Method and system for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy
First Claim
1. A method for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy having the following steps:
- defining at least one treatment objective of the therapy at a first data processing station;
provisioning a calculation rule for the success of treatment of the therapy with respect to the treatment objective, which indicates success of treatment as a function of recordable numerical measures, the provisioning taking place at the first data processing station by selection from calculation rules assigned to the therapy and automatically called from a database;
recording at least one first numerical measure describing an initial state of a person to be subjected to the therapy, with respect to the treatment objective;
storing data covering at least the treatment objective, the calculation rule and the first numerical measures;
recording at least one second numerical measure describing the success of treatment of the person at least one of during and at the end of the therapy, the recording occurring via a second data processing station;
calling the stored data and automatically calculating the success of treatment using at least one of the calculation rule at the first data processing station and second data processing station, wherein at least one of the second numerical measures and the success of treatment, possibly already calculated at the second data processing station, is transmitted to the first data processing station via a network; and
representing the success of treatment at the first data processing station.
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Abstract
A method and a system are for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy. In the method, at least one treatment objective is defined at a first data processing station and a calculation rule is provided for the success of treatment of the therapy, the calculation rule indicating the success of treatment as a function of recordable numerical measures. Furthermore, a second data processing station is provided for the automated recording and transmission of the numerical measures describing the success of treatment to the first data processing station. At the start of the therapy, the initial state of the patient with respect to the treatment objective is recorded using first numerical measures. During and/or at the end of the treatment, automatic second numerical measures describing the success of treatment are recorded by way of the second data processing station. The success of treatment is automatically calculated with reference to these numerical measures and represented at the first data processing station or at a further data processing station. The method permits reliable and automated measurement of the success of treatment of a medical therapy, in particular in the field of telemedical forms of treatment, and can be advantageously integrated into the normal course of therapy.
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1. A method for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy having the following steps:
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defining at least one treatment objective of the therapy at a first data processing station;
provisioning a calculation rule for the success of treatment of the therapy with respect to the treatment objective, which indicates success of treatment as a function of recordable numerical measures, the provisioning taking place at the first data processing station by selection from calculation rules assigned to the therapy and automatically called from a database;
recording at least one first numerical measure describing an initial state of a person to be subjected to the therapy, with respect to the treatment objective;
storing data covering at least the treatment objective, the calculation rule and the first numerical measures;
recording at least one second numerical measure describing the success of treatment of the person at least one of during and at the end of the therapy, the recording occurring via a second data processing station;
calling the stored data and automatically calculating the success of treatment using at least one of the calculation rule at the first data processing station and second data processing station, wherein at least one of the second numerical measures and the success of treatment, possibly already calculated at the second data processing station, is transmitted to the first data processing station via a network; and
representing the success of treatment at the first data processing station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 43, 44, 47)
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4. A method for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy comprising the following steps:
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defining at least one treatment objective of the therapy at a first data processing station;
provisioning a calculation rule for the success of treatment of the therapy with respect to the treatment objective, which indicates the success of treatment as a function of recordable numerical measures, the provisioning taking place at the first data processing station, the provisioning of the calculation rule including the selection of categories to be included in the calculation, and the categories and calculation rules assigned to the selection being called from a database;
recording at least one first numerical measure describing an initial state of a person to be subjected to the therapy, with respect to the treatment objective;
storing data covering at least the treatment objective, the calculation rule and the first numerical measures;
recording at least one second numerical measure describing the success of treatment of the person at least one of during and at the end of the therapy via a second data processing station;
calling the stored data and automatically calculating the success of treatment using the calculation rule at at least one of the first data processing station and the second data processing station, wherein at least one of the second numerical measure and the success of treatment, having possibly been calculated at the second data processing station, is transmitted to the first data processing station via a network; and
representing the success of treatment at the first data processing station. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 45, 48)
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9. A method for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy having the following steps:
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defining at least one treatment objective of the therapy at a first data processing station;
at least one of provisioning and inputting a calculation rule for the success of treatment of the therapy with respect to the treatment objective, the rule indicating the success of treatment as a function of recordable numerical measures and the at least one of provisioning and inputting occurring at the first data processing station, wherein the success of treatment is calculated with respect to the costs incurred for it, and wherein the costs are taken into account with key variables, easily recordable and proportional to the costs;
recording at least one first numerical measure describing an initial state of a person to be subjected to the therapy, with respect to the treatment objective;
storing data covering at least the treatment objective, the calculation rule and the first numerical measures;
recording at least one second numerical measure describing the success of treatment of the person at least one of during and at the end of the therapy using a second data processing station;
calling the stored data and automatically calculating the success of treatment using the calculation rule at at least one of the first data processing station and the second data processing station, wherein at least one of the second numerical measures and the success of treatment, having possibly been calculated at the second data processing station, is transmitted to the first data processing station via a network; and
representing the success of treatment at the first data processing station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 49)
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28. A system for carrying out a method for measuring the success of treatment of a medical therapy, comprising:
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a first data processing station having a first module for defining a treatment objective, for providing a calculation rule and for automated execution of a calculation with reference to at least one of transmitted and stored numerical measures, wherein the first module is connected, for provisioning of the calculation rule, to a database containing calculation rules assigned to different therapies and treatment objectives; and
a second data processing station, connected to the first data processing station at least temporarily via a network and including a second module for the automatic recording and transmission of numerical measures to the first module of the first data processing station at predefinable times. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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