Prescription compatibility checking for a medical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11896747-B2
Application number	US-202217855966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2022
Priority date	Jul 14, 2017
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A medical treatment machine, such as a home dialysis machine, can receive prescription parameters that define parameters of a medical treatment to be administered to a patient. A medical prescription is entered by a clinician into a clinical information system (CIS) that calls a system to evaluate the compatibility of the entered prescription by transmitting the prescription parameters to a server that has access to a database of medical devices and their operational parameters. The server compares the treatment parameters of the medical prescription to the operational parameters of the medical device and generates a prescription compatibility response indicting if the treatment parameters of the medical prescription can be executed by the medical device. The server returns to the CIS the prescription compatibility response to allow the prescription, e.g. in a digital or program form, to be securely transmitted or delivered via a connected health system to the medical device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connected health system comprising:
a cloud-based application that facilitates data transfer between components of the system via a network;
a remote medical device, wherein the remote medical device is configured to receive data from the cloud-based application;
a database containing operational parameters of a plurality of medical devices, including operational parameters of the remote medical device;
a clinical information system configured to receive prescription parameters from a clinician;
a computer server comprising a processor configured for:
receiving, from the clinical information system, a digital prescription file comprising prescription parameters for use in conducting a medical procedure on a patient using the remote medical device;
identifying the operational parameters of the remote medical device from the database;
performing a compatibility check by comparing values of the prescription parameters of the digital prescription file to ranges determined by the operational parameters of the remote medical device;
generating, based on the compatibility check, a prescription compatibility response indicating if the prescription parameters are able to be executed by the remote medical device in order to conduct the medical procedure;
providing the prescription compatibility response to the clinical information system; and
based on the compatibility check:
causing the remote medical device to perform a medical treatment based on the prescription parameters, or
denying an authorization to transmit the prescription parameters to the remote medical device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote medical device is a peritoneal dialysis machine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote medical device is a hemodialysis machine.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital prescription file comprises patient treatment limitations.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein generating the prescription compatibility response comprises determining if the prescription parameters are able to be executed by the remote medical device in order to conduct the medical procedure within the patient treatment limitations.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital prescription file comprises an identification of the remote medical device for use in conducting the medical procedure.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the database includes the operational parameters of the remote medical device identified in the digital prescription file.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the database includes a plurality of identifications respectively associated with the plurality of medical devices and respectively associated with a plurality of patients, the plurality of identifications including the identification of the remote medical device, wherein the processor is further configured for:
confirming based on the identification of the patient, the identification of the remote medical device at the patient's home.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein generating the prescription compatibility response is further based on the confirming.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
calculating a simulated outcome of the medical procedure based on the prescription parameters and the operational parameters of the remote medical device,
wherein generating the prescription compatibility response comprises determining if the simulated outcome of the medical procedure satisfies one or more of the prescription parameters, patient treatment limitations, and the operational parameters of the remote medical device.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prescription compatibility response indicates whether the prescription parameters are compatible or not compatible with the patient and whether the received prescription parameters are compatible or not compatible with the remote medical device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
accepting the digital prescription file based on the prescription compatibility response.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the remote medical device is configured to receive the digital prescription file via the network for use in conducting the medical procedure according to the prescription parameters.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
sending the digital prescription file via the network to a patient's email address for use in conducting the medical procedure according to the prescription parameters.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
denying the digital prescription file based on the prescription compatibility response.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
sending information regarding a denial of the digital prescription file via the network to the clinical information system.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the system further comprises a removable physical storage device configured to interface with a terminal of the clinical information system; and
the processor is further configured for providing, based on the prescription compatibility response, a signal via the network to the clinical information system for use in enabling a user of the clinical information system to download the digital prescription file onto the removable physical storage device interfaced with the terminal, the removable physical storage device being configured to transfer the digital prescription file to the remote medical device in the patient's home for use in conducting the medical procedure.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the prescription parameters comprise treatment parameters for use in conducting a medical treatment on the patient using the remote medical device; and
performing the compatibility check further comprises:
performing a calculation based on the treatment parameters to determine at least one characteristic of the medical treatment; and
comparing a result of the calculation to the operational parameters of the remote medical device from the database.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein:
the operational parameters of the remote medical device includes capacity limits;
performing the calculation based on the treatment parameters comprises determining a total fluid delivery of the medical treatment; and
comparing the prescription parameters to the operational parameters of the remote medical device further comprises comparing the total fluid delivery to the capacity limits of the remote medical device.

20. The system of claim 1 , where the clinical information system comprises:
a healthcare computer network that is independent from the computer server, the healthcare computer network comprising:
at least one server configured to maintain and store patient health records, and
a plurality of user terminals configured to provide point-of-care access to the patient health records by medical professionals.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network is the Internet.

Assignees

• Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc
• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• Chamney Paul
• Cohen Harvey

Classifications

• A61M1/14 Primary

  Dialysis systems; Artificial kidneys; Blood oxygenators (semi-permeable membranes characterised by the material, manufacturing processes therefor B01D71/00){; Reciprocating systems for treatment of body fluids, e.g. single needle systems for hemofiltration or pheresis} · CPC title

• A61M1/152

  Details related to the interface between cassette and machine · CPC title

• A61M1/159

  specially adapted for peritoneal dialysis · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title