Cloud Alerting Framework for Healthcare Workflow Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
In healthcare facilities, there is a lack of integration and real-time communication between different departments due to the use of disparate systems, leading to overlooked alerts and inefficiencies in workflow communication.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based rules and alerting framework that monitors initiating applications for triggers, associates actions with target applications, and communicates these actions to ensure timely alerts and workflow adjustments across healthcare information systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If disparate systems are used by each department, then departmental autonomy and system specialization are maintained, but integration and real-time communication between departments deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based alerting framework as an intermediary layer between disparate departmental systems. This framework receives alerts from initiating applications across different departments, processes them according to configurable rules, and distributes them to target applications. The mediator enables real-time communication and integration without requiring direct connections between all systems, thus maintaining departmental autonomy while eliminating information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The alerting framework is designed as a universal platform that can handle multiple types of alerts from various initiating applications and distribute them to multiple target applications across different departments. The system supports configurable rules that can be applied universally across different departmental workflows, enabling one system to serve multiple functions and integrate diverse systems without losing communication effectiveness.
2Ease of operation
If alerts are sent via text messaging or email, then communication reaches external channels, but alert visibility and response time deteriorate due to being overlooked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the alerting framework tracks the status of distributed alerts and can send notifications back to the initiating application or administrators when alerts are acknowledged or require attention. This closed-loop feedback system ensures that alerts are not merely sent but actually received and acted upon, significantly improving reliability while maintaining ease of operation through automated tracking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring alert distribution rules, target applications, and notification channels before alerts are generated. When an alert is triggered, the framework has already established the delivery path and can immediately distribute the alert without delay. This preliminary setup ensures both ease of operation during alert generation and high reliability through pre-validated delivery mechanisms.
3Ease of manufacture
If manual communication methods are used, then simplicity and low cost are maintained, but workflow efficiency and real-time communication deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The alerting framework is designed to be self-service in that it automatically receives alerts from initiating applications, processes them according to pre-configured rules, and distributes them to target applications without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the entire alert lifecycle including routing, delivery, and status tracking, thereby maintaining simplicity of operation while dramatically improving workflow efficiency and enabling real-time communication across departments.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for providing cloud rules and an alerting framework are provided. In embodiments, one or more rules associated with one or more healthcare information systems are received. The one or more rules each designate an initiating and at least one target application. One or more actions are associated to each target application. The initiating application is monitored for a trigger associated with the one or more rules. In embodiments, the trigger causes the one or more actions to be communicated to each target applications. In embodiments, the one or more actions initiate various changes in a display associated with each target application.