METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AN ANNOTATED CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT PROCESS

• Main Authors: SMAIL JESSICA BRIER, CRANDALL JENNIFER ANN, WALMER LINDA RENEE, DAUGHERTY JAY W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.08.2015
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

An apparatus is provided for managing clinical information. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to automatically receive one or more items of clinical information, corresponding to respective patients, from different sources. The processor is also configured to detect an indication of a comparison indicating whether medications identified in the clinical information were utilized by the patients as prescribed by a health care provider(s). The processor is also configured to generate a user interface including visible indicia indicating medications prescribed to respective patients and statuses of the medications. The statuses may be designated responsive to determining that one or more respective items of the clinical information is newly received from one of the different sources or based in part on the comparison indicating whether the medications were utilized by the patients as prescribed. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.