Automated informed consent and surgical outcome tracking system and method therefor
First Claim
1. An automated system for obtaining informed consent from a patient undergoing a surgery, comprising:
- a visual representation of the surgery;
an auditory component integral with the visual representation, the audio component comprising a narration explaining the visual representation of the surgery;
a textual component integral with the visual representation and the auditory component, the textual component comprising a summary of each complication associated with the surgery;
an input device configured to permit a patient to input an acknowledgment of each complication; and
a storage device configured to store the patient'"'"'s acknowledgment of the complications.
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Abstract
An improved informed consent and surgical outcome tracking system and method is disclosed. The informed consent portion of the system comprises a visual component, an auditory component, and a textual component. The visual component consists of a visual representation of the surgery, preferably in three-dimensional form. The auditory component consists of a narration integral with the visual component that explains the visual representation of the surgery. The textual component consists of a summary of each complication associated with the surgery. The system includes an input device for inputting an acknowledgment of each complication, and a storage device for storing the patient'"'"'s acknowledgment of each complication. For the purposes of surgical outcome tracking, the input device further allows a user to input outcome information, the outcome information comprising at least one of the presence or absence of each complication, the presence or absence of a plurality of pre-operative risk factors, and the presence or absence of a plurality of outcome factors associated with each surgery, and surgery information, the surgery information comprising surgeon information, surgery type information, hospital information and geographic information. The outcome and surgery information is stored in the storage device. The system includes a processor configured to aggregate the outcome and surgery information to determine an outcome based thereon. The processor is further adapted to predict the outcome of a surgery for a patient based on a comparison of the presence or absence of pre-operative risk factors for the patient at issue and the outcome information for other patients stored in the storage device.
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1. An automated system for obtaining informed consent from a patient undergoing a surgery, comprising:
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a visual representation of the surgery;
an auditory component integral with the visual representation, the audio component comprising a narration explaining the visual representation of the surgery;
a textual component integral with the visual representation and the auditory component, the textual component comprising a summary of each complication associated with the surgery;
an input device configured to permit a patient to input an acknowledgment of each complication; and
a storage device configured to store the patient'"'"'s acknowledgment of the complications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automated system for obtaining informed consent from a patient undergoing surgery comprising:
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a display configured to display a plurality of complications associated with the surgery;
an input device in communication with the display configured to permit a user of the system to input a patient'"'"'s acknowledgment of each complication, the input device further being configured to permit a user to input outcome information for each patient, the outcome information comprising at least one of the presence or absence of a plurality of pre-operative risk factors associated with each surgery, the presence or absence of each complication associated with the surgery, and the presence or absence of a plurality of outcomes associated with the surgery;
a storage device configured to store the outcome information for each patient; and
a processor configured to aggregate the outcome information and determine an outcome based on the aggregated outcome information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An automated method for determining outcomes of surgeries undergone by patients, comprising:
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displaying for each surgery a plurality of complications associated with each surgery and at least one of a plurality of pre-operative risk factors and a plurality of outcome factors associated therewith;
storing for each surgery a patient'"'"'s acknowledgment of each complication and outcome information associated with the surgery, the outcome information comprising at least one of the presence or absence of each complication, the presence or absence of each pre-operative risk factor, and the presence or absence of each outcome factor;
aggregating the outcome information; and
determining an outcome based on the aggregated outcome information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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