DCM4MD:Use case candidates

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Use Case Candidates

Note: By convention, use case  names need to use active verbs (e.g. "Intubate patient") rather than qualified nounns (e.g. "Patient Intubation").

Candidate Use Case Name	Source	Type	Status	Note
1	Intubate Patient, Planned	MMosely	Business Process	VA priority 1
2	Change settings	MMosely	Business Process	VA priority 2
3	Wean Patient	MMosely	Business Process	VA priority 2
4	Additive therapy	MMosely	Business Area	VA priority 2
5	Extubate Patient, Planned	MMosely	Business Process	VA priority 2
6	Extubate Patient, Unplanned	MMosely	Business Process	VA priority 2
7	Respirator-acquired pneumonia	VA conference call	Scenario
8	Glucose measurement	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type		Record blood glucose
9	Blood Glucose Monitor	Example for the teleconference 7-7 2010	Device		Work in progress
10	Insulin delivery by pump	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type
11	Patient Controlled Analgesia (or maybe infusion pump?)	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type		Configure PCA; Deliver PCA
12	Respiratory therapy using patient ventilator	PC meeting at WGM, Jan 2010	Device type
13	Patient registered at hospital	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process		Register patient
14	Patient admitted to ICU	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process		Admit patient to ICU
13	Nurse initiates bedside flowsheet in ICU, confirms patient location	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process		Configure measurement
14	Nurse ‘admits’ patient to monitor (& ventilator)	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process		Connect patient
15	Monitor & vent data flow to flowsheet	Ruth Berge (IHE Patient Care Device group)	Business Process		Record measurement; Trigger alarm . . .
16	Stop PCA Infusion (when respiration monitor indicates a problem)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
17	Abort Ventilator Imaging Pause (when imaging complete or time limit exceeded)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
18	Identify Need to Adjust Infusion Dosage (when tests indicate concentrations are incorrect)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
19	Restart Ventilator (when CPB machine is removed)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
20	Adjust Infusion Dosage (when tests indicate concentrations are incorrect	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
21	Alert Rapid Response Team (when vital signs indicate)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
22	Confirm device configuration (when device is connected)	ASTM ICE Group (named by JLyle)	Business Process
23	Apgar Score	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Record apgar score. Preparing for ballot in January 2011
24	Barthel Index	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Preparing for ballot in January 2011
25	Blood Pressure	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Preparing for ballot in January 2011
26	Body Height	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Will be in ballot in september 2010. The material is almost ready.
27	Body Temperature	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Preparing for ballot in January 2011
28	Body Weight	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Will be in ballot in september 2010. The material is almost ready.
29	Braden Scale	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Will be in ballot in september 2010. The material is almost ready.
30	Glasgow Coma Scale	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Will be in ballot in september 2010. The material is almost ready.
31	Heart Rate	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Will be in ballot in september 2010. The material is almost ready.
32	Respiration	HL7 Patient Care DCM documentation	Observation		Preparing for ballot in January 2011
33	Configure device settings	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Business Process
34	Patient's response	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
35	Verify placement	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Business Process
36	Secretions	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
37	ET tube	VA survey recommendations (DDuLong)	Unk
38	Connect Patient	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
39	Disconnect Patient	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
40	Confirm configuration	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
41	Schedule action	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
42	Record observation	ICE decomposition (JLyle)	Business Process
43	Tracking and tracing	action item suggestions	Business area
44	Incident reporting	action item suggestions	Business area
45	Regulatory purposes	action item suggestions	Business area
46	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?)
47	Pt controlled analgesia	CHoang	Device		(PnP is doing this...same as above)
48	Vital signs (BP/temp/pulse/pulse ox)	CHoang	Observation		(Are there any use cases already out there?)BP, temp, pulse are in this tbale above. See there. We have a DCM Oxygen saturation in Dutch.
49	Infusion Pumps info feeding into the EHR	CHoang	Device
50	OR of the Future Program	CHoang	Business Area		(This is already ongoing. How can we use this information to take it to another level?)
51	ICE Ecosystem	CHoang	Business Area		(This is work that is happening now. ASTM F2761 Integrated Clinical Environment, or ICE)
52	ICU (ventilator, pacemaker, etc..)	CHoang	Business Area
53	Anesthesia medical devices	CHoang	Device
54	Tube feedings	CHoang	Business Process
55	Cardiac Stress Test	CHoang	Business Process
56	ECHO/EKG	CHoang	Observation
57	Ultrasound imaging	CHoang	Observation
58	Blood Glucose Monitoring	CHoang	Observation
59	Integrated Medication Manager (???)	CHoang	Program
60	CDS algorithms	CHoang	Business Area		(complete systems solutions that meets regulatory, safety and clinical requirements)