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.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: Care provider assignments to a patient may be automatically generated based on clinical evidence, documentation, workload, infectious status and other factors. The patient's chart may be accessed by a rules-based engine configured with rules to relate a patient's clinical status and needs to qualifications, certifications, capabilities and skills of care providers to select the care provider best qualified to assign to the patient. For instance, care providers having specialized training may be identified for assignment to patients presenting with specialized needs. Graphical displays of available providers may be displayed to and overridden by a manager. 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.

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.

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.