System and method for management of clinical supply operations
First Claim
1. A system for automatically fulfilling orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
- an interface to a supply chain engine, the supply chain engine automatically generating at least one order for clinically related supplies based upon supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event reported from at least one clinically related site; and
a fulfillment engine, communicating with the interface to the supply chain engine, the fulfillment engine triggering delivery of clinically related supplies based at least upon the at least one order for clinically related supplies.
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Abstract
A system and related techniques generate and track clinical supply orders, policies, individual or aggregate consumption and automated billing, ordering and fulfillment functions via an integrated clinical platform. A patient supply record may be generated for individual patients which traces the consumption of surgical, disposable, pharmaceutical and other supplies throughout a medical encounter or series of encounters or treatment. Physician supply preferences may be aggregated and analyzed to derive value leverage, for instance through volume pricing or conforming department supplies to standard practices. In implementations the supply selections of a given doctor or department or for specified categories of procedure may be analyzed in terms of ultimate patient outcomes resulting from use of those clinical supplies to identify best results and optimize other aspects of clinical operation. A supply chain engine may communicate with supply tracking resources to automatically trigger orders for different supplies, for instance through enterprise resource planning (ERP) or other channels. In embodiments the supplies and materials so ordered may be automatically fulfilled or delivered from the vendor side, for instance based on quantity threshold or closest or most efficient delivery points.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for automatically fulfilling orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
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an interface to a supply chain engine, the supply chain engine automatically generating at least one order for clinically related supplies based upon supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event reported from at least one clinically related site; and
a fulfillment engine, communicating with the interface to the supply chain engine, the fulfillment engine triggering delivery of clinically related supplies based at least upon the at least one order for clinically related supplies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for automatically fulfilling orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
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automatically generating at least one order for clinically related supplies based supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event from at least one clinically related site; and
triggering delivery of clinically related supplies based at least upon the at least one order for clinically related supplies. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A set of clinically related supplies generated for delivery, the set of clinically related supplies being generated by a method comprising:
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automatically generating at least one order for clinically related supplies based upon supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event from at least one clinically related site; and
triggering delivery of clinically related supplies based at least upon the at least one order for clinically related supplies. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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