Document Deficiency and Workflow Management System

• US 20070282636A1
• Filed: 04/05/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Racis, Frank W., Hernandez, Andres, Sauk, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US11/696,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A healthcare document processing system processes a document deficiency preventing a patient record from being designated complete. The system includes a repository including deficiency chain data identifying, for a particular patient multiple document deficiencies, individual document deficiency type, an order for addressing the document deficiencies and a process type to be used in processing an individual deficiency type for providing a completed patient record. A data processor automatically associates multiple delinquency dates with corresponding multiple document deficiencies identified by chain data for the particular patient and an individual delinquency date identifies a date by which an associated individual document deficiency is to be resolved.

Claims

1. A healthcare document processing system for processing a document deficiency preventing a patient record from being designated complete, comprising:

a repository including deficiency chain data identifying, for a particular patient a plurality of document deficiencies, individual document deficiency type, an order for addressing said document deficiencies and a process type to he used in processing an individual deficiency type for providing a completed patient record; and

a data processor for automatically associating a plurality of delinquency dates with a corresponding plurality of document deficiencies identified by chain data for said particular patient and an individual delinquency date identifies a date by which an associated individual document deficiency is to he resolved.

2. A system according to claim 1, including

a user interface enabling a user to enter data and to override an automatically generated delinquency date.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said data processor automatically generates a delinquency date in response to a deficiency type associated with at least one of, (a) a patient admission date and (b) a patient discharge date.

4. A system according to claim 3, wherein

said data processor automatically generates said delinquency date for a particular deficiency type based on a predetermined period from said patient admission date or said patient discharge date.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said data processor automatically generates a delinquency date in response to a deficiency type associated with at least one of, (a) a task allocation date and (b) a system aging date and

said data processor automatically generates said delinquency date for a particular deficiency type based on a predetermined period from said task allocation date or said system aging date.

6. A system according to claim 1, including

an alert processor for automatically initiating communication of a message to a user at a time a predetermined period prior to a delinquency date to prompt said user to resolve a deficiency associated with said delinquency date.

7. A system according to claim 1, including

a workflow processor for initiating a scheduled sequence of tasks to be provided to one or more workers compatible with said plurality of delinquency dates.

8. A healthcare document processing system for processing a document deficiency preventing a patient record from being designated complete, comprising:

a repository including deficiency chain data identifying, for a particular patient a plurality of document deficiencies, individual document deficiency type, an order for addressing said document deficiencies and a process type to be used in processing an individual deficiency type for providing a completed patient record; and

a data processor for associating a plurality of automatically determined delinquency dates with a corresponding plurality of document deficiencies identified by chain data for said particular patient and an individual delinquency date identifies a date by which an associated individual document deficiency is to be resolved relative to at least one of, (a) a patient admission date and (b) a patient discharge date.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein

said data processor automatically determines said delinquency dates for said corresponding plurality of document deficiencies identified by chain data based on a predetermined period from said patient admission date or said patient discharge date.

10. A system according to claim 9, including

a workflow processor for initiating a scheduled sequence of tasks to be provided to one or more workers in response to said automatically determined delinquency dates.

11. A system according to claim 10, including

said workflow processor employs a workflow engine comprising a processor executing in response to predetermined process definitions that implement processes responsive to events and event associated data.

12. A system according to claim 9, including

a user interface processor for generating data representing at least one display image enabling a user to configure delinquency dates to be associated with corresponding types of deficiency.

13. A method for processing a document deficiency preventing a patient record from being designated complete, comprising the activities of:

storing deficiency chain data in a repository, said deficiency chain data identifying, for a particular patient a plurality of document deficiencies, individual document deficiency type, an order for addressing said document deficiencies and a process type to be used in processing an individual deficiency type for providing a completed patient record; and

associating a plurality of automatically determined delinquency dates with a corresponding plurality of document deficiencies identified by chain data for said particular patient and an individual delinquency date identifies a date by which an associated individual document deficiency is to be resolved relative to at least one of, (a) a patient admission date and (b) a patient discharge date.