PREDICTIVE MEDICATION SAFETY

• US 20170372245A1
• Filed: 08/21/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: GUPTA, Vikas, Loebig, Scott, Garibaldi, Federico, Vanderveen, Timothy W.
• Granted Patent: US 10,867,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

Methods for facilitating safe use of a medical item are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first identifier for a medical entity located in an institution. The medical entity includes at least one of a patient, medical device, medical location, or medical item. The method also includes receiving a second identifier for a first course of action associated with the medical entity. The method further includes generating, based on a history of the medical entity and the first course of action associated with the medical entity, a second course of action for the medical entity, and providing a notification to a device indicating the second course of action. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a monitoring system, a first identifier for a medication, a second identifier for a first course of action for administering the medication with an infusion pump, and a third identifier for a caregiver;

obtaining, by a processor in the monitoring system, medication orders from a medical entity database;

reviewing, by the processor, the medication orders based on the received identifiers;

determining, by the processor, the caregiver'"'"'s history of hitting safe or therapeutic limits on doses;

generating, by the processor, a second course of action based on the caregiver'"'"'s history of hitting safe or therapeutic limits on doses;

providing, by the processor via the communications module in the monitoring system, instructions to the infusion pump prior to implementation of the first course of action, the instructions comprising instructions for the infusion pump to take the second course of action in place of the first course of action; and

performing, with the infusion pump responsive to the instructions, the second course of action by (a) restricting operation of the infusion pump to perform the first course of action until appropriate authorization for performing the first course of action is received by the infusion pump from the caregiver, and (b) providing, with the infusion pump to the caregiver, a notification including a purpose for taking the second course of action based on the caregiver'"'"'s history of hitting safe or therapeutic limits on doses.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the first identifier, the second identifier, or the history of the medical entity is received over a network from a healthcare facility information system in a native message format of the healthcare facility information system and converted into an internal messaging format configured for use with the monitoring system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first course of action comprises a plurality of parameters for administration of the medication by the infusion pump.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the purpose comprises maintaining safe or therapeutic limits on doses of the medication by the caregiver.

5. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

receiving, at a monitoring system, a first identifier for a medication a second identifier for a first course of action for administering the medication with an infusion pump, and a third identifier for a caregiver;

generating, based on the caregiver'"'"'s history of hitting safe or therapeutic limits on doses of medication as determined by the processor and based on the first course of action, a second course of action;

providing instructions to the infusion pump to take the second course of action in place of the first course of action,

wherein the second course of action comprises (a) restricting operation of the infusion pump for performance of the first course of action until appropriate authorization for performing the first course of action is received at the infusion pump by the caregiver, and (b) providing, with the infusion pump to the caregiver, a notification including a purpose for taking the second course of action.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the at least one of the first identifier, the second identifier, or the history of the medical entity is received over a network from a healthcare facility information system in a native message format of the healthcare facility information system and converted into an internal messaging format configured for use with the monitoring system.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the first course of action comprises a plurality of parameters for administration of the medication by the infusion pump.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the purpose comprises maintaining safe or therapeutic limits on doses of the medication by the caregiver.