Patient data mining for quality adherence
First Claim
1. A system for automatically ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines, comprising:
- a data source containing patient records, including records for patients being treated;
a guidelines knowledge base containing clinical guidelines; and
a quality adherence engine for monitoring adherence with the clinical guidelines for the patients being treated.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines during the course of patient treatments. A data source contains patient records, including records for patients being treated; a guidelines knowledge base contains clinical guidelines; and a quality adherence engine is configured to monitor adherence with the clinical guidelines for patients being treated. At least some of the patient records may include information obtained from mining unstructured patient data. The system includes an output component for outputting quality adherence information. The outputted quality adherence information may include reminders, including reminders to take clinical actions in accordance with the clinical guidelines. The outputted quality adherence information may also include warnings that the clinical guidelines have not been observed.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for automatically ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines, comprising:
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a data source containing patient records, including records for patients being treated;
a guidelines knowledge base containing clinical guidelines; and
a quality adherence engine for monitoring adherence with the clinical guidelines for the patients being treated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for automatically ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines during the course of patient treatments, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining patient records for patients being treated, at least some of the patient records containing information from mined unstructured data sources;
retrieving clinical guidelines from a guidelines knowledge base; and
monitoring adherence to the clinical guidelines for the patients being treated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable on the machine to perform method steps for automatically ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines, the method steps comprising:
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obtaining patient records for patients being treated, at least some of the patient records containing information from mined unstructured data sources;
retrieving clinical guidelines from a guidelines knowledge base; and
monitoring adherence to the clinical guidelines for the patients being treated.
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