System and method for developing and managing the healthcare plans of patients with one or more health conditions

• US 20060004609A1
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
• Inventors: Michael, Steinmetz, Bahram, Shamsian, Kenneth, Babamoto
• Application Number:
  US10/997,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20060004609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

The present invention is an automated disease management system designed to assist healthcare providers in the care management of patients with one or more health conditions. More particularly, this invention relates to a system and method for assisting healthcare providers in developing and monitoring the implementation of patient care plans.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method for assisting a user in developing, administering and monitoring healthcare wellness management plans over extended periods for patients having patient specific conditions, and permitting the viewing of data organized from a plurality of perspectives including at least the perspectives of patients, healthcare providers and tasks related to a patient'"'"'s healthcare plan to be administered by the providers, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a processor having associated input, memory and display means;

(b) retrievably storing data in said memory means with said data comprising (i) patient records having multiple fields of health-related data for each of a plurality of patients, (ii) healthcare plan data, (iii) patient demographics, (iv) information about a plurality of healthcare providers and (v) healthcare tasks relating to each patient and assigned to providers;

(c) displaying on said display means at least one of;

(i) a task view that presents a list of tasks scheduled for accomplishment by a provider during a selected time period;

(ii) a provider view that presents, at the user'"'"'s option, either a list of providers and a first body of information about each provider or a second, more extensive, body of information about a particular one of said providers; and

(iii) a patients view that presents, at the user'"'"'s option, either a list of patients and associated general information or individual patient records, each patient record comprising a plurality of fields of healthcare-related data viewable, at the election of the provider, from the perspective of one or more of the group of aspects comprising demographics, enrollment data, medication, clinical information, notes, care plan and task list;

(d) if applicable using the input means for entering into the memory means a new or modified patient record comprising health-related data collected during a patient interaction with the user, the record including at least demographic data, healthcare history data, appointment notes, clinical notes and care plan actions, the care plan actions including, at the user'"'"'s option, the assigning of a provider to the patient based on data received during a patient interaction;

(e) retrieving a selected care plan from the memory means and presenting on the display means guidelines and possible interventions related to the plan thereby permitting the user to select a particular care management plan for a patient from various care plans; and

(f) creating a care management plan for each of said plurality of patients having at least one health condition.

11. The method according to claim 10, further including the step of selecting care management plans in response to various information collected regarding one of the patients.

12. The method according to claim 11, further including the step of devising a care management plan for at least one of said patients by allowing the user to select from various care plans, wherein said care management plan can be uniquely created by said user for said plurality of patients having at least one fitness and wellness goal.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said care management plans comprise categories selected by the user.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said categories comprise associated action items.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said action items comprise items selected from the group consisting of fitness and wellness programs, fitness and wellness goals, medications, testing and monitoring programs, informational programs, care plan goals, family and social support programs, disease specific organizations, signs and symptoms, self-monitoring programs and miscellaneous action items selected by user.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said miscellaneous action items are created to manage the healthcare plan of a patient, wherein said patient has unique health conditions that are not manageable by the selection of any existing miscellaneous action items.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the user assigns said action items to another user selected from the group consisting of physician, healthcare manager, and patient.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the patient is assigned the role of monitoring one or more action items selected by the user for her care plan.

19. The method according to claim 10, wherein the patient specific conditions comprise at least one of the conditions of alcoholism, asthma, high cholesterol, compliance, diabetes, high blood pressure, and smoking-related conditions.

20. A system for effecting the method of claim 10, comprising:

(a) said processor and display means;

(b) the memory means being programmed for retrievably storing data comprising

(i) patient records having multiple fields of health-related data for each of a plurality of patients,

(ii) healthcare plan data,

(iii) patient demographics,

(iv) information about a plurality of healthcare providers and

(v) healthcare tasks relating to each patient and assigned to providers;

(c) means including the input means for entering into the memory means a new or modified patient record comprising health-related data collected during a patient interaction with the user, the record including at least demographic data, healthcare history data, appointment notes, clinical notes and care plan actions, the care plan actions including, at the user'"'"'s option, the assigning of a provider to the patient based on data received during a patient interaction; and

(d) means responsive to selection of a care plan by a user for retrieving from the memory means and presenting on the display means guidelines and possible interventions related to the plan and for permitting the user to select particular care management plan for a patient from the various care plans, wherein said care management plan can be uniquely created by said user for said plurality of patients having at least one health condition.

21. The system according to claim 20, further including means for selecting care management plans in response to various information collected regarding one of the patients.

22. The system according to claim 21, further including means for devising a care management plan for at least one of said patients by allowing the user to select from various care plans, wherein said care management plan can be uniquely created by said user for said plurality of patients having at least one fitness and wellness goal.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein said care management plans comprise categories selected by the user.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein said categories comprise associated action items.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein said action items comprise items selected from the group consisting of fitness and wellness programs, fitness and wellness goals, medications, testing and monitoring programs, informational programs, care plan goals, family and social support programs, disease specific organizations, signs and symptoms, self-monitoring programs and miscellaneous action items selected by user.

26. The system according to claim 25, wherein said system permits the user to assign said action items to another user selected from the group consisting of physician, healthcare manager, and patient.