Patient workflow process messaging notification apparatus, system, and method

A patient workflow notification system, comprising:

• a patient workflow management messaging system comprising a notification engine to receive a notification configuration message comprising at least one notification rule, the notification rule comprising rules to determine whether to transmit a notification message, determine the medium for communicating the notification message, and determine a recipient of the notification message, and to receive patient information comprising the state of the patient through a patient workflow process;
• and the notification engine to transmit the notification message comprising the patient information in a communication medium in accordance with at least one notification rule.

An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to receive a notification configuration message comprising at least one notification rule, the notification rule comprising conditional tests to determine whether to transmit a notification message, determine the medium for communicating the notification message, and determine a recipient of the notification message;

• receive patient information comprising the state of the patient through a patient workflow process;
• and transmit the notification message comprising the patient information in a communication medium in accordance with the at least one notification rule.

An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to display a notification template in a notification dashboard graphical user interface (GUI);

• enable stakeholders to augment, or modify the notification template by way of a data input device;
• create a notification template comprising at least one notification rule configured by the stakeholder, the notification rule comprising conditional tests to determine whether to transmit a notification message, determine the medium for communicating the notification message, and determine a recipient of the notification message;
• and transmit the template configuration message to a patient workflow management messaging system.