System for setting and controlling functionalities of mobile devices
A system for presenting a clinical process of a patient in a clinical facility having a network, a system backend communicable with the network, and at least one mobile device communicable with the system backend, the mobile device comprising a mobile processor and a display, the mobile processor configured to operate in at least one first user interface mode and at least one second user interface mode, where the mobile processor is configured to enable the operation of at least one built-in function when operating in the at least one first user interface mode and where the mobile processor is configured to disable the operation of the at least one built-in function when operating in the at least one second user interface mode. The mobile processor operating in the at least one second user interface mode is configured to present a list of one or more patients each with a corresponding clinical process, each patient listing configured to re-enable access to the at least one built-in function associated with the corresponding clinical process of the listed patient.
1. A system, comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
defining a plurality of functional groups for using a plurality of fungible mobile devices, each functional group of the plurality of functional groups comprising:
one or more predefined group users; and
a set of predefined group rules that define functionalities of fungible mobile devices that are associated with group users within a respective functional group;
maintaining information about a plurality of user accounts associated with a plurality of users, each user account of the plurality of user accounts identifying a role of the respective user, the plurality of users comprising a caretaker, wherein the plurality of fungible mobile devices are interchangeably useable by the plurality of users;
receiving a login indication that the caretaker has used a fungible mobile device of the plurality of fungible mobile devices to log into a user account of the plurality of user accounts, the user account associated with the caretaker;
associating the caretaker with the fungible mobile device based on the login indication by at least:
accessing a dynamic table that correlates particular fungible mobile devices of the plurality of fungible mobile devices with particular user accounts of the plurality of user accounts; and
updating an entry in the dynamic table to reflect that the caretaker has used the fungible mobile device to log into the user account;
determining a functional group of the plurality of functional groups to which the caretaker belongs based on the information about the user account; and
responsive to receiving the login indication, modifying the fungible mobile device by at least altering functionality of the fungible mobile device according to the determined functional group.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to access a first set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from accessing a second set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device that is different from the first set of mobile applications.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to access a first set of functions of the fungible mobile devices; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from accessing a second set of functions of the fungible mobile devices that is different from the first set of functions.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one functional group of the plurality of functional groups comprises a subset of functional groups categorized by an organizational hierarchy; and
the functional group is one of the subset of functional groups.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
maintaining the information about the plurality of user accounts comprises maintaining the information in the dynamic table.
6. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
defining a plurality of functional groups for using a plurality of fungible mobile devices, each functional group of the plurality of functional groups comprising:
one or more predefined group users;
a set of predefined group rules that define functionalities of fungible mobile devices that are associated with group users within a respective functional group;
maintaining information about a plurality of user accounts associated with a plurality of users, each user account of the plurality of user accounts identifying a role of the respective user, the plurality of users comprising a caretaker, wherein the plurality of fungible mobile devices are interchangeably useable by the plurality of users;
receiving a login indication that the caretaker has used a fungible mobile device of the plurality of fungible mobile devices to log into a user account of the plurality of user accounts, the user account associated with the caretaker;
associating the caretaker with the fungible mobile device based on the login indication by at least:
accessing a dynamic table that correlates particular fungible mobile devices of the plurality of fungible mobile devices with particular user accounts of the plurality of user accounts; and
updating an entry in the dynamic table to reflect that the caretaker has used the fungible mobile device to log into the user account;
determining a functional group of the plurality of functional groups to which the caretaker belongs based on the information about the user account; and
responsive to receiving the login indication, modifying the fungible mobile device by at least altering functionality of the fungible mobile device according to the determined functional group.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising, after modifying the fungible mobile device:
receiving a request to modify a predetermined characteristic of the functional group to which the caretaker belongs; and
modifying, based on the modified predetermined characteristic, the fungible mobile device by at least altering the functionality of the fungible mobile device to define a modified functionality of the fungible mobile device.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to receive a first set of alerts about a set of process pathways and take a first set of actions with respect to the set of process pathways; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to receive a second set of alerts about the set of process pathways and take a second set of actions with respect to the set of process pathways, the first set of alerts and the first set of actions being different, respectively, from the second set of alerts and the second set of actions.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the caretaker uses the fungible mobile device to log into the user account using an automated login procedure.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to access a first set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from accessing a second set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device that is different from the first set of mobile applications.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein:
at least one functional group of the plurality of functional groups comprises a subset of functional groups categorized by an organizational hierarchy; and
the functional group is one of the subset of functional groups.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein:
maintaining the information about the plurality of user accounts comprises maintaining the information in the dynamic table.
13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, cause the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:
defining a plurality of functional groups for using a plurality of fungible mobile devices, each functional group of the plurality of functional groups comprising:
one or more predefined group users;
a set of predefined group rules that define functionalities of fungible mobile devices that are associated with group users within a respective functional group;
maintaining information about a plurality of user accounts associated with a plurality of users, each user account of the plurality of user accounts identifying a role of the respective user, the plurality of users comprising a caretaker, wherein the plurality of fungible mobile devices are interchangeably useable by the plurality of users;
receiving a login indication that the caretaker has used a fungible mobile device of the plurality of fungible mobile devices to log into a user account of the plurality of user accounts, the user account associated with the caretaker;
associating the caretaker with the fungible mobile device based on the login indication by at least:
accessing a dynamic table that correlates particular fungible mobile devices of the plurality of fungible mobile devices with particular user accounts of the plurality of user accounts; and
updating an entry in the dynamic table to reflect that the caretaker has used the fungible mobile device to log into the user account;
determining a functional group of the plurality of functional groups to which the caretaker belongs based on the information about the user account; and
responsive to receiving the login indication, modifying the fungible mobile device by at least altering functionality of the fungible mobile device according to the determined functional group.
14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to access a first set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from accessing a second set of mobile applications of the fungible mobile device that is different from the first set of mobile applications.
15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to access a first set of functions of the fungible mobile devices; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from accessing a second set of functions of the fungible mobile devices that is different from the first set of functions.
16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the functionalities define that:
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are enabled to receive information about a first set of process pathways; and
the fungible mobile devices associated with the predefined group users of the respective functional group are prohibited from receiving information about a second set of process pathways that is different from the first set of process pathways.
17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise, after modifying the fungible mobile device:
receiving a request to modify a predetermined characteristic of the functional group to which the user belongs; and
modifying, based on the modified predetermined characteristic, the fungible mobile device by at least altering the functionality of the fungible mobile device to define a modified functionality of the fungible mobile device.
18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the caretaker uses the fungible mobile device to log into the user account using an automated login procedure.