METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND UTILIZE CHANGES IN CONTEXT DATA FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

摘要

Methods and apparatus to detect and utilize changes in context data are disclosed. An example method includes detecting that a user of a healthcare information system is interacting with information associated with a first patient via a first application; accessing a context manager to obtain patient context data associated with the first patient, the patient context data including a plurality of status variables indicative of a plurality of aspects of a course of treatment provided to the first patient; determining whether the patient context data associated with the first patient has changed between a first time and a second time later than the first; and in response to detecting a change in the patient context data associated with the first patient, triggering an action to enable the user of the healthcare information system to interact with information associated with the course of treatment provided to the first patient.