Automated system and method for prioritization of waiting patients
First Claim
1. A computerized method for automated prioritization of waiting patients, comprising the steps of:
- for a plurality of patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one medical factor associated with each patient'"'"'s medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of the patient, and (d) a demographic statistic of the patient;
for the plurality of the patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one subjective perception associated each patient'"'"'s medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) anxiety of the patient, (b) anxiety of the referring physician, (c) anxiety of the reviewing attendee, and (d) whether the referring physician ordered the case STAT;
ordering, by a computerized algorithm, the plurality of patients for at least one of (a) medical treatment and (b) medical assessment, based at least upon a combination of the at least one medical factor and the at least one subjective perception gathered for each of the plurality of patients.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an automated triage system performs a computerized method that includes the steps of: (1) for plurality of patients, gathering medical factor(s) associated with each patient'"'"'s medical condition, where the medical condition may be (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of a patient, and/or (d) a demographic statistic of the patient; (2) for the same plurality of patients, gathering subjective perception(s) associated with each patient'"'"'s medical condition, which may be (a) the anxiety of the patient, (b) the anxiety/concern of the referring physician, and/or (c) the anxiety of the reviewing attendee; and (3) ordering, by a computerized algorithm, the plurality of patients for medical treatment and/or medical assessment, based upon the medical factors and subjective perceptions gathered for each of the plurality of patients. The method may also include the step of gathering operational aspect(s), such as (a) waiting time of the patient, (b) medical treatment facilities availability, (c) medical treatment staff availability, (d) medical assessment facilities availability, and/or (e) medical assessment staff availability; where the ordering step includes the step of ordering, by the computer algorithm, the plurality of patients for medical treatment and/or medical assessment, based at least upon the medical factors, subjective perceptions and operational aspects gathered for each of the plurality of patients.
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53 Claims
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1. A computerized method for automated prioritization of waiting patients, comprising the steps of:
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for a plurality of patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one medical factor associated with each patient'"'"'s medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of the patient, and (d) a demographic statistic of the patient; for the plurality of the patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one subjective perception associated each patient'"'"'s medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) anxiety of the patient, (b) anxiety of the referring physician, (c) anxiety of the reviewing attendee, and (d) whether the referring physician ordered the case STAT; ordering, by a computerized algorithm, the plurality of patients for at least one of (a) medical treatment and (b) medical assessment, based at least upon a combination of the at least one medical factor and the at least one subjective perception gathered for each of the plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34)
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29. A computerized method for automated prioritization of waiting patients, comprising the steps of:
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for a plurality of patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one medical factor associated with each patient'"'"'s medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of the patient, (d) a reason for seeking a medical treatment, and (e) a reason for seeking a medical assessment; for the plurality of patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one demographic item associated with each patient; for the plurality of the patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one operational aspect taken from a group consisting of (a) whether the patient is waiting or not, (b) waiting time of the patient, (c) medical treatment facilities availability, (d) medical treatment staff availability, (e) medical assessment facilities availability, and (f) medical assessment staff availability; ordering, by a computerized algorithm, the plurality of patients for at least one of (a) medical treatment and (b) medical assessment, based at least upon a combination of the at least one operational aspect and at least one of (i) the at least one medical factor and (ii) the at least one demographic item gathered for each of the plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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35. A computerized method for automated prioritization of waiting patients, comprising the steps of:
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ordering, by a computerized algorithm, a plurality of patients for at least one of (a) medical treatment and (b) medical assessment, based at least upon a combination of two or more of, (i) at least one operational aspect, (ii) at least one medical factor, (iii) at least one demographic item, and (iv) at least one subjective perception gathered for each of the plurality of patients; the algorithm applies weights to the two or more of, (i) the at least one operational aspect, (ii) the at least one medical factor, (iii) the at least one demographic item, and (iv) the at least one subjective perception gathered for each of the plurality of patients; and collecting mental heuristics of a plurality of experienced professionals who perform the at least one medical treatment or medical assessment and calculating the weights based upon, at least in part, the collected mental heuristics; the at least one operational aspect being taken from a group consisting of (a) whether the patient is waiting or not, (b) waiting time of the patient, (c) medical treatment facilities availability, (d) medical treatment staff availability, (e) medical assessment facilities availability, and (f) medical assessment staff availability; the at least one medical factor being condition taken from a group consisting of (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of the patient, (d) a reason for seeking a medical treatment, and (e) a reason for seeking a medical assessment; and the at least one subjective perception being taken from a group consisting of (a) anxiety of the patient, (b) anxiety of the referring physician, and (c) anxiety of the reviewing attendee. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for processing radiology cases comprising the steps of:
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providing a software tool on a computer server accessible by a plurality of workstations coupled to the computer server over a computer network, wherein the software tool has access to a plurality of radiology case files corresponding to a plurality of pending radiology cases, and wherein the plurality of radiology case files includes information sufficient for one or more radiologists to conduct radiological examinations on the plurality of pending radiology cases; assigning, with the assistance of the software tool, one or more of the plurality of pending radiology cases to a first radiologist and one or more of the remaining plurality of pending radiology cases to a second radiologist; accessing the software tool over the computer network by the first radiologist utilizing a first one of a plurality of workstations to view one or more radiology case files pertaining to a pending radiology case assigned to the first radiologist, and recording an examination of the pending radiology case assigned to the first radiologist in the software tool by the first radiologist utilizing the first one of the plurality of workstations; removing, by the software tool, the pending radiology case assigned to the first radiologist from the plurality of pending radiology cases; accessing the software tool over the computer network by the second radiologist utilizing a second one of a plurality of workstations to view one or more radiology case files pertaining to a pending radiology case assigned to the second radiologist, and recording an examination of the pending radiology case assigned to the second radiologist in the software tool by the second radiologist utilizing the second one of the plurality of workstations; and removing, by the software tool, the pending radiology case assigned to the second radiologist from the plurality of pending radiology cases. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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