Method for operating a hospital information system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9697481-B2
Application number	US-65457609-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2009
Priority date	Dec 23, 2009
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A method of operating a hospital information system, and a hospital information system are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user; creating a taskflow defining a number of tasks and connections of the tasks by the user using the taskflow editing tool; and performing an automated test run of the created taskflow, wherein the automated test run is checked according to a number of criteria and wherein results of the check are reported to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating a hospital information system that includes a client machine running a front end of a user-defined taskflow and a server machine running a back end of the user-defined taskflow, the user-defined taskflow defining operational procedures to diagnose and treat patients within a hospital environment, comprising:
providing, by the hospital information system, a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user of the hospital information system;
creating, by the client machine of the hospital information system, the user-defined taskflow defining a plurality of tasks associated with diagnostics and treatment and connections between each of the plurality of tasks;
performing, by the hospital information system, an automated test run completely on the server machine by running the back end of each task of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine without running the front end of the user-defined taskflow on the client machine such that the user-defined taskflow is completely run on the server machine without interaction with the user, wherein performing the automated test run completely on the server machine includes,
executing the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine during the automated test run,
inputting anonymous data during the automated test run for each task of the user-defined taskflow that requires input data,
checking if modifications relating to information technology integration are necessary and whether resource shortages are expected during execution of the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow based on the execution of the test run of the plurality of tasks,
reporting results of the checking of the executed plurality of tasks in the automated test run to the user, and
automatically modifying the user-defined taskflow based on the results of the checking such that the modified user-defined taskflow integrates the information technology and avoids the resource shortages; and

running, by the hospital information system, the modified user-defined taskflow such that the back end of each task of the modified user-defined taskflow is run on the server machine and the front end of each task of the modified user-defined taskflow is run on the client machine.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the checking includes checking the executability of the user-defined taskflow on one or more technical resources provided by the hospital information system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the checking includes checking the conformity of the user-defined taskflow with a communication protocol of at least one of the task and the connection.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the checking includes checking the compliance of the user-defined taskflow with a performance criterion.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the checking includes checking the compliance of the user-defined taskflow with at least one of a risk and safety criterion.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the results of the automated test run regarding the at least one of risk and safety criterion is stored with the user-defined taskflow.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
choosing a subset from a number of at least one of improvement and problem solution modifications on the basis of the results of the automated test run, wherein the subset is reported to the user.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
automated modification of the user-defined taskflow according to the chosen subset of the at least one of improvement and problem solution modifications.

9. A hospital information system that includes a client machine running a front end of a user-defined taskflow and a server machine running a back end of the user-defined taskflow, comprising:
a client machine configured to create the user-defined taskflow defining a plurality of tasks associated with diagnostics and treatment and connections between each of the plurality of tasks by the user using a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options provided to a user; and
a server machine configured to perform an automated test run completely on the server machine by running the back end of each task of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine without running the front end of the user-defined taskflow on the client machine such that the user-defined taskflow is completely run on the server machine without interaction with the user, wherein performing the automated test run completely on the server machine includes,
executing the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine during the automated test run,
inputting anonymous data during the automated test run for each task of the user-defined taskflow that requires input data,
checking if modifications relating to information technology integration are necessary and whether resource shortages are expected during the execution of the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow based on the execution of the test run of the plurality of tasks,
reporting results of the checking of the executed plurality of tasks in the automated test run to the user, and
automatically modifying the user-defined taskflow based on the results of the checking such that the modified user-defined taskflow integrates the information technology and avoids the resource shortages; and wherein the hospital information system is configured to run the modified user-defined taskflow such that the back end of each task of the modified user-defined taskflow is run on the server machine and the front end of each task of the modified user-defined taskflow is run on the client machine.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a hospital information system that includes a client machine running a front end of a user-defined taskflow and a server machine running a back end of the user-defined taskflow, causing the hospital information system to:
provide a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user of the client machine;
create the user-defined taskflow defining a plurality of tasks associated with diagnostics and treatment and connections between each of the plurality of tasks;
perform an automated test run completely on the server machine by running the back end of each task of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine without running the front end of the user-defined taskflow on the client machine such that the user-defined taskflow is completely run on the server machine without interaction with the user, wherein performing the automated test run completely on the server machine includes,
executing the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow on the server machine during the automated test run,
inputting anonymous data during the automated test run for each task of the user-defined taskflow that requires input data,
checking if modifications relating to information technology integration are necessary and whether resource shortages are expected during the execution of the plurality of tasks of the user-defined taskflow based on the execution of the test run of the plurality of tasks,
reporting results of the checking of the executed plurality of tasks in the automated test run to the user, and
automatically modifying the user-defined taskflow based on the results of the checking such that the modified user-defined taskflow integrates the information technology and avoids the resource shortages; and

run, by the hospital information system, the modified user-defined taskflow such that the back end of each task of the modified user-defined taskflow is run on the server machine and the front end of ea

Assignees

• Charrad Chiheb
• Dominick Lutz
• Dorn Karlheinz
• Scharf Christian
• Ukis Vladyslav
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Charrad Chiheb
• Dominick Lutz
• Dorn Karlheinz
• Scharf Christian
• Ukis Vladyslav

Classifications

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q10/0633

  Workflow analysis · CPC title

• G06F19/327

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q50/22

  Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services · CPC title

• G16H40/20

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title