positions.

13. A method for defining privileges based on position in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system, the method comprising:

receiving input of a position associated with a facility, the position having at least one configurable privilege associated therewith;

receiving a configuration definition for the at least one configurable privilege;

determining if the configuration definition is consistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the position; and

storing the configuration definition in association with the at least one configurable privilege.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving input of a position associated with a facility comprises:

receiving a list of positions associated with the facility, each position in the list having one or more configurable privileges associated therewith; and

receiving selection of the position from the list of positions.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is consistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the configuration definition is accepted.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is inconsistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the method further comprises presenting a privileges reconciliation alert.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining if the configuration definition is reasonably inconsistent with at least one other configuration definition associated with the position.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein if it is determined that the configuration definition is reasonably inconsistent with the at least one other configuration definition associated with the position, the method further comprises presenting a reasonable inconsistency alert.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a list of personnel associated with the position; and

associating the configuration definition with each person on the list of personnel.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing access to the healthcare information system to at least one of the persons on the list of personnel in accordance with the configuration definition.