System and method for clinical cost capture on a job cost basis
First Claim
1. A method for performing job costing in a healthcare environment, the method comprising:
- automatically retrieving information including a group of descriptive attributes from a data store, the group of descriptive attributes forming a patient encounter, wherein the descriptive attributes represent content electronically captured during patient care;
associating cost data from the data store with each descriptive attribute representative of the patient encounter retrieved from the data store; and
combining the descriptive attribute costs for the group of descriptive attributes to determine a patient encounter cost.
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Abstract
A method and system for generating job costing data are provided. The method may include performing job costing in a healthcare environment by automatically retrieving information including a group of descriptive attributes from a data store. The group of descriptive attributes may form a patient encounter and the descriptive attributes may represent content electronically captured during patient care. The method may additionally include associating cost data from the data store with each descriptive attribute representative of the patient encounter retrieved from the data store and combining the descriptive attribute costs for the group of descriptive attributes to determine a patient encounter cost.
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1. A method for performing job costing in a healthcare environment, the method comprising:
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automatically retrieving information including a group of descriptive attributes from a data store, the group of descriptive attributes forming a patient encounter, wherein the descriptive attributes represent content electronically captured during patient care;
associating cost data from the data store with each descriptive attribute representative of the patient encounter retrieved from the data store; and
combining the descriptive attribute costs for the group of descriptive attributes to determine a patient encounter cost. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for generating job costing information in a healthcare environment including automated information capture equipment, the system comprising:
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a data storage area for storing clinical data including descriptive attributes and attribute cost data;
a retrieval component for retrieving a group of descriptive attributes from the data storage area, the descriptive attributes captured by the automated information capture equipment, the retrieved descriptive attribute group forming a patient encounter;
an association component for associating each retrieved descriptive attribute with a cost stored as attribute cost data; and
an implementation component including a mechanism for generating job costing information indicating a patient encounter cost based on created associations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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