Procedure based decision support

• US 20060179015A1
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Morita, Mark M., Rai, Khaldoun A., Fors, Steven L.
• Application Number:
  US10/997,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20060179015A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method and computer instructions for providing procedure based decision support. In an embodiment, a procedure based decision support system includes a procedure input module that allows a user to input a procedure; a procedure identification module that identifies procedures that are the same and/or similar to the input procedure; and an output module that outputs information based on the identified procedures. The procedure based decision support system may also include a decision support activation module that activates the procedure based decision support system, for example.

Claims

1. A procedure based decision support system for use with medical procedures comprising:

a procedure input module that allows a user to input a procedure;

a procedure identification module capable of at least one of the following;

identifying procedures similar to the procedure input into the procedure input module and;

identifying procedures that are the same type as the procedure input into the procedure input module; and

an output module that outputs information based on the procedures identified by the procedure identification module.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said output module outputs the procedures identified by the procedure identification module.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said output module outputs procedures based on the type of procedure input into the procedure input module.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said output module outputs a contact list based on the procedures identified by the procedure identification module.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said output module outputs a contact list based on the type of procedure input into the procedure input module.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the output module outputs information such that the output information can be compared to the input procedure.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a decision support activation module that activates the decision support system.

8. A method for providing procedure based decision support comprising:

inputting a medical procedure;

identifying at least one of prior procedures similar to the input procedure; and

prior procedures that are the same type as the input procedure; and

outputting information based on the identified procedures.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information output is the identified procedures.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the information output is based on the procedure type of the input procedure.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the information output is a contact list based on the identified procedures.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the information output is a contact list based on the procedure type of the input procedure.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the output information is output such that the output information can be compared to the input procedure.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising activating procedure based decision support.

15. A computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for a computer for use with medical procedures, the set of instructions comprising:

a procedure input routine that allows a user to input a procedure;

a procedure identification routine capable of at least one of the following;

identifying procedures similar to the procedure input into the procedure input routine and;

identifying procedures that are the same type as the procedure input into the procedure input routine; and

an output routine that outputs information based on the procedures identified by the procedure identification routine.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said output routine outputs the procedures identified by the procedure identification routine.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said output routine outputs procedures based on the type of procedure input into the procedure input routine.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said output routine outputs a contact list based on the procedures identified by the procedure identification routine.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said output routine outputs a contact list based on the type of procedure input into the procedure input routine.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the output routine outputs information such that the output information can be compared to the input procedure.

21. The system of claim 15, further comprising a decision support activation routine that activates the decision support system.