Network based integrated system of care
First Claim
1. A method of managing the provision of care to a client including use of a software program to ensure adherence to a wraparound process and including the involvement of a support team to provide care to the client, the support team including family members of the client, friends of the client, and other community members that know the client well, the method comprising the acts of:
- inputting assessment data into a database using an assessment data entry page generated by the software program, the assessment data including strengths and needs of the client and of the support team;
displaying at least some of the assessment data on a plan of care data entry page generated by the software program; and
developing a plan of care by utilizing the plan of care data entry page as a framework for the plan of care.
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Abstract
The invention provides methods and systems that manage the provision of care by driving care providers to follow the wraparound process in the provision of care. The methods and systems include input of data into a database and subsequent use of the input data to fill data fields that the care providers utilizes in development of documents related to the provision of care. An authorization feature ensures that the input data is appropriate and a lock-out feature prohibits input of data for subsequent tasks until previous tasks are considered complete. The invention also includes report generation and financial tracking of the care providing process. The invention is expandable to incorporate all functions an organization may perform in the provision of care.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of managing the provision of care to a client including use of a software program to ensure adherence to a wraparound process and including the involvement of a support team to provide care to the client, the support team including family members of the client, friends of the client, and other community members that know the client well, the method comprising the acts of:
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inputting assessment data into a database using an assessment data entry page generated by the software program, the assessment data including strengths and needs of the client and of the support team;
displaying at least some of the assessment data on a plan of care data entry page generated by the software program; and
developing a plan of care by utilizing the plan of care data entry page as a framework for the plan of care. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of managing the provision of care to a client including use of a software program to ensure adherence to a wraparound process, the method comprising the acts of:
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inputting data related to the provision of care to the client into a database using a first page generated by the software program; and
inputting further data related to the provision of care to the client into the database using a second page generated by the software program, wherein the software program prevents entry of the further data until the first page is authorized by at least one authorizing user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of developing a plan of care for a client including use of a software program to ensure adherence to a wraparound process and including the involvement of a support team to provide care to the client, the support team including family members of the client, friends of the client, and other community members that know the client well, the method comprising the acts of:
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inputting assessment data into a database using an assessment data entry page generated by the software program, the assessment data including a defined objective for the client, strategies for achieving the defined objective, behaviors exhibited by the client, and strengths and needs of the client and of the support team;
displaying at least some of the assessment data on a plan of care data entry page generated by the software program;
the act of displaying including the act of displaying each of the strategies for achieving the defined objective along with a list of the strengths and needs;
developing a plan of care by utilizing the plan of care data entry page as a framework for the plan of care, the act of developing a plan of care including the acts of analyzing the strengths and needs listed, formulating a goal statement for each of the strategies for achieving the defined objected based on the analyzed strengths and needs, and inputting plan of care data based on the goal statements into the database using the plan of care data entry page. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A network based integrated system of care comprising:
- a computer; and
a software program stored on the computer for inputting assessment data into a database using an assessment data entry page generated by the software program, the assessment data including strengths and needs of the client and of the support team, displaying at least some of the assessment data on a plan of care data entry page generated by the software program, and developing a plan of care by utilizing the plan of care data entry page as a framework for the plan of care.
- a computer; and
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