Patent ID: 7953608
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system having a processor and a memory the method comprising: receiving a request on a computer from a 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 determining by the computer, clinical content to be provided with at least one patient-focused clinical data element during the collaboration session, wherein the clinical content includes information contained within an electronic medical record associated with the patient; analyzing by the processor the request and the at least one patient-focused clinical data element to build a roster of potentially available clinicians based on the at least one patient-focused clinical data element, wherein the roster of potentially available clinicians includes one or more clinicians and one or more software agents, and wherein the one or more software agents are executable software program 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 clinically relevant data and delivering the clinically relevant data to the at least two clinicians during the collaboration session; acquiring presence information for each of the potentially available clinicians to be included in the roster of potentially available clinicians, said presences 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; responsive to said at least one patient-focused clinical data element and said presence information, generating, by the processor, the roster comprising the one or more software agents, the potentially available clinicians and the corresponding presence information for each of the potentially available clinicians, wherein the presence information acquired is updated in real-time and displayed as part of the roster; receiving a selection from the requesting clinician regarding a preferred mode of electronic communication for the collaboration session, wherein the mode of electronic communication comprise real-time communicative collaboration capabilities; and facilitating the collaboration session between the requesting clinician and at least one of the potentially available clinicians on the roster, the collaboration session including a real-time communicative exchange utilizing electronic communication, wherein the step of facilitating the collaboration session includes inviting at least one of the potentially available clinicians on the roster.