Management of pending medication orders
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorsRichard M. Batch, Timothy W. Vanderveen
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Abstract
Identification information for a patient and a user responsible for administering a medication are received from a controller associated with an infusion device. When a medication is scanned and information from the scan is received the system determines whether the user is authorized to operate the infusion device to administer the medication to the patient. If more than one order is available for the patient, pending medication orders for the patient are determined and presented on the controller for selection by the user before the administration. When a selected order is confirmed to be for the patient, and the user is authorized, the controller programs the infusion device to administer the medication according to the selected order.
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A method for managing pending medication orders pertaining to a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a controller associated with an infusion device, a first identification of a patient associated with the infusion device, the first identification indicating that the patient is to receive an infusion from the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a second identification of a user of the infusion device;
- identifying, based on the identification of the patient, one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient;
- determining, based on the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user, whether the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a user input indicating a selected medication order;
- determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order;
- and
- responsive to determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order and only when the user is authorized to administer medications to the patient using the infusion device:
- automatically programming the infusion device to administer a medication according to the selected medication order, and
- controlling the infusion device to automatically administer the selected medication according to the selected medication order.
A system, comprising:
- an infusion device;
- and
- one or more computing devices configured to:
- receive, from a controller associated with the infusion device, a first identification of a patient associated with the infusion device, the first identification indicating that the patient is to receive an infusion from the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a second identification of a user of the infusion device;
- identifying, based on the identification of the patient, one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient;
- determining, based on the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user, whether the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a user input indicating a selected medication order;
- determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order;
- and
- responsive to determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order and only when the user is authorized to administer medications to the patient using the infusion device:
- automatically programming the infusion device to administer a medication according to the selected medication order, and
- controlling the infusion device to automatically administer the selected medication according to the selected medication order.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a controller associated with an infusion device, a first identification of a patient associated with the infusion device, the first identification indicating that the patient is to receive an infusion from the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a second identification of a user of the infusion device;
- identifying, based on the identification of the patient, one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient;
- determining, based on the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user, whether the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device;
- receiving, from the controller, a user input indicating a selected medication order;
- determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order;
- and
- responsive to determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order and only when the user is authorized to administer medications to the patient using the infusion device:
- automatically programming the infusion device to administer a medication according to the selected medication order, and
- controlling the infusion device to automatically administer the selected medication according to the selected medication order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.