CLINICAL CONTENT-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE

• US 20120215562A1
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: James, Alan Ferris, Agrawal, Nitin
• Granted Patent: US 9,911,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• 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 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Certain examples provide methods, systems and apparatus of content-driven clinical information management. An example method includes facilitating authoring of content and combination of the content into a content-based application, wherein content represents a parameterization of instructions to instruct the content-based application how to operate, the content formulated according to one or more detailed clinical models. The example method includes packaging and deploying the content-based application using a processor to one or more targets for installation. The example method includes facilitating installation of the packaged content-based application at the one or more targets. The example method includes managing the content-based application remotely from the one or more targets. In the example method, content is to be created, stored, deployed, and retrieved independently of the creation and deployment of the content-based application consuming data based on the content.

Claims

1. A method of content-driven clinical information management comprising:

facilitating, using a processor, authoring of content and combination of the content into a content-based application, wherein content represents a parameterization of instructions to instruct the content-based application how to operate, the content formulated according to one or more detailed clinical models;

packaging and deploying the content-based application using a processor to one or more targets for installation;

facilitating, using a processor, installation of the packaged content-based application at the one or more targets; and

managing, using a processor, the content-based application remotely from the one or more targets,

wherein content is to be created, stored, deployed, and retrieved independently of the creation and deployment of the content-based application consuming data based on the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content-based application is versioned for each of a plurality of targets.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising tracking the versioned content-based application for compatibility among versions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes structured and unstructured clinical content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating further comprises facilitating authoring of a scalable content-based application for a clinical enterprise.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein content comprises at least one of configuration content, preferences content, reference content, and application content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein content is structured to facilitate semantic interoperability.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating authorizing of content further comprises automatically identifying, using a processor, dependencies, tasks, and associated resources to form the content-based application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein content is organized into one or more formlets according to one or more detailed clinical models and wherein the one or more formlets are organized into the content-based clinical application according to one or more detailed clinical models.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein content includes data read and interpreted by the content-based clinical application to at least one of define and modify at least one of presentation, behavior, and semantics of at least one of the content-based clinical application and data consumed by the content-based clinical application.

11. A tangible computer-readable storage medium including computer program code which, when executed, implements a method of content-driven clinical information management, the method comprising:

facilitating authoring of content and combination of the content into a content-based application, wherein content represents a parameterization of instructions to instruct the content-based application how to operate, the content formulated according to one or more detailed clinical models;

packaging and deploying the content-based application to one or more targets for installation;

facilitating installation of the packaged content-based application at the one or more targets; and

managing the content-based application remotely from the one or more targets,

wherein content is to be created, stored, deployed, and retrieved independently of the creation and deployment of the content-based application consuming data based on the content.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the content-based application is versioned for each of a plurality of targets.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises tracking the versioned content-based application for compatibility among versions.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the content includes structured and unstructured clinical content.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein facilitating further comprises facilitating authoring of a scalable content-based application for a clinical enterprise.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein content comprises at least one of configuration content, preferences content, reference content, and application content.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein content is structured to facilitate semantic interoperability.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein facilitating authorizing of content further comprises automatically identifying, using a processor, dependencies, tasks, and associated resources to form the content-based application.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein content is organized into one or more formlets according to one or more detailed clinical models and wherein the one or more formlets are organized into the content-based clinical application according to one or more detailed clinical models.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein content includes data read and interpreted by the content-based clinical application to at least one of define and modify at least one of presentation, behavior, and semantics of at least one of the content-based clinical application and data consumed by the content-based clinical application.