Patent ID: 8655680

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration, the method comprising: automatically and without human intervention receiving an input from a medication dispensing station indicating that the clinician has initiated a medication-administration process for a patient in a clinical care room, wherein the input is received upon the clinician retrieving medication(s) associated with the patient from the medication dispensing station; and incident to receiving the input: (1) automatically and without human intervention preventing the clinician from receiving messages that are not related to the patient in the clinical care room, (2) automatically and without human intervention providing a first notification to the clinician when the patient is not present in the clinical care room or is not present in the patient's bed, (3) automatically and without human intervention providing one or more visual indicators indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated, and (4) automatically and without human intervention modifying one or more physical structures in the clinical care room to prepare the clinical care room for the medication-administration process, wherein the one or more physical structures comprise at least one or more of the patient bed, a television in the clinical care room, or a lighting system in the clinical care room.