System, method, and process for analysis of patient treatment protocols

• US 20010053984A1
• Filed: 12/08/2000
• Published: 12/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karla Ann Joyce, Perry Nicholas Kranz, Susan Kay Kranz
• Original Assignee: Karla Ann Joyce, Perry Nicholas Kranz, Susan Kay Kranz
• Inventors: Joyce, Karla Ann, Kranz, Susan Kay, Kranz, Perry Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US09/733,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20010053984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A method of reviewing patient conditions and assessing treatment protocols is disclosed. In specific implementations, the method comprises determining both the patient'"'"'s subjective medical condition and objective medical condition, and then combining information about the subjective and objective conditions to generate a treatment index. This treatment index is used to determine appropriate treatment frequency.

Claims

1. A method of reviewing patient care and assessing time-dependent treatment protocols, the method comprising:

a) determining subjective data of the patient'"'"'s medical condition;

b) determining objective data of the patient'"'"'s medical condition;

c) combining the subjective and objective data to generate a treatment index; and

d) using the treatment index to determine appropriate treatment frequency.

2. The method according to

claim 1

, wherein the step of determining subjective data comprises review of the severity and frequency of injury symptoms.

3. The method according to

claim 1

, wherein the step of determining subjective data further includes correction for redundant symptoms.

4. The method according to

claim 2

, wherein the step of determining subjective data comprises review of the severity and frequency of injury includes correction for redundant symptoms.

5. The method according to

claim 1

, wherein the step of determining objective data comprises review of test results.

6. The method according to

claim 1

, wherein the step of determining objective data comprises combining a plurality of tests to obtain a composite objective data score.

7. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of determining objective data comprises eliminating similar tests.

8. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises identification of cases in which the number of subjective complaints has increased from the previous examination.

9. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises determination of whether the index number has increased since the previous examination, or the number of subjective complaints has increased from the previous exam data.

10. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises determination of whether or not the objective findings support the level of subjective complaints.

11. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises determination of whether or not the objective findings are disproportionately high when compared to the level of subjective complaints.

12. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises identification of whether the diagnosis is linked to a part of the body for which there are no subjective complaints in the medical record.

13. The method according to

claim 6

, wherein the step of combining the subjective and objective data to form an index comprises identification of whether the diagnosis is linked to a part of the body for which there are no objective findings listed in the medical record.

14. The method according to

claim 1

, further comprising a patient examination.

15. The method according to

claim 1

, further comprising preparing a report.