Clinical Notification Routing for Real-Time Test Result Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current clinical notification methods in healthcare rely on manual processes, such as faxing, phone calls, and logging into electronic medical records, which are time-consuming and delay patient treatment.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based clinical notification management system that automatically generates and delivers real-time notifications to designated devices based on user-defined preferences, eliminating the need for manual retrieval and ensuring timely access to clinical information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If manual processes (faxing, phone calls, logging into EMR) are used to deliver test results to physicians, then the existing infrastructure can be utilized, but the speed and efficiency of care delivery is significantly delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically delivering test results to physicians before the physician would manually retrieve them. The automated notification system proactively pushes results to the ordering physician, eliminating the need for the physician to subsequently log into the EMR or check for results, thereby resolving the time delay in treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes (physicians logging into EMR systems, making phone calls, or receiving faxes) with an automated electronic notification system. This substitution eliminates the manual retrieval step and accelerates the delivery of test results, directly improving the speed of care delivery while reducing time delays.
2Productivity
If manual retrieval processes are used by clinicians to access test results, then system complexity is minimized, but productivity and efficiency of clinical workflows are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically notifying physicians of test results without requiring their active participation in the retrieval process. The notification system operates autonomously, monitoring for new results and delivering them to the appropriate physicians, thereby improving clinical workflow efficiency without adding significant complexity to the existing infrastructure.
3Loss of information
If automated notification systems are implemented to deliver test results in real-time, then the speed of information delivery is improved, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a notification system that can handle multiple types of test results (lab results, imaging reports, pathology findings) through a single unified platform. This multi-functional approach improves the timeliness of clinical information delivery across different specialties and test types while avoiding the need for separate notification systems for each test category, thereby limiting the increase in system complexity.
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AI summary
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for providing clinical information for a person, such as a test result, in real time where the information is automatically pushed to a selected notification device of a physician. A graphical representation is generated for a clinician to select clinical notification options. Received selections create a notification to be automatically sent to one or more clinician devices. Automatic notifications reduce delay in clinician action when new clinician information is provided.