DCM4MD:Use case candidates

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Use Case Candidates

JL: It might be useful to adopt a naming convention to help define use case scope. I've found the verb-object format to work well: see suggestions in the Notes column.

Candidate Use Case Name	Source	Type	Note
Intubate Patient, Planned	MMosely	Business Process
Change settings	MMosely	Business Process
Wean Patient	MMosely	Business Process
Additive therapy	MMosely	Business Area
Extubate Patient, Planned	MMosely	Business Process
Extubate Patient, Unplanned	MMosely	Business Process
Respirator-acquired pneumonia	VA conference call	Scenario
Glucose measurement	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type	Record blood glucose
Insulin delivery by pump	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type
Patient Controlled Analgesia (or maybe infusion pump?)	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type	Configure PCA; Deliver PCA
Respiratory therapy using patient ventilator	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type
Patient registered at hospital	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process	Register patient
Patient admitted to ICU	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process	Admit patient to ICU
Nurse initiates bedside flowsheet in ICU, confirms patient location	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process	Configure measurement
Nurse ‘admits’ patient to monitor (& ventilator)	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process	Connect patient
Monitor & vent data flow to flowsheet	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process	Record measurement; Trigger alarm . . .
Stop PCA Infusion (when respiration monitor indicates a problem)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Abort Ventilator Imaging Pause (when imaging complete or time limit exceeded)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Identify Need to Adjust Infusion Dosage (when tests indicate concentrations are incorrect)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Restart Ventilator (when CPB machine is removed)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Adjust Infusion Dosage (when tests indicate concentrations are incorrect	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Alert Rapid Response Team (when vital signs indicate)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Confirm device configuration (when device is connected)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
Apgar Score	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation	Record apgar score
Barthel Index	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Blood Pressure	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Body Height	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Body Temperature	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Body Weight	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Braden Scale	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Glasgow Coma Scale	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Heart Rate	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Respiration	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation
Configure device settings	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Business Process
Patient's response	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
Verify placement	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Business Process
Secretions	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
ET tube	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
Connect Patient	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
Disconnect Patient	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
Confirm configuration	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
Schedule action	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
Record observation	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
Tracking and tracing	action item suggestions	Business area
Incident reporting	action item suggestions	Business area
Regulatory purposes	action item suggestions	Business area
Safety/Quality of Portable X-Rays	CHoang	Business Area	(PnP is doing this..so we would not want to duplicate but could maybe use what they have to help with more details?)
Pt controlled analgesia	CHoang	Device	(PnP is doing this...same as above)
Vital signs (BP/temp/pulse/pulse ox)	CHoang	Observation	(Are there any use cases already out there?)
Infusion Pumps info feeding into the EHR	CHoang	Device
OR of the Future Program	CHoang	Business Area	(This is already ongoing. How can we use this information to take it to another level?)
ICE Ecosystem	CHoang	Business Area	(This is work that is happening now. ASTM F2761 Integrated Clinical Environment, or ICE)
ICU (ventilator, pacemaker, etc..)	CHoang	Business Area
Anesthesia medical devices	CHoang	Device
Tube feedings	CHoang	Business Process
Cardiac Stress Test	CHoang	Business Process
ECHO/EKG	CHoang	Observation
Ultrasound imaging	CHoang	Observation
Blood Glucose Monitoring	CHoang	Observation
Integrated Medication Manager (???)	CHoang	Program
CDS algorithms	CHoang	Business Area	(complete systems solutions that meets regulatory, safety and clinical requirements)