System for patient intervention assistance and evaluation
First Claim
1. A system for patient intervention assistance comprising:
- (a) a personal computing device including an input component allowing input of data to the personal computing device, a display; and
a storage medium for storing data;
(b) software operably loaded on the personal computing device which;
(i) presents on the display a set of queries related to a patient intervention;
(ii) presents on the display prompts to enter answers to the queries; and
(iii) automatically creates documentation of a patient intervention based on the queries and the answers.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and system that provides a personal, portable module that can be used by a pharmacist, pharmacy student, or pharmacy preceptor to more effectively practice. It can be usable by others, including other types of healthcare practitioners. The module is preferably hand-portable and has both input and output features. It can be communicated to another device. It includes software which integrates several practice functions and allows data transfer, both to another device for further use or to the portable module for point of care use. In one aspect of the invention, the system establishes a mechanism to assess the level of cognitive complexity of patient interventions performed by students or practitioners. Another aspect of the invention involves automatic documentation of the intervention. In another aspect of the invention, the system enables data entry and the capture of drug-related problem intervention information, enables treatment guidelines to be incorporated into the point of care.
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71 Claims
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1. A system for patient intervention assistance comprising:
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(a) a personal computing device including an input component allowing input of data to the personal computing device, a display; and
a storage medium for storing data;
(b) software operably loaded on the personal computing device which;
(i) presents on the display a set of queries related to a patient intervention;
(ii) presents on the display prompts to enter answers to the queries; and
(iii) automatically creates documentation of a patient intervention based on the queries and the answers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for patient intervention assistance comprising:
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(a) presenting on the display of a computing device a set of queries related to a patient intervention;
(b) presenting on the display prompts to enter answers to the queries; and
(c) automatically creating documentation of a patient intervention based on the queries and the answers. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for patient intervention assistance comprising:
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(a) a personal computing device including an input component allowing input of data to the personal computing device, a display; and
a storage medium for storing data;
(b) software operably loaded on the personal computing device which;
(i) presents on the display a set of queries related to a patient intervention;
(ii) presents on the display prompts to enter answers to the queries;
(iii) the set of queries being predesigned to be correlated to relevant guidelines for a selected disease, and (iv) automatically creates documentation of a patient intervention based on the queries and the answers. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of assisting a healthcare practitioner or student in patient intervention comprising:
- presenting a predetermined set of queries to the user, the queries correlated to relevant guidelines for a selected disease, and automatically documenting in standardized form the user'"'"'s answers to the queries.
- View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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61. A system for patient intervention assistance comprising:
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(a) a personal computing device including an input component allowing input of data to the personal computing device, a display; and
a storage medium for storing data;
(b) software operably loaded on the personal computing device which;
(i) presents on the display a set of queries related to a patient intervention;
(ii) presents on the display prompts to enter answers to the queries;
(iii) allows evaluation of the user by (a) creating a model including a hierarchy of possible levels of interaction;
(b) assigning a value to said possible levels of interaction, each value correlated to a degree of interaction required for such interaction;
(c) assigning a value to optional answers to queries in templates related to specific intervention types; and
(d) summing the values for a documented intervention to calculate a combined intervention score; and
(iv) automatically creates documentation of a patient intervention based on the queries and the answers. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A method of evaluating the performance of a pharmacist or pharmacy student in patient interventions comprising:
- (a) providing a model including a hierarchy of possible levels of interaction;
(b) assigning a value to said possible levels of interaction, each value correlated to a degree of interaction required for such interaction;
(c) assigning a value to optional answers to queries in templates related to specific intervention types; and
(d) summing the values for a documented intervention to calculate a combined intervention score. - View Dependent Claims (71)
- (a) providing a model including a hierarchy of possible levels of interaction;
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