Providing clinical information to clinicians
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing clinical information to clinicians are provided. In embodiments, a patient's electronic health record is accessed to identify that a first clinician has requested a consult with a second clinician. Each clinician is associated with a clinician identifier that is identified by a plurality of sensors. A location for both the first and second clinician is received from the plurality of sensors. A determination is made whether the first and second clinicians are near one another. Upon determining that the first and second clinicians are near one another, a notification is presented to the first clinician. Such tracking of clinician location helps avoid missed opportunities and provides efficient communication among clinicians.
1. One or more tangible computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for providing clinical information to clinicians, the method comprising:
identifying in a patient's electronic health record that a first clinician treating the patient has requested a consult with a second clinician treating the patient;
receiving a location for the first clinician by way of a first clinician identifier, wherein the first clinician identifier is tracked via a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment, and wherein the plurality of sensors utilize one of ultrasound technology, infrared technology, or radio-frequency identification technology;
receiving a location for the second clinician by way of a second clinician identifier, wherein the second clinician identifier is tracked via the plurality of sensors in the healthcare environment;
determining whether the location for the first clinician and the location for the second clinician are within a predefined distance from one another, wherein the determination is based on the proximity of the sensors that identified the location of both the first and the second clinician; and
upon determining that the location for the first clinician and the location for the second clinician are within the predefined distance from one another, presenting a notification to the first clinician that includes both the location of the second clinician and the consult requested by the first clinician.
2. The computer-storage media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
presenting the notification to the first clinician via a mobile device.
3. The computer-storage media of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
presenting the first clinician with an option to inform the second clinician of the location of the first clinician.
4. The computer storage media of claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving an indication from the clinician to inform the second clinician of the location of the first clinician.
5. The computer-storage media of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
presenting a notification to the second clinician that includes the location of the first clinician.
6. The computer-storage media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises notifying an ordering clinician that an order is complete.
7. The computer-storage media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises presenting status updates of an order via a mobile device.
8. The computer-storage media of claim 7 , wherein status updates include an indication that a result is available, an indication that a test is in progress, or an indication that the test is pending.