Patent ID: 8112294
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system having a processor and a memory for generating a roster of potentially available clinicians for a collaboration session with a requesting clinician, the method comprising: receiving a request on a computer from the requesting clinician for a roster of potentially available clinicians and a collaboration session, the request initially includes at least one patient-focused clinical data element, wherein the at least one patient-focused clinical data element pertains to information contained within a patient's medical record; responsive to said request and said at least one patient-focused clinical data element, automatically analyzing by the processor the request and the at least one patient-focused clinical data element to determine the potentially available clinicians based on the at least one patient-focused clinical data; acquiring presence information for each of the potentially available clinicians to be included in the roster of potentially available clinicians, said presence information indicating contact-type information, wherein the contact-type information includes dynamic information including one or more of the clinician's current location, online/offline status, current availability, and collaboration device capabilities; and responsive to said at least one patient-focused clinical data element and said presence information, generating, by the processor, a roster comprising one or more software agents, the potentially available clinicians and the corresponding presence information for each of the potentially available clinicians, wherein the one or more software agents are executable software modules that are invoked for monitoring the collaboration session between at least two clinicians for triggering events, the triggering events causing the one or more software agents to perform clinically relevant tasks including retrieving clinically relevant data and delivering the clinically relevant data to the at least two clinicians during the collaboration session, and wherein the presence information acquired is updated in real-time and displayed as part of the roster.