Method for processing a data record comprising therapeutic advice items in the course of medical treatment

• US 20050004817A1
• Filed: 05/20/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Tiffe, Sven, Abraham-Fuchs, Klaus, Rumpel, Eva
• Application Number:
  US10/849,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20050004817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method is for processing a data record including therapeutic advice items, particularly for the purpose of quality assurance in the course of medical treatment based on a therapeutic advice item. A first data record, associated with a therapeutic advice item, includes at least one input, at least one output and an expert rule which links the input and the output. The input data items, supplied to the input of the data record associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item, is used to produce, output and/or store individual therapeutic advice items in the form of the output data items. This is preferably done at the output of the data record using the expert rule.

Claims

1. A method for processing data records, including a therapeutic advice item, in the course of medical treatment, wherein a first data record is associated with the therapeutic advice item, the first data record including at least one input, at least one output and at least one expert rule linking the input and the output, the method comprising:

linking a second data record, including at least one therapeutic information item, to at least one input data item of the first data record associated with the therapeutic advice item;

determining the at least one input data item from at least one parameter in the at least one therapeutic information item of the second data record required for the medical treatment, and supplied to the first data record; and

at least one of outputting and storing, using the at least one input data item, at least one individual therapeutic advice item in the form of an output data item at the output of the data record using the expert rule.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one input data item is supplied to the first data record associated with the therapeutic advice item under at least one of event and time control.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one output data item is output at least one of automatically and on an event related basis.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the therapeutic advice item is assigned an order feature, used for clearly identifying the therapeutic advice item.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the order feature associated with that therapeutic advice item which forms the basis of the medical treatment is assigned to the therapeutic information item.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the order feature is assigned at least one of the input data item and the output data item associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one optional input data item and at least one optional output data item associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one further freely definable input data item and at least one further freely definable output data item associated with the therapeutic advice item.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the individual therapeutic advice items generated by the therapeutic advice item at the latter'"'"'s output are automatically transferred to the respective output data items from the associated therapeutic information item.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of individual output data items and input data items associated with the therapeutic information item are changed in line with a prescribed format.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, at least one of during and prior to a change of at least one of individual input data items and output data items associated with the therapeutic information item, authorization to do so is checked.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the input data items and output data items stored in at least one of individual and in a plurality of therapeutic information items are used to at least one of complement and update therapeutic advice items.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the therapeutic advice item is divided into a plurality of therapeutic advice items concatenated with one another, and wherein at least one of the and each input data item is supplied to a first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least one of the and each optional input data item is supplied to a therapeutic advice item succeeding the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output data item associated with the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items is used to generate and output individual therapeutic advice items at the first therapeutic advice item'"'"'s at least one output.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the optional output data item associated with a therapeutic advice item succeeding the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items is used to generate and output further individual therapeutic advice items at the succeeding therapeutic advice item'"'"'s at least one output.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the input data items and output data items stored in at least one of individual and in a plurality of therapeutic information items, are used to check at least one of diagnoses and therapeutic decisions.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each therapeutic advice item includes at least one treatment step and wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned a plurality of treatment steps in the form of a treatment sequence implemented as a concatenated list.

19. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one output data item is output at least one of automatically and on an event related basis.

20. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the order feature is assigned at least one of the input data item and the output data item associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item.

21. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one optional input data item and at least one optional output data item associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item.

22. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one further freely definable input data item and at least one further freely definable output data item associated with the therapeutic advice item.

23. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one optional input data item and at least one optional output data item associated with the underlying therapeutic advice item.

24. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned at least one of at least one further freely definable input data item and at least one further freely definable output data item associated with the therapeutic advice item.

25. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the output data item associated with the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items is used to generate and output individual therapeutic advice items at the first therapeutic advice item'"'"'s at least one output.

26. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optional output data item associated with a therapeutic advice item succeeding the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items is used to generate and output further individual therapeutic advice items at the succeeding therapeutic advice item'"'"'s at least one output.

27. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the optional output data item associated with a therapeutic advice item succeeding the first therapeutic advice item in the concatenation of concatenated therapeutic advice items is used to generate and output further individual therapeutic advice items at the succeeding therapeutic advice item'"'"'s at least one output.

28. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein each therapeutic advice item includes at least one treatment step and wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned a plurality of treatment steps in the form of a treatment sequence implemented as a concatenated list.

29. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein each therapeutic advice item includes at least one treatment step and wherein the therapeutic information item is assigned a plurality of treatment steps in the form of a treatment sequence implemented as a concatented list.

33. A program, adapted to perform the method of claim 1, when executed on a computer.

34. A computer readable medium, storing the program of claim 33.

30. A method for processing data records, including a therapeutic advice item, wherein a first data record is associated with the therapeutic advice item and includes at least one input, at least one output and at least one expert rule linking the input and the output, and wherein a second data record, including at least one therapeutic information item, is linked to at least one input data item of the first data record, the method comprising:

determining the at least one input data item from at least one parameter in the at least one therapeutic information item of the second data record, and supplied to the first data record; and

at least one of outputting and storing, using the at least one input data item, at least one individual therapeutic advice item in the form of an output data item.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the method is for quality assurance in the course of medical treatment based on the therapeutic advice item.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the outputting of the data record is done using the expert rule.

35. A program, adapted to perform the method of claim 30, when executed on a computer.

36. A computer readable medium, storing the program of claim 35.

37. An apparatus for processing data records, including a therapeutic advice item, in the course of medical treatment, wherein a first data record is associated with the therapeutic advice item, the first data record including at least one input, at least one output and at least one expert rule linking the input and the output, the apparatus comprising:

means for linking a second data record, including at least one therapeutic information item, to at least one input data item of the first data record associated with the therapeutic advice item;

means for determining the at least one input data item from at least one parameter in the at least one therapeutic information item of the second data record required for the medical treatment, and supplied to the first data record; and

means for at least one of outputting and storing, using the at least one input data item, at least one individual therapeutic advice item in the form of an output data item at the output of the data record using the expert rule.

38. An apparatus for processing data records, including a therapeutic advice item, wherein a first data record is associated with the therapeutic advice item and includes at least one input, at least one output and at least one expert rule linking the input and the output, and wherein a second data record, including at least one therapeutic information item, is linked to at least one input data item of the first data record, the apparatus comprising:

means for determining the at least one input data item from at least one parameter in the at least one therapeutic information item of the second data record, and supplied to the first data record; and

means for at least one of outputting and storing, using the at least one input data item, at least one individual therapeutic advice item in the form of an output data item.