Worker Adaptive Task management and Workflow System
A system provides a daily workflow list that is tailored according to nurse tenure, experience, specialty, licensure and education, for example. An adaptive healthcare workflow and task management system includes a repository of first information indicating clinician tasks and related subtasks for performance by a clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient. The system includes a repository of second information indicating experience and qualifications of multiple different clinicians. A rules processor, in response to a particular clinician identifier and data identifying a clinician task to be performed by the particular clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient, employs the first and second information in adaptively determining a subtask related to the clinician task to be indicated to be performed by the particular clinician based on experience and qualifications of the particular clinician. An output processor provides data for reproduction and presentation to the particular clinician indicating the subtask related to the clinician task to be indicated to be performed by the particular clinician.
1 . An adaptive healthcare workflow and task management system, comprising:
a repository of first information indicating clinician tasks and related subtasks for performance by a clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient;
a repository of second information indicating experience and qualifications of a plurality of different clinicians;
a rules processor for, in response to a particular clinician identifier and data identifying a clinician task to be performed by said particular clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient, employing said first and second information in adaptively determining a subtask related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician based on experience and qualifications of said particular clinician; and
an output processor for providing data for reproduction and presentation to said particular clinician indicating said subtask related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician.
2 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said rules processor adaptively, determines said subtask related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician and determines at least one of, (a) a different subtask and (b) no subtask, related to said clinician task, to be indicated to be performed by a different clinician having different experience and qualifications than said particular clinician.
3 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said rules processor adaptively, determines a plurality of subtasks related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician and determines at least one of, (a) different subtasks and (b) no subtasks, related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by a different clinician having different experience and qualifications than said particular clinician.
4 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said rules processor adaptively determines said subtask related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician based on duration of time said particular clinician works at a facility at least one of, (a) per day, (b) per week and (c) per month.
5 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said experience of said particular clinician comprises at least one of, (a) duration of time of pertinent work experience since said particular clinician qualified, (b) duration of time said particular clinician has worked at a particular healthcare facility and (c) duration of time said particular clinician has worked at a particular care unit at a particular healthcare facility.
6 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said qualifications of said particular clinician comprise at least one of, (a) healthcare license status and (b) highest academic level attained.
7 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said rules processor adaptively determines whether said subtask related to said clinician task is to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician by determining whether a time duration representing experience of said particular clinician exceeds at least one time predetermined duration threshold and said qualifications of said particular clinician comprise a particular healthcare license status.
8 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
subtasks comprise ancillary tasks to be performed by a clinician at least one of, (a) as pre-administration preparation, (b) post-administration follow-up and (c) during administration, of a care service to a patient
9 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said repository of first information and said repository of second information are at least one of, (a) the same repositories and (b) different repositories.
10 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said first information indicates a plurality of subtasks related to individual tasks and subtasks of an individual task are hierarchically arranged into different categories and
said rules processor adaptively determines a category of subtask based on experience and qualifications of said particular clinician and
said output processor provides data for reproduction and presentation to said particular clinician indicating subtasks of a determined category of subtasks related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician.
11 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein
said output processor comprises a display processor for providing data representing at least one display image indicating said subtask related to said clinician task in a list of tasks for performance by said particular clinician.
12 . A system according to claim 1 , including
a workflow engine for incorporating said subtask related to said clinician task in a list of tasks for performance by said particular clinician and for initiating communication of data representing said list of tasks to a destination for access by said particular clinician.
13 . An adaptive healthcare workflow and task management system, comprising:
a repository of first information indicating clinician tasks and related subtasks for performance by clinicians in providing care services, including a particular care service, to patients;
a repository of second information indicating experience and qualifications of a plurality of different clinicians;
a rules processor for, in response to a particular clinician identifier and data identifying a clinician task to be performed by said particular clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient, employing said first and second information in adaptively determining a plurality of subtasks related to said clinician task to be indicated to be performed by said particular clinician and determines at least one of, (a) different subtasks and (b) no subtasks, related to said clinician task, to be indicated to be performed by a different clinician having different experience and qualifications than said particular clinician; and
a workflow processor for providing data representing a list of tasks including said plurality of subtasks related to said clinician task for performance by said particular clinician and for initiating communication of data representing said list of tasks to a destination for access by said particular clinician.
14 . An adaptive healthcare workflow and task management system, comprising:
a repository of first information indicating clinician tasks and related subtasks for performance by clinicians in providing care services, including a particular care service, to patients, and subtasks of an individual task are hierarchically arranged into different categories;
a repository of second information indicating experience and qualifications of a plurality of different clinicians;
a rules processor for, in response to a particular clinician identifier and data identifying a clinician task to be performed by said particular clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient, employing said first and second information in adaptively determining a category of subtask based on experience and qualifications of said particular clinician; and
a workflow processor for providing data representing a list of tasks including subtasks of a determined category of subtasks related to said clinician task for performance by said particular clinician and for initiating communication of data representing said list of tasks to a destination for access by said particular clinician.