Multi-phase Clinical Order Management Across Locations
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic healthcare order systems, clinical orders spanning multiple phases require duplicate entry and modification for each phase, leading to inefficiency and increased human error, and cannot be ordered as a single unit if phases are performed at different locations due to limited order catalog options.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow clinicians to designate performance locations for clinical orders with multiple phases, presenting order catalog content flexed based on the designated location, enabling ordering of multi-phase plans across different locations and simplifying modifications by associating changes with all applicable phases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If clinical orders are entered separately for each phase, then each phase can be managed independently, but duplicate entry increases workload and possibility of human error
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple phase-specific order entries into a single parent clinical order that spans multiple phases. The system allows clinicians to create one parent order and automatically generates child orders for each phase, eliminating duplicate manual entry while maintaining phase-specific tracking and modification capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the order catalog is limited to current location only, then location-specific content accuracy is improved, but multi-phase plans cannot be ordered across different locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a temporal and hierarchical dimension to location-based ordering. Instead of limiting orders to the current location only, the system allows clinicians to designate future performance locations for different phases while maintaining location-specific content filtering. The order catalog is flexed based on both current context and designated future locations, enabling multi-location planning without losing location-relevant information.
3Ease of operation
If modifications are entered separately for each phase, then phase-specific customization is possible, but workflow efficiency decreases due to repeated entries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal parent order structure that can serve multiple phases simultaneously. Modifications made at the parent order level are automatically propagated to all child orders across phases, while still allowing phase-specific customizations when needed. This multi-functional approach simplifies routine modifications while preserving the ability to customize individual phases.
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AI summary
Computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate performance locations for clinical orders having one or more phases associated therewith, and for presenting order catalog content that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the clinical order are provided. Further provided are computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate a performance location for each phase of a multi-phase clinical order, and for presenting order catalog content for each phase that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the phase. Systems and methods for providing control of plan and phase initiation based at least upon a location associated with the chart encounter are also provided.