Monitoring Clinical Processes for Process Optimization
First Claim
1. A method, implemented at least in part in a clinical computing environment, for monitoring a current clinical process within one or more clinical facilities, the method comprising:
- providing at least one opportunity for clinical process improvement within the current clinical process based on an optimized practice process model;
providing at least one rule for determining whether a variance condition is present in the at least one opportunity;
accessing clinically-related data from the current clinical process;
comparing the clinically-related data against the at least one rule to determine if the variance condition is present; and
if the variance condition is present, providing an indication of the variance condition.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring 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. The opportunities may also be monitored using one or more rules to determine if a variance condition is present.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, implemented at least in part in a clinical computing environment, for monitoring a current clinical process within one or more clinical facilities, the method comprising:
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providing at least one opportunity for clinical process improvement within the current clinical process based on an optimized practice process model;
providing at least one rule for determining whether a variance condition is present in the at least one opportunity;
accessing clinically-related data from the current clinical process;
comparing the clinically-related data against the at least one rule to determine if the variance condition is present; and
if the variance condition is present, providing an indication of the variance condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, implemented at least in part in a clinical computing environment, for monitoring a current clinical process within one or more clinical facilities, the method comprising:
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providing at least one rule for determining whether a variance condition is present in the current clinical process;
accessing one or more current measures from the current clinical process, the one or more current measures corresponding with one or more critical levers defined by an optimized practice process model;
comparing at least one of the one or more current measures against the at least one rule to determine if the variance condition is present; and
if the variance condition is present, providing an indication of the variance condition. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computerized system in a clinical environment for monitoring a current clinical process within one or more clinical facilities, the system comprising:
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a first interface to a rule database, the rule database comprising at least one rule for determining whether a variance condition is present in the current clinical process a second interface to a data store storing one or more current measures from the current clinical process, the one or more current measures corresponding with one or more critical levers defined by an optimized practice process model; and
a knowledge manager communicating with the rule database via the first interface and the data store via the second interface, the knowledge manager configured to compare at least one of the one or more current measures against the at least one rule to determine if the variance condition is present, and to provide an indication of the variance condition if the variance condition is present. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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