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

• US 20080015895A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• 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:
  US11/695,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20080015895A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• 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 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references

Abstract

Computerized systems for configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system are provided. In embodiments, the computerized systems include one or more user content components having information specific to facilities and/or personnel based upon which the healthcare information system is being customized, a pre-configured content component including content pre-configured to be relevant in customizing the healthcare information system, a knowledge portal configured to access informational assistance data, and an automated survey component configured to receive input from the user content component, the pre-configured content component and the knowledge portal. The system may further include a survey-directed information store configured to receive and store survey-directed information from the automated survey component and a survey-learned data component configured to extract at least a portion of the survey-directed information from the survey-directed information store and to input the extracted information into the pre-configured content component. In this way, the healthcare information system may get “smarter” each time the system is utilized.

Claims

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

at least one user content component having information 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;

a pre-configured content component including content pre-configured to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system; and

an automated survey component configured to receive input from the at least one user content component and the pre-configured content component and to direct further input based upon the input received.

2. The computerized system of claim 1, further comprising a survey-directed information store configured to receive and store survey-directed information from the automated survey component.

3. The computerized system of claim 2, further comprising a survey-learned data component configured to extract at least a portion of the survey-directed information from the survey-directed store and to input the extracted survey-directed information into the pre-configured content component.

4. The computerized system of claim 3, wherein the pre-configured content component is configured to determine if survey-directed information has been received from the survey-learned data component, and wherein if it is determined that survey-directed information has been received from the survey-learned data component, the survey-directed information is stored in association with the pre-configured content component as pre-configured content.

5. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the automated survey component is configured to direct further input based upon input received utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

6. The computerized system of claim 5, 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.

7. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the at least one user content component comprises one or more of a facility and personnel profile component and a facility- and personnel-specific content component.

8. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the automated survey component is further configured to receive input from a knowledge portal, the knowledge portal being configured to access informational assistance data.

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

a pre-configured content component including content pre-configured to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system;

an automated survey component configured to receive input from at least one user content component and the pre-configured content component and to direct further input based upon the input received;

a survey-directed information store configured to receive and store survey-directed information from the automated survey component; and

a survey-learned data component configured to extract at least a portion of the survey-directed information from the survey-directed information store and to input the extracted survey-directed information into the pre-configured content component.

10. The computerized system of claim 9, wherein the user content component includes information 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.

11. The computerized system of claim 10, wherein the user content component comprises one or more of a facility and personnel profile component and a facility- and personnel-specific content component.

12. The computerized system of claim 9, wherein the pre-configured content component is configured to determine if survey-directed information has been received from the survey-learned data component, and wherein if it is determined that the survey-directed information has been received from the survey-learned data component, the survey-directed information is stored in association with the pre-configured content component as pre-configured content.

13. The computerized system of claim 9, wherein the automated survey component is configured to direct further input based upon input received utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

14. The computerized system of claim 13, 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.

15. The computerized system of claim 9, wherein the automated survey component is further configured to receive input from a knowledge portal, the knowledge portal being configured to access informational assistance data.

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

a pre-configured content component including content pre-configured to be relevant in configuring, implementing and/or maintaining the customized healthcare information system;

a knowledge portal configured to access informational assistance data; and

an automated survey component configured to receive input from the pre-configured content component and the knowledge portal and to direct further input based upon the input received.

17. The computerized system of claim 16, further comprising at least one user content component having information 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, wherein the automated survey component is further configured to receive input from the at least one user content component.

18. The computerized system of claim 16, further comprising:

a survey-directed information store configured to receive and store survey-directed information from the automated survey component; and

a survey-learned data component configured to extract at least a portion of the survey-directed information from the survey-directed store and to input the extracted survey-directed information into the pre-configured content component.

19. The computerized system of claim 16, wherein the automated survey component is configured to direct further input based upon input received utilizing one or more screen displays configured to receive manual input from a user.

20. The computerized system 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.