Method and system for cost analysis and benchmarking in the healthcare industry
First Claim
1. In a data communication network having at least one user, a computerized server system for providing activity-based cost-analysis and cost-control services for the healthcare industry, said system having a CPU and storage device, said system comprising:
- a data exchange module for allowing the user to upload activity data into said computerized system;
an analytical engine for processing said activity data, in accordance with said organizational structure and said product tree into product cost data.
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Abstract
The present invention is an accurate cost analysis system (100) and method for medical products and services, which has the ability to determine actual costs and profitability for all levels within a healthcare organization and which, unlike existing financial systems, employs terms and data familiar to healthcare providers. The system collects data from existing information systems (101) in a healthcare organization, and process the data into actionable information. The system utilizes real data collected from the production floor in order to enable decision-makers to analyze the true costs of procedures and services provided to their clients, and to develop business strategies to improve profit margins.
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47 Claims
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1. In a data communication network having at least one user, a computerized server system for providing activity-based cost-analysis and cost-control services for the healthcare industry, said system having a CPU and storage device, said system comprising:
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a data exchange module for allowing the user to upload activity data into said computerized system;
an analytical engine for processing said activity data, in accordance with said organizational structure and said product tree into product cost data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. In a data communication network comprising a plurality of healthcare providers computerized systems, a method implemented in a server computerized platform accessible to said computerized systems by a client system, for providing activity-based cost-analysis and cost-control services for said healthcare providers, said method comprising the following steps:
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i) receiving and storing activity data in a database;
ii) upon receiving a request for cost analysis task from a user, processing the activity data in accordance with an organizational structure related data, to obtain cost analysis results in accordance with the cost analysis task;
- View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. In a data communication network having at least one user, a computerized organizational structure for storing activity-based cost-analysis and cost-control services for the healthcare industry, said organizational structure having a storage device and connected to at least one CPU, said organizational structure comprising:
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At least one responsibility center;
For each responsibility center at least one workstation; and
For each workstation at least one product cost tree, the product cost tree is associated with at least one cost item holding data relative to the product cost tree. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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