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US 10,650,917 B2Granted
Patient-device association system
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorJames J. Alwan
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Abstract
A system for associating a patient with a device may include a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a plurality of orders and a set of parameters, wherein each of the plurality of orders comprises order attributes and each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients. The processor may be configured to receive the plurality of orders from an order entry system, receive the set of parameters from a device, correlate the set of parameters with an order of the plurality of orders based on the order attributes of the plurality of orders, associate the device with the patient identified by the order that correlates with the set of parameters, and provide, to the device, an indication of the patient associated with the device.
Claims18
A method for associating a patient with a device, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a network at a first server from one or more remote servers each associated with at least one physician order entry system, a plurality of orders, each comprising order attributes, wherein each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients;
- receiving, at the first server, a set of parameters from a medication dispending device via the network, wherein the set of parameters are associated with operating the medication dispensing device to administer a medication to a patient and do not include data identifying the patient;
- searching the plurality of orders based on the set of parameters received from the medication dispensing device, and identifying a first order of the plurality of orders based on matching the set of parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- determining, at the first server, that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order of the plurality of orders based on the search of the plurality of orders and matching the received set of parameters with the one or more order attributes of the first order;
- generating, at the first server responsive to determining that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order, a data structure that includes an association between a patient associated with the first order and the medication dispensing device;
- receiving, at the first server, an additional order associated with the patient, the additional order not identifying the medication dispensing device;
- associating, at the first server after receiving the additional order, the medication dispensing device with the additional order based on the association in the data structure;
- and
- remotely programming, responsive to identifying the medication dispensing device from the data structure, the medication dispensing device to deliver a second medication according to the additional order.
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A system comprising:
- a medication dispensing device configured to receive a set of parameters for dispensing medication to a patient from a user;
- and
- a server configured to:
- receive a plurality of orders via a network from one or more remote servers each associated with at least one physician order entry system, each order comprising order attributes, wherein each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients;
- receive the set of parameters from the medication dispensing device via the network, wherein the set of parameters are associated with operating the remove dispensing device to administer a medication to a patient and do not include data identifying the patient;
- searching the plurality of orders based on the set of parameters received from the medication dispensing device, and identifying a first order of the plurality of orders based on matching the set of parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- determine that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order of the plurality of orders based on the search of the plurality of orders and matching the received parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- generate, responsive to determining that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver a first medication according to a first order, a data structure that includes an association between a patient associated with the first order and the medication dispensing device;
- receive an additional order associated with the patient, the additional order not identifying the medication dispensing device;
- associate, after receiving the additional order, the medication dispensing device with the additional order based on the association in the data structure;
- and
- remotely program, responsive to identifying the medication dispensing device from the data structure, the medication dispensing device to deliver a second medication based on the additional order.
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A system for associating a patient with a device, the system comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of orders and a set of parameters for operating a remote medical device, wherein each of the plurality of orders comprises order attributes and each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients;
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- a processor configured to:
- receive the plurality of orders from an order entry system, receive the set of parameters from the remote medical device via a network, wherein the set of parameters are associated with operating the remote medical device to administer a medication to a patient and do not include data identifying the patient;
- searching the plurality of orders based on the set of parameters received from the medication dispensing device, and identifying a first order of the plurality of orders based on matching the set of parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- determine that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order of the plurality of orders based on the search of the plurality of orders and matching the received parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order
- generate, responsive to determining that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver a first medication according to a first order, a data structure that includes an association between a patient associated with the first order and the medication dispensing device;
- receive an additional order associated with the patient, the additional order not identifying the medication dispensing device;
- associate, after receiving the additional order, the medication dispensing device with the additional order based on the association in the data structure;
- and
- remotely program, after and based on identifying the medication dispensing device from the data structure, the remote medical device to deliver a medication based on the additional order.
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A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, allow the machine to perform a method for associating a patient with a device, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of orders via a network from one or more remote servers each associated with at least one physician order entry system, each order comprising order attributes, wherein each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients;
- receiving a set of medication dispensing parameters from a medication dispensing device via the network, wherein the set of medication dispensing parameters are associated with operating the medication dispensing device to administer a medication to a patient and do not include data identifying the patient;
- searching the plurality of orders based on the set of parameters received from the medication dispensing device, and identifying a first order of the plurality of orders based on matching the set of parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- determining that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order of the plurality of orders based on the search of the plurality of orders and matching the received parameters with one or more order attributes of the first order;
- generating, responsive to determining that the medication dispensing device is programmed to deliver the first medication according to the identified first order, a data structure that includes an association between a patient associated with the first order and the medication dispensing device;
- receiving an additional order associated with the patient, the additional order not identifying the medication dispensing device;
- associating, after receiving the additional order, the medication dispensing device with the additional order based on the association in the data structure;
- and
- remotely programming, after and based on identifying the medication dispensing device from the data structure, the medication dispensing device to deliver a second medication based on the additional order.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.