Patents by Inventor Melanie Polston

Melanie Polston has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230031847
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for performing data quality analysis of healthcare information systems are provided. An example of a method includes receiving, via electronic communication with a healthcare organization (HCO) item master database, one or more products available for purchase by the HCO, mapping, using a processor and a set of third-party product data, each of the one or more products to a HCO-agnostic product identifier, identifying at least one duplicate entry within the item master database based at least in part on two or more of the one or more products mapping to the same HCO-agnostic product identifier, generating a user interface indicating the presence of the at least one duplicate entry, and causing the user interface to be provided via a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy A. VanderMolen, Melanie Polston
  • Publication number: 20200372984
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing improved management of hospital information systems are provided. An example of a method for providing improved management of a hospital information system includes providing an interface for electronic entry of a set of request parameters, the request parameters comprising at least one product identifier for a product to be purchased by a healthcare organization and at least one change to a healthcare information system related to the at least one product, receiving the set of electronic request parameters, generating, via the request management circuitry, an action plan defining at least one action for implementation of the at least one change to the healthcare information system, monitoring, via the request management circuitry, for completion of the at least one action, and in response to detection of completion of the at least one action, implementing the at least one change to the healthcare information system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. VanderMolen, Melanie Polston
  • Publication number: 20200334626
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for performing data quality analysis of healthcare information systems are provided. An example of a method includes receiving, via electronic communication with a healthcare organization (HCO) item master database, one or more products available for purchase by the HCO, mapping, using a processor and a set of third-party product data, each of the one or more products to a HCO-agnostic product identifier, identifying at least one duplicate entry within the item master database based at least in part on two or more of the one or more products mapping to the same HCO-agnostic product identifier, generating a user interface indicating the presence of the at least one duplicate entry, and causing the user interface to be provided via a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. VanderMolen, Melanie Polston
  • Publication number: 20160379158
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for performing data quality analysis of healthcare information systems are provided. An example of a method includes receiving, via electronic communication with a healthcare organization (HCO) item master database, one or more products available for purchase by the HCO, mapping, using a processor and a set of third-party product data, each of the one or more products to a HCO-agnostic product identifier, identifying at least one duplicate entry within the item master database based at least in part on two or more of the one or more products mapping to the same HCO-agnostic product identifier, generating a user interface indicating the presence of the at least one duplicate entry, and causing the user interface to be provided via a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. VanderMolen, Melanie Polston
  • Publication number: 20160378918
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing improved management of hospital information systems are provided. An example of a method for providing improved management of a hospital information system includes providing an interface for electronic entry of a set of request parameters, the request parameters comprising at least one product identifier for a product to be purchased by a healthcare organization and at least one change to a healthcare information system related to the at least one product, receiving the set of electronic request parameters, generating, via the request management circuitry, an action plan defining at least one action for implementation of the at least one change to the healthcare information system, monitoring, via the request management circuitry, for completion of the at least one action, and in response to detection of completion of the at least one action, implementing the at least one change to the healthcare information system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. VanderMolen, Melanie Polston