Systems and methods for intelligent radiology work allocation
a radiology and work allocation technology, applied in healthcare informatics, instruments, healthcare resources and facilities, etc., can solve the problems of inequity in the distribution of medical exams for review, radiologists lack efficient tools for managing workflows, etc., and achieve the effect of facilitating assignment of exams
Inactive Publication Date: 2015-05-28
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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This patent describes a system that stores information about medical exams and sends it to a machine. The machine uses this information to display the medical exam and the person who can do it. The system also sends an indication of who the examiner is and if they are available to do the exam. This helps doctors and other medical professionals quickly find a suitable examiner for their patients. Overall, this system makes it easier to manage medical exam scheduling and improve patient care.
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Efforts to balance radiologist workloads and availability with exams requiring review and institutional work flow goals are time-consuming, inefficient, and result in inequities in distribution of the medical exams for review.
Further, radiologists lack efficient tools for managing workflows in view of radiologist availability, specialty, and / or the workloads and availability of other radiologists within a network.
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[0020]Although the following discloses example methods, systems, and machine readable storage devices and storage discs including, among other components, software executed on hardware, it should be noted that such methods and apparatus are merely illustrative and should not be considered as limiting. For example, it is contemplated that any or all of these hardware and software components could be embodied exclusively in hardware, exclusively in software, exclusively in firmware, or in any combination of hardware, software, and / or firmware. Accordingly, while the following describes example methods, systems, and machine readable storage devices and storage discs, the examples provided are not the only way to implement such methods, systems, and machine readable storage devices and storage discs.
[0021]Also, although the methods, systems and machine readable storage mediums disclosed here are described in regards to healthcare applications, including, but not limited to, radiology in...
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An example system to distribute a medical exam to an examiner includes a first interface to display a medical exam identifier associated with a medical exam stored in a patient record database and an examiner availability indicator to be displayed via the first interface. The examiner availability indicator is to be updated via a second interface. The example system includes an exam allocator to automatically allocate the medical exam to the examiner and an assignment tool to be displayed to a user via the first interface and to facilitate assignment of the allocated exam to the examiner. At least one of the exam allocator or the assignment tool is to be communicatively associated with the examiner availability indicator. Upon assignment of the medical exam to the examiner, the medical exam identifier is displayed in an examiner work queue via the first interface, the second interface, and a third interface.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001][Not Applicable]FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002][Not Applicable]MICROFICHE / COPYRIGHT REFERENCE[0003][Not Applicable]BACKGROUND[0004]Healthcare environments, such as hospitals or clinics, include information systems, such as hospital information systems (HIS), radiology information systems (RIS), clinical information systems (CIS), and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), and storage systems, such as picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), library information systems (LIS), and electronic medical records (EMR). Information stored may include patient medication orders, medical histories, imaging data, test results, diagnosis information, management information, and / or scheduling information, for example.[0005]Medical exam results stored in, for example, the radiology information system, require review by an examining radiologist. Distribution of the exams for review by the radiologist involves consideration of various factor...
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IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00G06F3/0484G16H30/20
CPCG06F19/327G06F19/322G06F19/321G06F3/04842G16H40/20G16H30/20
Inventor JESTER, ERICVISWANATH, ARUNSEEPANI, MADHUFEIGLER, SHAOYUCHU, JEFFWANG, JIAOHUANAHUJA, VINEETJOHNSON, BRITTANY MELISSASHELTON, CHARLOTTE MAEECKSTEIN, RHONDA
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO