Clinical decision support system

• US 20070192134A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• Original Assignee: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• Inventors: Littenberg, Benjamin, Gagnon, Michael, MacLean, Charles
• Application Number:
  US11/640,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A clinical decision support system and methods are provided for the management of acute and chronic disorders.

Claims

1. A method for clinical decision support comprising:

retrieving patient clinical information from a remote data site;

performing clinical information interpretation by a guideline-based algorithm; and

reporting the clinical information interpretation to a healthcare provider and/or a patient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient clinical information is retrieved over a secure network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the clinical decision support comprises automated patient medical report generation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is used for managing a chronic medical condition of a patient.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the chronic medical condition is selected from the list consisting of:

diabetes mellitus, cholesterol related disorder, hepatitis, thyroid related disorder and cancer.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the chronic medical condition is diabetes mellitus.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient clinical information is selected from the group consisting of:

laboratory test data, X-ray data, examination and diagnosis.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the patient clinical information is laboratory test data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the laboratory test data is results from tests selected from the list consisting of:

AlC, serum lipid, urinary microalbumin to creatinine ratio (MCR), and serum creatinine.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote data site is a laboratory.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote data site is a point-of-care testing facility.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving the patient clinical information is carried out at a regular time interval.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the regular time interval is at least once a day.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the guideline-based algorithm is developed from a chronic care model.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting of clinical information interpretation is carried out by telephone, pager, e-mail, facsimile, mail or via an electronic health record interface.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting of clinical information interpretation comprises a facsimile report to the healthcare provider.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting of clinical information interpretation comprises a mail report for the patient.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting of the interpretation of clinical information comprises a facsimile report to the health-care provider and a mail report to the patient.

19. An automated electronic system for clinical decision support comprising:

a storage device for storing patient clinical information;

a processor for automatically retrieving the patient clinical information from medical facilities and

interpreting the patient clinical information by a guideline-based algorithm; and

a processor for sending the clinical information interpretation to a healthcare provider and/or patient.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the clinical decision support is a patient medical report.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the patient clinical information is patient laboratory test data.

22. A computer program product for clinical decision support comprising

computer readable code for generating and maintaining a patient registry database;

computer readable code for retrieving clinical information from a remote data site;

computer readable code for interpreting the clinical information and

computer readable code for reporting the interpretation of the clinical information.

23. A computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer program product for clinical decision support is a program for automated medical reporting.

24. The computer readable code of claim 22, wherein the retrieving of patient clinical information is carried out at regular time intervals.

25. The computer readable code of claim 22, wherein the patient clinical information is laboratory test data.

26. The computer readable code of claim 22, wherein the interpreting of patient clinical information is guideline-based.