System and method for clinical quality and safety automation
Inventors
Valk, Jeffrey • Robertelli, Glenn
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11621071-B2
Publication Date
2023-04-04
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Abstract
The system and method in accordance with the invention accepts a treatment order from a clinician, which is captured as data. The order data identifies, at a minimum, the patient to be treated, and the treatment to be administered. Additional data may be included. The data is transmitted to one or more fulfillment centers based on supply availability. The supplies are tagged with an information-carrying facet and transported to the patient point of care. At the patient point of care the supplies' data tag, the order date and the patient identity is verified. If verification is correct then the supplies are used to treat the patient. The process may be monitored and/or audited.
Core Innovation
A processing unit provides clinical quality and safety control by receiving and storing information relating to one or more of a plurality of patients in a database. The processing unit receives a first treatment order from a clinician relative to a first patient, where the first treatment order includes at least one of a medication or a supply for treatment of the first patient, and verifies an identity of the first patient and accuracy of information included in the first treatment order.
The processing unit transmits the first treatment order to an order management system associated with a fulfillment center, where selection of the fulfillment center is based on information regarding availability at the fulfillment center of supplies and medications contained in the first treatment order. The order management system causes the supplies and medications to be tagged with an information-carrying facet comprising information relating to the first patient and administration information based on at least the information contained in the first treatment order, and a robotic mechanism or an autonomous vehicle transports the tagged supplies and medications to a patient-related location associated with the first patient.
Upon receipt at the patient-related location, the tagged supplies and medications are scanned, and the scanned information is verified by comparing with the first treatment order or the identity of the first patient. The processing unit stores in the database, in association with the first patient, a first electronic administration record associated with the first treatment order and makes the electronic record accessible through one or more networks, including an administration schedule of one or more medications with dosage and frequency.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover four core features: patient information storage and treatment-order verification, availability-based fulfillment-center selection, tagging with an information-carrying facet for scan-and-compare verification, and storage of an electronic administration record with an administration schedule. Additional independent-claim variations recite disease-state compatibility-based accuracy verification and clinician authorization determination prior to transmitting.
Clinical quality and safety control workflow with tagged order-to-patient verification
Receiving and storing patient information in a database; receiving a first treatment order from a clinician relative to a first patient including at least one of a medication or a supply; verifying an identity of the first patient and accuracy of information included in the first treatment order; transmitting the first treatment order to an order management system associated with a fulfillment center with selection based on availability of supplies and medications contained in the first treatment order; tagging the supplies and medications with an information-carrying facet comprising information relating to the first patient and administration information; transporting the tagged supplies and medications to a patient-related location by a robotic mechanism or autonomous vehicle; scanning the information-carrying facet upon receipt and verifying the scanned information by comparing with the first treatment order or the identity of the first patient; and storing a first electronic administration record including an administration schedule with dosage and frequency.
Disease-state compatibility-based accuracy verification
Verifying accuracy of information included in the first treatment order by determining whether the supplies and medications contained in the first treatment order are compatible for treating a disease state of the first patient, where the disease state is identified from information about the first patient stored in the database.
Clinician authorization determination before transmitting
Determining, before transmitting the first treatment order, whether the clinician is authorized to issue the first treatment order relative to the first patient.
Clinical quality and safety control system with robotic mechanism or autonomous vehicle
A system including a robotic mechanism or an autonomous vehicle, a memory, and a processing unit configured to perform the patient information storage, treatment-order verification, fulfillment-center selection, tagging, transport, scan-and-compare verification, and electronic administration record storage functions.
The claim set centers on patient identity and treatment-order accuracy verification, availability-based fulfillment, tagging and scanning of an information-carrying facet for verification at a patient-related location, and creation of an electronic administration record with an administration schedule. Variations further require disease-state compatibility-based accuracy verification and clinician authorization determination prior to transmitting.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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