Management of pending medication orders

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020282136-A1
Application number	US-202016882308-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 22, 2020
Priority date	Feb 11, 2005
Publication date	Sep 10, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Identification information for a patient and a user responsible for administering a medication are received from a controller associated with an infusion device. When a medication is scanned and information from the scan is received the system determines whether the user is authorized to operate the infusion device to administer the medication to the patient. If more than one order is available for the patient, pending medication orders for the patient are determined and presented on the controller for selection by the user before the administration. When a selected order is confirmed to be for the patient, and the user is authorized, the controller programs the infusion device to administer the medication according to the selected order.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for managing pending medication orders pertaining to a patient, the method comprising:
receiving, from a controller associated with an infusion device, a first identification of a patient associated with the infusion device, the first identification indicating that the patient is to receive an infusion from the infusion device; receiving, from the controller, a second identification of a user of the infusion device; identifying, based on the identification of the patient, one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient; determining, based on the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user, whether the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device; receiving, from the controller, a user input indicating a selected medication order; determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order; and causing the controller, responsive to determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order and only when the user is authorized to administer medications to the patient using the infusion device, to automatically program the infusion device to administer a medication according to the selected medication order.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing for display at a display screen associated with the controller, when the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device and before receiving the user input, a listing of the identified one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient; receiving the user input when the listing is displayed on the display screen, the user input indicating that the selected medication order was selected from the listing.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication that the the medication was removed from a medication dispensing device; and updating medication tracking information to indicate that the medication was removed from the medication dispensing device; and updating the medication tracking information to indicate that the removal of the medication from the medication dispensing device was resolved upon receiving an indication that an administration of the medication has been initiated by the infusion device; and generating an alert when the indication is not received within a predetermined period of time of the medication being removed from the medication dispensing device.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving the indication that the administration of the medication corresponding to the selected medication order has been initiated by the infusion device.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining that the indication is not received within a predetermined period of time of the medication being removed from the medication dispensing device; and sending a message including the alert to a predetermined individual, the alert instructing the predetermined individual to resolve the removal of the selected medication from the dispensing device or to investigate a delay in an administration of the selected medication.

6 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
providing for display at a display screen associated with the controller, when the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device and before receiving the user input, a listing of the identified one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient; receiving the user input when the listing is displayed on the display screen, the user input indicating that the selected medication order was selected from the listing; wherein the indication that the medication was removed from the medication dispensing device is received after the listing of the pending medication orders is provided for display but before receiving the indication that the administration has been initiated.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user is obtained by way of a scanning action.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input indicating the selected medication order is received by way of a scanning of a label or radio frequency identification (RFID) tag affixed to a medication container associated with the selected medication order.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the selected medication order is for an infusion medication or a non-infusion medication, wherein the infusion device is automatically programmed, responsive to determining that the selected medication order is for an infusion medication, with with infusion parameters corresponding to the selected medication order.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a server remote from the controller and infusion device.

11 . A system, comprising:
an infusion device; and one or more computing device configured to:
receive, from a controller associated with the infusion device, a first identification of a patient associated with the infusion device, the first identification indicating that the patient is to receive an infusion from the infusion device;
receiving, from the controller, a second identification of a user of the infusion device;
identifying, based on the identification of the patient, one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient;
determining, based on the first identification of the patient and the second identification of the user, whether the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device;
receiving, from the controller, a user input indicating a selected medication order;
determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order; and
causing the controller, responsive to determining that the identified one or more medication orders includes the selected medication order and only when the user is authorized to administer medications to the patient using the infusion device, to automatically program the infusion device to administer a medication according to the selected medication order.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:
provide for display at a display screen associated with the controller, when the user is authorized to administer medications using the infusion device and before receiving the user input, a listing of the identified one or more medication orders pertaining to the patient; receive the user input when the listing is displayed on the display screen, the user input indicating that the selected medication order was selected from the listing.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:
receive an indication that the the medication was removed from a medication dispensing device; and update medication tracking information to indicate that the medication was removed from the medication dispensing device; and update the medication tracking information to indicate that the removal of the medication from the dispensing device was resolved upon receiving an indication that an administration of the medication has been initiated by the infusion device; and generate an alert when the indication is not received within a predetermined period of time of the medication being removed from the medication dispensing device.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:
receive the indication that the administration of the medication correspondin

Assignees

• Carefusion 303 Inc

Inventors

• Batch Richard M
• Vanderveen Timothy W

Classifications

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• A61M5/16827 Primary

  controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths (infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407) · CPC title

• A61M2205/6072

  Bar codes · CPC title

• A61M2205/3561

  local, e.g. within room or hospital · CPC title

• G16H20/17

  delivered via infusion or injection · CPC title