System and method for external input of disease management algorithm

• US 20050107672A1
• Filed: 10/06/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Recare Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Recare Incorporated
• Inventors: Wohl, Eric, Dahlin, Michael D., Lipscher, Randolph B.
• Application Number:
  US10/959,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20050107672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to a system including a disease management advisor system configured to receive a disease management algorithm from a disease management advisor. The system further includes a healthcare provider system communicatively coupled to the disease management advisor system and configured to receive the disease management algorithm from the disease management advisor system. The system also includes a conversion module accessible to the healthcare provider system and configured to convert the disease management algorithm based on a controlled medical vocabulary.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a disease management advisor system configured to receive a disease management algorithm from a disease management advisor;

a healthcare provider system communicatively coupled to the disease management advisor system and configured to receive the disease management algorithm from the disease management advisor system; and

a conversion module accessible to the healthcare provider system and configured to convert the disease management algorithm based on a controlled medical vocabulary.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the healthcare provider system is configured to provide an interface based on the disease management algorithm.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the healthcare provider system is configured to receive patient medical information and provide the interface in response to the patient medical information.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the patient medical information has an associated mapping to the controlled medical vocabulary.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the patient medical information includes medical findings input.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the disease management algorithm is coded in an XML format.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the disease management algorithm includes a set of payer rules.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the disease management algorithm includes a text message to be displayed based on a medical criteria.

9. A disease management system comprising:

an input interface configured to receive a disease management algorithm;

a selection module configured to select a set of recipients for the disease management algorithm; and

a transmission module configured to transmit the disease management algorithm to a healthcare provider system associated with at least one recipient of the set of recipients.

10. The disease management system of claim 9, wherein the set of recipients includes a physician.

11. The disease management system of claim 10, wherein the physician and the disease management message are associated with a specific patient.

12. The disease management system of claim 9, wherein the disease management algorithm includes a set of rules associated with a specific payer and wherein the set of recipients include physicians eligible to examine patients associated with the specific payer.

13. A healthcare provider system comprising:

an algorithm reception interface for receiving a disease management algorithm;

storage responsive to the algorithm reception interface and configured to store the disease management algorithm; and

a medical data module configured to provide a medical data based on the disease management algorithm.

14. The healthcare provider system of claim 13, wherein the medical data module is configured to transmit patient medical data to a remote disease management advisor system.

15. The healthcare provider system of claim 13, further comprising an electronic medical records module configured to provide a medical data interface and configured to receive patient medical information.

16. The healthcare provider system of claim 15, wherein the patient medical information includes data selected from a group consisting of patient identification, medical findings, healthcare provider identification, and medical workflow task.

17. The healthcare provider system of claim 15, wherein the medical data interface is provided in response to receiving the patient medical information.

18. The healthcare provider system of claim 15, wherein the medical data interface includes an order interface.

19. The healthcare provider system of claim 18, wherein the order interface includes a warning associated with an order violation.

20. The healthcare provider system of claim 15, wherein the medical data interface includes a message associated with a patient.

21. The healthcare provider system of claim 15, wherein the medical data interface includes a prescription interface that includes a warning associated with a formulary violation.

22. A method of disease management, the method comprising:

receiving a disease management algorithm from a disease management advisor;

mapping the disease management algorithm to a controlled medical vocabulary; and

providing a medical data entry interface based on the controlled medical vocabulary, the medical data entry interface configured based on the disease management algorithm.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising receiving patient medical information via the medical data entry interface.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the patient medical information includes medical findings data associated with the controlled medical vocabulary.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the patient medical information includes prescription data.