Patent ID: 8355924
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. One or more computer storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for presenting a graphical user interface for facilitating the management of clinical activities for a single clinician, the graphical user interface comprising: an identification for a plurality of patients assigned to the single clinician, wherein each patient identified in the graphical user interface is assigned to the single clinician; one or more critical indicators associated with at least one of the plurality of patients, wherein each critical indicator represents an item of critical information that is associated with a respective patient and comprises vitally important information associated with the treatment of the respective patient by the clinician, said vitally important information including one or more of information associated with allergies of the respective patient, information associated with a code status of the respective patient, information associated with isolation of the respective patient, and critical information related to release of information regarding the respective patient, and further wherein each critical indicator is presented in the graphical user interface using an icon representing a type for the critical indicator, wherein each icon representing a critical indicator is associated with a particular patient, and further wherein the graphical user interface facilitates selection of at least one of the one or more critical indicators causing the presentation of details of the at least one critical indicator; one or more scheduled clinical activities associated with at least one of the plurality of patients, wherein each scheduled clinical activity is role relevant to the single clinician, and wherein each scheduled clinical activity is presented in a timeline view of the single clinician's shift according to a scheduled time period for the scheduled clinical activity and is presented in the graphical user interface using an icon representing a type for the scheduled clinical activity, wherein each icon indicating a scheduled clinical activity is distinct from each icon representing a critical indicator, and further wherein the graphical user interface facilitates selection of at least one of the plurality of patients causing the presentation of a patient snapshot in conjunction with scheduled clinical activities for the at least one patient, wherein the patient snapshot includes patient information relevant for the single clinician; one or more unscheduled clinical activities associated with at least one of the plurality of patients, wherein each unscheduled clinical activity is role relevant to the single clinician and does not have an associated time, and wherein each unscheduled clinical activity is presented in the graphical user interface using an icon representing a type for the unscheduled clinical activity; and a key notification area for presenting a notification of time-sensitive items of patient information, wherein the time-sensitive items of patient information are role relevant to the single clinician; wherein the identification for each of plurality of patients, the one or more critical indicators, the one or more scheduled clinical activities, the one or more unscheduled clinical activities, and the key notification area are substantially simultaneously presented in a common view within the graphical user interface.