System and method for management of clinical supply operations
First Claim
1. A system for automatically generating orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
- an input interface to receive supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event captured from at least one clinically related site; and
a supply chain engine, the supply chain engine communicating with the input interface to update supply inventory data to account for the supply consumption data and run reports against supply inventory data, and automatically generate orders for clinically related supplies based upon a state of the supply inventory data.
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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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1. A system for automatically generating orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
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an input interface to receive supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event captured from at least one clinically related site; and
a supply chain engine, the supply chain engine communicating with the input interface to update supply inventory data to account for the supply consumption data and run reports against supply inventory data, and automatically generate orders for clinically related supplies based upon a state of the supply inventory data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for automatically generating orders for clinically related supplies, comprising:
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receiving supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event captured from at least one clinically related site;
updating supply inventory data to account for the supply consumption data;
running reports against the supply inventory data; and
automatically generating orders for clinically related supplies based upon a state of the supply inventory data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A transmissible order for clinically related supplies, the order for clinically related supplies being automatically generated according to a method of:
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receiving supply consumption data documented for at least one clinical event captured from at least one clinically related site;
updating supplying inventory data to account for the supply consumption data;
running reports against the supply inventory data; and
automatically generating at least one order for clinically related supplies based upon a state of the supply inventory data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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