System and methods to collect, store, analyze, report, and present data

• US 20050182655A1
• Filed: 09/02/2004
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qcmetrix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Qcmetrix Incorporated
• Inventors: Miller, Craig, Tomeh, Majed, Merzlak, Steven N., Wu, Harry, Rowell, Katherine
• Application Number:
  US10/933,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20050182655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A system and method for collecting and processing surgical data as provided. Hospitals act as local sites and collect data associated with surgical procedures performed therein. The local sites send data to a central site which processes the data and provides recommendations back to the local sites. The recommendations are used by the local sites to improve surgical protocols and procedures.

Claims

1. A system for processing data comprising:

a source site for collecting data pertaining to procedures performed therein;

a receiving site for accepting data from said source site; and

a network coupling said source site to said receiving site.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said source site is a hospital.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said receiving site is a central site.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said central site is participating in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said network is the internet.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said procedures are surgical procedures.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said receiving site processes said accepted data to produce a result.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said result is used by a feedback processor operating in conjunction with said receiving site.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said feedback processor sends a report to said source site.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said source site uses said report to improve operating procedures associated with said surgical procedures.

11. A method for processing hospital data, said method comprising the steps of:

generating a data set;

transmitting said data set over a network;

receiving said data set at a receiver; and

processing said data set.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein a hospital generates said data set.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said data set includes patient surgical data.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said transmitted data is blinded so as to obscure a patient'"'"'s identity.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said receiver is a central site participating in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the receiver utilizes a feedback processor.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said feedback processor provides a result to said hospital.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said hospital uses said result to improve its surgical procedures.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising providing XML-based data stored at a local site and a central site.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising providing a plurality of interface programs and a loader at the local site to load data for transmission over the network.

21. A system for collecting and processing peri-operative data comprising:

a source site for collecting data pertaining to procedures performed therein;

a receiving site for accepting data from said source site; and

a network coupling said source site to said receiving site.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein said source site is a healthcare facility.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein said healthcare facility is an outpatient treatment facility.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein said healthcare facility is a hospital

25. The system of claim 21 wherein said procedure is a therapeutic procedure performed on a patient.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein said source site further comprises:

a workstation for entering data, editing data, tracking data, transporting data, storing data and printing data associated with said therapeutic procedure.

27. The system of claim 26 further comprising:

a data transport module for extracting data from an external source for transforming an XML document prior to transmission from said source site to said receiving site.

28. The system of claim 27 further comprising:

a monitor for receiving aggregated feedback data from said receiving site, said aggregated feedback data used by said source site for modifying processes and procedures utilized at said source site.

29. The system of claim 28 further comprising:

a module operating in conjunction with said receiving site for parsing said XML document and for storing data associated therewith in a memory, said memory further used in conjunction with a data analysis module for manipulating said data associated with said XML document.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein said data analysis module generates a result used for evaluating said source site against a determined time period.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein said result is further used to compare said source site to a plurality of other source sites communicatively coupled to said receiving site.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said source site collects patient data prior to, during and after said therapeutic procedure is performed.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein said receiving site participates in a program having guidelines for collecting and using data obtained from said source site and said plurality of other source sites.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein said network is an Internet network.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein said therapeutic procedure is capable of influencing the outcome of a physical condition associated with said patient.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein said peri-operative data is comprised of:

pre-operative data consisting of data associated with said patient before application of said therapeutic procedure;

intra-operative data consisting of data associated with said patient during the application of said therapeutic procedure; and

post-operative data consisting of data associated with said patient after the application of said therapeutic procedure.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein said receiving site processes said pre-operative data, said intra-operative data and said post-operative data, and wherein said processing involves analyzing a relationship between said pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative data.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein said relationship is utilized by a feedback processor for improving and modifying the application of said therapeutic procedures to other patients having similar pre-operative or intra-operative data.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein said improving and said modifying produces desirable post-operative outcomes.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein said result includes summary information for said source site and said plurality of other source sites and said summary information is stratified by statistical means to remove random noises from each of said source sites to produce meaningful data capable of use in making comparisons among said source sites.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein said result includes a predictor function for predicting said post-operative outcome based on said pre-operative data and said post-operative data.

42. The system of claim 41 wherein said result is used in conjunction with national benchmarking.

43. The system of claim 42 wherein said result categorizes said source site data according geography, size of said source site and purpose of said source site.

44. The system of claim 43 wherein said summary result is viewable in real-time.

45. The system of claim 44 wherein said feedback processor transmits said summary result to said local site.

46. The system of claim 45 wherein said source site uses said summary data to improve application of said therapeutic procedures.

47. The system of claim 46 wherein a data collection process utilized by said source site may be validated for accuracy using statistical sampling techniques.

48. The system of claim 47 wherein said workstation is a management workstation for allowing a user to manually enter and edit data.

49. The system of claim 48 further comprising:

site specific data filtering for removing confidential information from said data.

50. The system of claim 49 further comprising:

a plurality of external databases communicatively coupled with said source site, said plurality of other source sites, or said receiving site.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein data is extracted from said plurality of databases using industry standard protocols.

52. The system of claim 51 wherein said industry standard protocols include ODBC and JDBC.

53. The system of claim 52 further comprising:

a mapping interface for transforming an ODBC compliant data into an XML compatible schema.

54. The system of claim 53 further comprising:

a traffic monitor for measuring and reporting on the volume of data traffic exchanged between said source site and said receiving site.

55. The system of claim 54 wherein said traffic monitor further sends an alert signal to said local site if said data traffic volume drops below a threshold.

56. The system of claim 55 further comprising:

a care monitor for displaying information useful for improving said therapeutic procedures.

57. The system of claim 56 wherein said care monitor further comprises:

a printer.

58. The system of claim 57 wherein said displayed information includes graphs that are easy for a user to comprehend.

59. The system of claim 58 wherein said graphs contain time series data of aggregated results.