Clinical pathway management support information system
First Claim
1. A clinical pathway management support information system comprising:
- (a) means for recording care processes electronically;
(b) means for making case mixes and clinical pathways from the recorded care processes;
(c) means for storing the case mixes and clinical pathways thus made; and
(d) means for selecting an appropriate clinical pathway from among the clinical pathways stored in the storing means.
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Abstract
A method of feeding back results of analysis of care record to clinical service efficiently, and an information system therefor. A clinical pathway management support information system according to the present invention uses a clinical pathway analysis environment 15 which has a module for analyzing stored care record and making, modifying, and storing clinical pathways. In addition, the information system has a module 17 for selecting an appropriate clinical pathway according to a patient status. The clinical pathway analysis environment 15 also has a care process evaluation module and a clinical pathway evaluation module. The above modules support creation of a more realistic clinical pathway and its modification, selection of a clinical pathway appropriate to each patient, and clinical service which is in line with a clinical pathway.
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11 Claims
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1. A clinical pathway management support information system comprising:
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(a) means for recording care processes electronically;
(b) means for making case mixes and clinical pathways from the recorded care processes;
(c) means for storing the case mixes and clinical pathways thus made; and
(d) means for selecting an appropriate clinical pathway from among the clinical pathways stored in the storing means.
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2. A clinical pathway management support information system comprising:
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(a) means for recording care processes electronically;
(b) means for making case mixes and clinical pathways from the recorded care processes;
(c) means for storing the case mixes and clinical pathways thus made;
(d) means for selecting an appropriate clinical pathway from among the clinical pathways stored in the storing means; and
(e) means for calculating the degree of compliance between the recorded care process and the stored clinical pathway.
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3. A method of supporting clinical pathway management, comprising the steps of:
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(a) classifying electronically recorded care processes for plural patients in the form of two-dimensional matrices composed of a time axis and a clinical service axis;
(b) calculating an average process of care processes selected from among the care processes by a user;
(c) providing the user with means for editing the average process;
(d) registering the average process edited by the user into a database as a clinical pathway;
(e) registering a case mix to which the clinical pathway is to be applied, into a database in relation with the clinical pathway;
(f) receiving data on care process rendered to a patient by a specific time;
(g) extracting a case mix whose data is similar to the data on care process rendered by the specific time;
(h) selecting a clinical pathway related to the case mix; and
(i) outputting a care process plan to be followed after the specific time.
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4. A method of making a clinical pathway, comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting care processes to be analyzed from care process storing means;
(b) calculating an average process of the selected care processes;
(c) setting the average process as an initial clinical pathway;
(d) providing a user with means for editing the initial clinical pathway; and
(e) storing the edited clinical pathway into a database. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method of evaluating the degree of compliance between a clinical pathway and a care process, including means for calculating the metric or distance between an electronically recorded care process and a clinical pathway, in which, with regard to distances of the care process from the clinical pathway, calculations are made for all or some of the following items:
- average, variance, mean square error and the number or ratio of care processes which are beyond a specific threshold.
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8. A method of selecting a clinical pathway, comprising the steps of:
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(a) entering care process data on care rendered by a specific time;
(b) calculating a case mix similar to the care process data; and
(c) extracting a clinical pathway related to the case mix to use it as a care plan to be followed after a specific time.
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9. Clinical pathway providing service comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving electronic record of a care process;
(b) analyzing the recorded care process and making a case mix and a clinical pathway; and
(c) delivering the case mix and clinical pathway thus made.
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10. Clinical pathway providing service comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving electronic record of plural care processes;
(b) categorizing the care processes into a stored case mix;
(c) calculating a degree of compliance from distances of the categorized care processes from a clinical pathway related to the case mix; and
(d) returning the case mix and the degree of compliance.
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11. Clinical pathway providing service comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving electronic record of a care process rendered to a patient by a specific time;
(b) calculating a case mix similar to the care process;
(c) extracting a clinical pathway related to the case mix; and
(d) returning the clinical pathway as a care plan to be followed after a specific time.
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