System and method for management of clinical supply operations
First Claim
1. A system for managing clinically related supply procurement, comprising:
- a first interface to receive patient supply data captured from at least one clinically related site, the patient supply data comprising patient supply consumption data;
a second interface to receive care provider preference data from the at least one clinically related site; and
an analytic engine, the analytic engine communicating with the first interface and the second interface to aggregate the patient supply consumption data to evaluate comparative clinical supply policies.
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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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30 Claims
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1. A system for managing clinically related supply procurement, comprising:
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a first interface to receive patient supply data captured from at least one clinically related site, the patient supply data comprising patient supply consumption data;
a second interface to receive care provider preference data from the at least one clinically related site; and
an analytic engine, the analytic engine communicating with the first interface and the second interface to aggregate the patient supply consumption data to evaluate comparative clinical supply policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing clinically related supply procurement, comprising:
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receiving patient supply data captured from at least one clinically related site, the patient supply data comprising patient supply consumption data;
receiving care provider preference data from the at least one clinically related site; and
aggregating the patient supply consumption data to evaluate comparative clinical supply policies. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A clinically related supply policy, generated according to a method comprising:
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receiving patient supply data captured from at least one clinically related site, the patient supply data comprising patient supply consumption data;
receiving care provider preference data from the at least one clinically related site; and
aggregating the patient supply consumption data to evaluate comparative clinical supply policies. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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