Opportunity-Based Clinical Process Optimization
First Claim
1. A method in a clinical computing environment for identifying one or more opportunities to improve a current clinical process, the method comprising:
- accessing optimized practice process model data, the optimized practice process model data defining one or more critical levers based on an optimal clinical process;
accessing from the current clinical process one or more current measures, each of the one or more current measures corresponding with at least one of the one or more critical levers; and
comparing at least one of the one or more current measures against the optimized practice process model data to identify one or more opportunities to improve the clinical process.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for identifying opportunities for optimizing clinical processes within clinical facilities. An optimized practice process model may be defined for a particular clinical procedure, setting forth an optimal clinical process. In addition, critical levers may be identified within the optimal clinical process, representing the activities that have the greatest impact on outcomes. Clinical facilities may collect current measures for the critical levers, and the current measures may be compared against an optimal, benchmark, and/or target measure. Based on the comparison, opportunities for clinical process optimization may be identified.
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1. A method in a clinical computing environment for identifying one or more opportunities to improve a current clinical process, the method comprising:
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accessing optimized practice process model data, the optimized practice process model data defining one or more critical levers based on an optimal clinical process;
accessing from the current clinical process one or more current measures, each of the one or more current measures corresponding with at least one of the one or more critical levers; and
comparing at least one of the one or more current measures against the optimized practice process model data to identify one or more opportunities to improve the clinical process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized system in a clinical environment for identifying one or more opportunities for improving a current clinical process, the system comprising:
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a first interface to a database storing optimized practice process model data, the optimized practice process model data defining one or more critical levers within an optimal clinical process;
a second interface to a data store storing one or more current measures from the current clinical process, each of the one or more current measures corresponding with at least one of the one or more critical levers; and
a knowledge manager communicating with the database via the first interface and the data store via the second interface, the knowledge manager configured to identify one or more opportunities to improve the clinical process by comparing at least one of the one or more current measures against the optimized practice process model data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in a clinical computing environment for identifying one or more opportunities to improve a current clinical process within one or more clinical facilities, the method comprising:
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accessing optimized practice process model data, the optimized practice process model data defining one or more potential opportunities based on an optimal clinical process;
accessing clinically-related data from the clinical process based on the one or more potential opportunities defined by the optimized practice process model data; and
comparing the clinically-related data against the optimized practice process model data to identify opportunities to improve the current clinical process. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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