Douglas W Wager

US Patent:

20050075902, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

Oct 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/679836

Inventors:

Douglas Wager - Kansas City MO, US
Jay Linney - Kansas City MO, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705002000

Abstract:

A method in a computing environment for determining the work for one or more patients is provided. The method includes obtaining data for one or more patients directly from the primary clinical information system and utilizing the data to calculate work for the one or more patients. A method in a computing environment for determining the work for a population of patients is provided. The method comprises utilizing data obtained directly from the primary clinical information system to calculate a work score for each patient in a patient population and calculating staffing needs for the population based on the work scores obtained for the patients in the patient population.

US Patent:

20050075904, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

Aug 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/917337

Inventors:

Douglas Wager - Kansas City MO, US
Jerald Chamberlain - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

Cerner Innovation, Inc. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

A61B005/00
G06F017/60

US Classification:

705002000, 600300000

Abstract:

A system and related techniques automatically generate optimized, best-match or sufficient assignments of care providers, such as physicians, nurses or technicians, to a patient based on clinical evidence, documentation, workload, infectious status and other factors. In embodiments, the patient's chart or other clinical record may be accessed by a rules-based engine configured with rules which relate a patient's clinical status and needs to the qualifications, certifications, capabilities and skills of care providers and select the care provider best qualified to service that patient's clinical requirements. The pool of available care providers may for example be ascertained from personnel systems recording staff schedules and estimated workload, while the qualifications of each provider indicating the categories of patient care and support that provider is qualified to provide may be accessed from a provider data store. For instance, nurses or technicians trained or certified in acute, emergency or surgical care may be identified for assignment to high acuity patients, or those presenting special or advanced care demands. According to the invention in a further regard, the provider's potential infectious exposure to other patients or from other sources may be screened to prevent that provider from being assigned to immune-compromised or other patients. Embodiments of the invention may present floor managers with a graphical display of available providers and generated assignments, which in embodiments the manager may override at their clinical discretion. Because patient needs are automatically aligned with provider capabilities, availability and other factors, the errors, oversights and inefficiencies of manual or informal assignment systems are avoided and better health care delivery can be realized.

US Patent:

20060149589, Jul 6, 2006

Filed:

Jan 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/025969

Inventors:

Douglas Wager - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

Cerner Innovation, Inc. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705002000

Abstract:

A system and related techniques generate and present a clinical workforce management interface to assign nurses, technicians, therapists and others in a hospital or other clinical setting. According to embodiments, the interface may present components including an aggregate patient population profile which lists individual patients in a unit, as well as the projected workload capacity the care for those patients represents as well as an assignment bar depicting the continuity of provider assignments for that patient over a shift, 24 hour, or other period. The workforce management interface may likewise present a counterpart provider population profile which lists available care providers in a unit, as well as their capacity ratings, skill sets, shifts or other schedule and other data characterizing available clinical stuff. According to embodiments of the invention in one regard, a charge nurse or other staff manager may visually or graphically view and manipulate the provider-to-patient assignments, for instance by dragging and dropping icons or other visual elements to perform assignments. According to embodiments of the invention in another regard, compliance monitoring functions such as maintaining mandated patient to nurse or other provider ratios may be automatically performed, and the staff manager may be alerted when those or other ratios or criteria violate limits.

US Patent:

20100179834, Jul 15, 2010

Filed:

Jan 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/685425

Inventors:

Douglas W. Wager - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

CERNER INNOVATION, INC. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a method for linking the health records of two or more patients and alerting them of a change in at least one of the patient's health records are provided. One method comprises, in part, receiving an indication of a desire to link the first medical record of the first patient to a second medical record of a second patient and searching a connected health network for at least one of the first medical record associated with the first patient or the second medical record associated with the second patient. The method further comprises designating a sharing level between the first medical record of the first patient and the second medical record of the second patient, the sharing level indicating an extent of healthcare information that can be shared between the first medical record and the second medical record. The method also includes requesting the second patient to accept a link between the first medical record and the second medical record, and linking the first medical record associated with the first patient and the second medical record associated with the second patient.

US Patent:

20100179835, Jul 15, 2010

Filed:

Jan 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/685432

Inventors:

Douglas W. Wager - Kansas City MO, US

Assignee:

CERNER INNOVATION, INC. - OVERLAND PARK KS

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for alerting one or more members of a connected health network is provided, wherein the connected health network includes two or more members having linked medical records. The method includes receiving a change in a first health record of a first member, the first health record being linked to a second health record of a second member based on a specified relationship. The method also includes using the change in the first health record to determine whether a condition exists that could affect the second member, and, if so, alerting the second member of the affect of the change in the first health record on the second member.

US Patent:

20220319683, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Jun 23, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/848056

Inventors:

- North Kansas City MO, US
Douglas W. Wager - Kansas City MO, US

International Classification:

G16H 40/20
G06Q 10/10
G16H 40/63
G16Z 99/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods for generating and presenting a clinical workforce management interface to assign staff in a clinical setting. The interface may present components including an aggregate patient population profile listing individual patients in a unit, the projected workload capacity the care for those patients represents, and an assignment bar depicting provider assignments for that patient over a designated time period. The interface may likewise present a provider population profile which lists available care providers in a unit, as well as their capacity ratings, skill sets, shifts, or other schedule data characterizing available clinical staff. A charge nurse or other staff manager may view and manipulate the provider-to-patient assignments, for instance by dragging and dropping visual elements to perform assignments. Compliance monitoring functions such as maintaining provider ratios may be automatically performed, and the staff manager may be alerted when ratios or criteria violate limits.

US Patent:

20170140112, May 18, 2017

Filed:

Dec 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/394209

Inventors:

- KANSAS CITY KS, US
Douglas W. Wager - Kansas City MO, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06Q 10/10

Abstract:

Systems and methods for generating and presenting a clinical workforce management interface to assign staff in a clinical setting. The interface may present components including an aggregate patient population profile listing individual patients in a unit, the projected workload capacity the care for those patients represents, and an assignment bar depicting provider assignments for that patient over a designated time period. The interface may likewise present a provider population profile which lists available care providers in a unit, as well as their capacity ratings, skill sets, shifts, or other schedule data characterizing available clinical staff. A charge nurse or other staff manager may view and manipulate the provider-to-patient assignments, for instance by dragging and dropping visual elements to perform assignments. Compliance monitoring functions such as maintaining provider ratios may be automatically performed, and the staff manager may be alerted when ratios or criteria violate limits.