Process for providing dialysis and other treatments
First Claim
1. A process for improving operations of clinics and other medical facilities to enhance care and treatment of patients requiring blood purification, comprising the steps of:
- treating patients requiring blood purification at least one facility, said treating comprising providing each patient with an extracorporeal blood treatment (Rx), said extracorporeal blood treatment comprising removing blood from the patient, treating the blood externally to the patient by removing matter from the blood and returning the treated blood to the patient;
said extracorporeal blood treatment being selected form the group consisting of hemodialysis, dialysis, ultrafiltration, hemofiltration, hemodiafiltration, plasmapherisis, and apherisis;
measuring the effectiveness of each treatment per patient;
measuring the efficiency of each treatment per patient by determining the time for each treatment of each patient;
determining the frequency of said treatments for each patient;
determining costs of each of said treatments per patient;
calculating total costs of said treatments for each patients;
calculating variations of effectiveness of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of efficiency of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of costs of said treatments for each patient;
identifying patient characteristics for each patient by measuring the weight and height of each patient and determining the sex and age of each patient;
identifying demographics of each facility including the geographical location of each facility;
comparing and correlating data comprising said measured effectiveness and efficiency of said treatments per patient, said frequency of treatment per patient, said costs of said treatment per patient, said variations in effectiveness, efficiency and costs of said treatments per patient, said patient characteristics, and said demographics of each facility; and
statistically analyzing said data to compute a sigma comprising a standard deviation around a mean of said data to determine the performance of said process.
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Abstract
A beneficial process is provided to improve operations of clinics and other medical facilities to enhance care and treatment of patients, for those patients needing dialysis, hemodialysis, or other treatments. The effectiveness, efficiency, frequency and costs of treatment can be determined for each treatment and each patient. Data on various factors which can affect the effectiveness, efficiency, and costs of treatment and operations of the medical facilities are accumulated and considered. Variations concerning the preceding can be calculated and a statistically analyzed to correlate the preceding, as well as to compute a sigma comprising a standard deviation of the data to determine the performance of the process.
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20 Claims
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1. A process for improving operations of clinics and other medical facilities to enhance care and treatment of patients requiring blood purification, comprising the steps of:
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treating patients requiring blood purification at least one facility, said treating comprising providing each patient with an extracorporeal blood treatment (Rx), said extracorporeal blood treatment comprising removing blood from the patient, treating the blood externally to the patient by removing matter from the blood and returning the treated blood to the patient;
said extracorporeal blood treatment being selected form the group consisting of hemodialysis, dialysis, ultrafiltration, hemofiltration, hemodiafiltration, plasmapherisis, and apherisis;
measuring the effectiveness of each treatment per patient;
measuring the efficiency of each treatment per patient by determining the time for each treatment of each patient;
determining the frequency of said treatments for each patient;
determining costs of each of said treatments per patient;
calculating total costs of said treatments for each patients;
calculating variations of effectiveness of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of efficiency of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of costs of said treatments for each patient;
identifying patient characteristics for each patient by measuring the weight and height of each patient and determining the sex and age of each patient;
identifying demographics of each facility including the geographical location of each facility;
comparing and correlating data comprising said measured effectiveness and efficiency of said treatments per patient, said frequency of treatment per patient, said costs of said treatment per patient, said variations in effectiveness, efficiency and costs of said treatments per patient, said patient characteristics, and said demographics of each facility; and
statistically analyzing said data to compute a sigma comprising a standard deviation around a mean of said data to determine the performance of said process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A process for improving operations of clinics and other medical facilities to enhance care and treatment of patients, comprising the steps of:
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treating patients with a treatment (Rx) at a medical treatment facility selected from the group consisting of a clinic, a hospital, a center for medical treatment, a patient treatment facility of a health care provider, and an office of a physician;
selecting a set of factors comprising criteria and variables effecting performance of said treatment of said patients in said facility;
said factors being selected from the group consisting of;
effectiveness of each treatment per patient, efficiency of each treatment per patient, frequency of said treatments for each patient, costs of each of said treatments per patient, total costs of said treatments for each, variations of effectiveness of said treatments for each patient, variations of efficiency of said treatments for each patient, variations of costs of said treatments for each patient, demographics of each facility including the geographical location of each facility, metropolitan statistical area of each facility defining an urban MSA, ownership of each facility, type of ownership of each facility including company owned and joint venture facilities, length of service of each facility, hospitalization of patients, division, employee turnover (T/O) at each facility, type of treatment per patient, duration (months) of treatments per patient, percentage of patients having said treatment as a primary cure for their ailments, race of patients, ethnic background of patients, hemoglobin per patient, albumen per patient, catheter usage per patient, equipment usage per patient, noncompliance per patient, iron supplement usage per patient, epogen usage per patient, crude mortality rate (CMR) of patients in the facility, average months on dialysis (MOD) per patient, temperature conditions during treatment, humidity conditions during treatment, type of equipment and supplies, composition of dialysis fluids, modified charleson comorbidity index (MCCI), costs of equipment and supplies per treatment, dialyzer costs per treatment, costs for sterilizing dialysis equipment for said treatments, savings and costs for reuse of equipment for said treatment, labor costs per treatment, overhead per facility, percentage of patients covered by commercial insurance, reimbursement of medicare for said treatments, reimbursements from a government agency for said treatment, and reimbursement from insurance companies for said treatments;
inputting data comprising said set of factors into a central processing unit (CPU) selected from the group consisting of a;
microprocessor, computer, main frame computer, server computer, desktop computer, workstation computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, palm pilot-type computer, computer chip, integrated circuit, electronic controller, network, internet, and global communications network; and
statistically analyzing, comparing and correlating said data with said CPU to compute a sigma comprising a standard deviation around a mean of said data to determine the performance of said process. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A process for improving operations of clinics and other medical facilities to enhance care and treatment of patients, comprising the steps of:
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treating patients in at least one facility with a treatment (Rx);
said facility comprising a medical treatment selected from the group consisting of a clinic, a hospital, a center for medical treatment, a patient treatment facility of a health care provider, and an office of a physician;
measuring the effectiveness of each treatment per patient;
measuring the efficiency of each treatment per patient by determining the time for each treatment of each patient;
determining the frequency of said treatments for each patient;
determining costs of each of said treatments per patient;
calculating total costs of said treatments for each patients;
calculating variations of effectiveness of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of efficiency of said treatments for each patient;
calculating variations of costs of said treatments for each patient;
identifying demographics of each facility including the geographical location of each facility;
inputting data into a central processing unit (CPU);
said data comprising said measured effectiveness and efficiency of said treatments per patient, said frequency of treatment per patient, said costs of said treatment per patient, said variations in effectiveness, efficiency and costs of said treatment per patient, said patient characteristics, and said demographics of each facility;
said CPU being selected from the group consisting of a;
microprocessor, computer, main frame computer, server computer, desktop computer, workstation computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, palm pilot-type computer, computer chip, integrated circuit, electronic controller, network, internet, and global communications network;
storing said data in said CPU;
retrieving data from said CPU; and
statistically analyzing said data with said CPU to compute a sigma comprising a standard deviation around a mean of said data and correlating said data to determine the performance of said process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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