Infusion Billing System with Automatic Device Disassociation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current infusion management systems fail to accurately distinguish between a bolus and an associated infusion, leading to errors in infusion rate and volume, while also struggling with infusion billing and device disassociation, resulting in inaccuracies and inconsistencies in patient care.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that receives information from infusion devices, provides graphical indications of bolus administration, masks infusion rates and volumes during bolus, and ensures accurate billing and device disassociation by alerting clinicians to device location mismatches and secondary associations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If infusion pumps are used to administer medications continuously or intermittently, then medication delivery accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The infusion pump system automatically performs device disassociation when the pump is disconnected from the patient, eliminating the need for manual clinician intervention. The system self-detects the disconnection event and automatically clears the device-patient association, reducing operational burden while maintaining accurate tracking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback to clinicians through alerts and notifications when devices are not properly associated with patients or when disassociation is required. This feedback mechanism ensures clinicians are aware of the device status and can take appropriate actions, maintaining system reliability without increasing complexity.
2Reliability
If manual device disassociation is required, then device-patient linkage accuracy can be controlled, but time loss increases due to overlooked disassociation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs device disassociation automatically as a preliminary action when the pump is disconnected, preventing the need for subsequent manual intervention. By anticipating the disconnection event and handling disassociation automatically, the system eliminates time loss while maintaining linkage accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically managing device disassociation without requiring clinician input. The automatic disassociation process handles the entire workflow from detection to completion, freeing clinicians from this administrative task and eliminating associated time loss.
3Ease of operation
If device association is not properly tracked, then ease of operation is improved, but data accuracy deteriorates for new patients
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically tracks and manages device-patient associations without requiring manual documentation. When a pump is connected or disconnected, the system self-updates the association status and ensures data is correctly attributed to the appropriate patient, maintaining both ease of operation and data accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to clinicians about device association status, alerting them when devices are not properly linked to patients. This feedback ensures data accuracy is maintained while requiring minimal additional operational steps from clinicians.
4Ease of operation
If infusion billing information is not automatically captured, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information increases for billing data
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically captures and stores infusion billing information including start time, stop time, duration, rate, dose, and volume without requiring manual data entry. The system self-documented all necessary billing parameters, eliminating information loss while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary capture of billing information throughout the infusion process, storing data as it is generated by the pump. This preliminary documentation ensures all billing data is captured before the infusion concludes, preventing any information loss and reducing subsequent administrative workload.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, a graphical indication is provided that indicates an infusion is being administered. Upon an interaction with the user interface being received, a billing link is provided. Once a selection of the billing link is received, encounter specific infusion information is provided. The encounter specific infusion information is provided to a billing service.