SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROFILING CLINIC WORKFLOW

• US 20080243896A1
• Filed: 03/28/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sitomer, Joseph, Stoval, William Murray
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical information workflow profiling system including a workflow engine adapted to collect profiling data for a healthcare workflow task and a profiling processor adapted to analyze the profiling data to determine an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task.

Claims

1. A clinical information workflow profiling system, the system including:

a workflow engine adapted to collect profiling data for a healthcare workflow task; and

a profiling processor adapted to analyze the profiling data to determine an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the profiling data includes timing data for the healthcare workflow task.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the profiling data includes actor data for the healthcare workflow task.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes calculating at least one of a combination and a permutation of the profiling data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining whether a first task can be performed in parallel with a second task in the alternative configuration, wherein the first task and the second task are included in the healthcare workflow task, and wherein the first task and the second task are ordered sequentially in the healthcare workflow task.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining an alternative order for a first task and a second task in the alternative configuration, wherein the first task and the second task are included in the healthcare workflow task, wherein the first task is ordered before the second task in the healthcare workflow task.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining a first task is unnecessary, wherein the first task is included in the healthcare workflow task.

8. The system of claim 1, further including a report component adapted to provide statistics for the healthcare workflow task, wherein the statistics are based at least in part on the profiling data.

9. The system of claim 1, further including a report component adapted to provide a recommendation to a user, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on the determined alternative configuration.

10. A method for profiling workflow in a healthcare environment, the method including:

collecting profiling data for a healthcare workflow task;

analyzing the profiling data; and

determining an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task based at least in part on analysis of the profiling data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the profiling data includes timing data for the healthcare workflow task.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the profiling data includes actor data for the healthcare workflow task.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes calculating at least one of a combination and a permutation of the profiling data.

14. The method of claim 10, further including determining whether a first task can be performed in parallel with a second task, wherein the first and second tasks are in the workflow and the first and second tasks are ordered sequentially.

15. The method of claim 10, further including determining whether a second task can be performed before a first task, wherein the first and second tasks are in the workflow and the first task is ordered before the second task.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining a first task is unnecessary, wherein the first task is included in the healthcare workflow task.

17. The method of claim 10, further including providing an alternative workflow to a user, wherein the alternative workflow is based on the alternative configuration.

18. The method of claim 10, further including a providing a recommendation to a user, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on the determined alternative configuration.

19. The method of claim 10, further including generating an efficiency report, wherein the efficiency report includes statistics on the healthcare workflow task.

20. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a collection routine adapted to collect profiling data for a healthcare workflow task;

an analysis routine adapted to analyzing the profiling data; and

a configuration routine adapted to determine an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task based at least in part on analysis of the profiling data.