Component based aggregation of medication orders

• US 9,076,115 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Carefusion 303 Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Jaskela, Maria Consolacion, Webster, William Lee, Utech, Thomas William
• Primary Examiner(s): Holocomb, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): TIEDEMAN, JASON S
• Application Number:
  US13/901,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705 712- 727
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A system for component based aggregation of medication orders may include a processor and memory. The processor may receive display a queue that lists medication orders to be prepared by a healthcare professional, the medication orders indicating component medications that will be used to prepare the ordered medications. The processor may receive a selection of a first medication order listed in the queue, where the first medication order indicates a first component medication. The processor may determine a second medication order listed in the queue that indicates the first component medication. The processor may reorder the displayed queue such that the second medication order is listed adjacent to the first medication order. The processor may notify the healthcare professional of the second medication order, such as by displaying an indication of the second medication order separately from the queue.

Claims

1. A system for component based aggregation of medication orders, the system comprising:

a healthcare device configured to dispense a dispensable medication;

an electronic device communicatively coupled to the healthcare device and comprising;

one or more processors; and

a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

display a queue listing a plurality of medication orders to be prepared, each of the plurality of medication orders indicating one of a plurality of component medications;

receive a selection of a first medication order of the plurality of medication orders listed in the queue, wherein the first medication order of the plurality of medication orders indicates a first component medication of the plurality of component medications;

determine a second medication order of the plurality of medication orders listed in the queue that indicates the first component medication of the plurality of component medications;

reorder the displayed queue such that the second medication order of the plurality of medication orders is listed adjacent to the first medication order of the plurality of medication orders;

determine a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the first component medication to be used to formulate a first batch of medication orders including the first medication order and the second medication order;

determine, from a first plurality of medication containers that each contains the first component medication, a first subset of the first plurality of medication containers that contain, in aggregate, a first aggregate amount of the first component medication that is greater than the first amount of the first component medication,

wherein the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers is selected to minimize a first excess amount by which the first aggregate amount of the first medication exceeds the first amount such that the first excess amount is less than a smallest container size of the first plurality of medication containers; and

dispense the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers from the healthcare device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

display the queue that lists the plurality of medication orders on a display in a clean room where the plurality of medication orders are prepared.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive the selection of the first medication order of the plurality of medication orders listed in the queue from a device associated with a healthcare professional who is preparing the first medication order of the plurality of medication orders.

4. A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, allow the machine to perform a method for component based aggregation of medication orders, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of medication orders to be prepared, the plurality of medication orders including a medication order for the dispensable medication, each of the plurality of medication orders indicating one of a plurality of component medications;

receiving an indication that a medication order of the plurality of medication orders is being prepared by a healthcare professional, wherein the medication order of the plurality of medication orders indicates a first component medication of the plurality of component medications;

determining other medication orders of the plurality of medication orders that indicate the first component medication of the plurality of component medications;

displaying one or more of the other medication orders of the plurality of medication orders that indicate the first component medication of the plurality of component medications;

determining a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the first component medication to be used to formulate a first batch of medication orders including the medication order and the other medication orders of the plurality of medication orders that indicate the first component medication;

determining, from a first plurality of medication containers that each contains the first component medication, a first subset of the first plurality of medication containers that contain, in aggregate, a first aggregate amount of the first component medication that is greater than the first amount of the first component medication, wherein the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers is selected to minimize a first excess amount by which the first aggregate amount of the first medication exceeds the first amount such that the first excess amount is less than a smallest container size of the first plurality of medication containers; and

dispensing the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers from a healthcare device.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the indication that the medication order of the plurality of medication orders is being prepared is received from a device associated with the healthcare professional who is preparing the medication order of the plurality of medication orders.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the indication indicates that the healthcare professional scanned a bar code associated with the first component medication of the plurality of component medications.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the other medication orders of the plurality of medication orders that indicate the first component medication of the plurality of component medications are displayed on the device associated with the healthcare professional who is preparing the medication order of the plurality of medication orders.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a queue that lists the plurality of medication orders.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein receiving the indication that the medication order of the plurality of medication orders is being prepared comprises receiving a selection of the medication order of the plurality of medication orders listed in the queue.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein displaying the queue that lists the plurality of medication orders includes displaying the queue in a clean room where the medication order of the plurality of medication orders is being prepared by the healthcare professional.

11. A system for component based aggregation of medication orders, the system comprising:

a healthcare device configured to dispense a dispensable medication;

an electronic device communicatively coupled to the healthcare device and comprising;

one or more processors; and

a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a plurality of medication orders, the plurality of medication orders including a medication order for the dispensable medication, two or more of the plurality of medication orders indicating a first component medication to be formulated into a first medication for delivery comprising the first component medication and at least one of the plurality of medication orders indicating a second component medication to be formulated into a second medication for delivery comprising the second component medication;

aggregate, from the plurality of medication orders, a first batch of medication orders, wherein each medication order of the first batch indicates the first component medication, and a second batch of medication orders, wherein each medication order of the second batch indicates the second component medication;

determine a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the first component medication to be used to formulate the first batch of medication orders, and a second amount, the second amount being an amount of the second component medication to be used to formulate the second batch of medication orders;

indicate the first amount of the first component medication and the second amount of the second component medication to be used to formulate the first batch of medication orders and the second batch of medication orders, respectively;

determine from a first plurality of medication containers that each contains the first component medication, a first subset of the first plurality of medication containers that contain, in aggregate, a first aggregate amount of the first component medication that is greater than the first amount of the first component medication,

wherein the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers is selected to minimize a first excess amount by which the first aggregate amount of the first medication exceeds the first amount such that the first excess amount is less than a smallest container size of the first plurality of medication containers; and

dispense the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers from the healthcare device.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, allow the machine to perform a method for component based aggregation of medication orders, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of medication orders, the plurality of medication orders including a medication order for the dispensable medication, two or more of the plurality of medication orders indicating a first component medication to be formulated into a first medication for delivery comprising the first component medication and at least one of the plurality of medication orders indicating a second component medication to be formulated into a second medication for delivery comprising the second component medication;

aggregating, from the plurality of medication orders, a first batch of medication orders, wherein each medication order of the first batch indicates the first component medication, and a second batch of medication orders, wherein each medication order of the second batch indicates the second component medication;

determining a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the first component medication to be used to formulate the first batch of medication orders, and a second amount, the second amount being an amount of the second component medication to be used to formulate the second batch of medication orders;

indicating the first amount of the first component medication and the second amount of the second component medication to be used to formulate the first batch of medication orders and the second batch of medication orders, respectively;

determining from a first plurality of medication containers that each contains the first component medication, a first subset of the first plurality of medication containers that contain, in aggregate, a first aggregate amount of the first component medication that is greater than the first amount of the first component medication,

wherein the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers is selected to minimize a first excess amount by which the first aggregate amount of the first medication exceeds the first amount such that the first excess amount is less than a smallest container size of the first plurality of medication containers; and

dispense the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers from a healthcare device.