NURSING HOME EVALUATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for generating resource allocation determinations for a nursing home facility, the system comprising:
- a computer operable to provide a base assessment model modeled after a Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the Quality Indicator Survey comprises questions addressing a plurality of resident care areas, the plurality of resident care areas relating to at least one of choices, dignity, abuse, health, personal property, or quality;
a network portal interface operable to provide a set of assessment questions to an assessor terminal, the set of assessment questions relating to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas comprised in the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the assessor terminal is operable to;
provide the set of assessment questions to an assessor; and
receive responses to the set of assessment questions based on answers provided to the assessor by a set of respondents, wherein the set of respondents comprises at least one of a resident of the nursing home facility, a relative of the resident of the nursing home facility, or an employee of the nursing home facility;
a response processing unit in operative communication with the network portal interface and the computer and operable to generate quality scores for each of the plurality of resident care areas based on the responses, each quality score being indicative of a likelihood of citation in each resident care area as a function of data derived from the Quality Indicator Survey;
a display generation unit in operative communication with the response processing unit and operable to display each quality score graphically in relation to its resident care area as a function of the data derived from the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein displaying each quality score comprises;
displaying a first data range in relation to a graphical scale, the first data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of a substantial certainty of citation in the resident care area;
displaying a second data range in relation to the graphical scale, the second data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of an uncertain likelihood of citation in the resident care area;
displaying a third data range in relation to the graphical scale, the third data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of a substantial certainty of no citation in the resident care area; and
displaying an indicator indicating a location of the quality score in relation to the graphical scale; and
an allocation determination unit, in operative communication with the response processing unit, and operable to formulate a resource allocation determination as a function of at least one of the quality scores.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for generating resource allocation determinations for a nursing home facility, the system comprising:
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a computer operable to provide a base assessment model modeled after a Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the Quality Indicator Survey comprises questions addressing a plurality of resident care areas, the plurality of resident care areas relating to at least one of choices, dignity, abuse, health, personal property, or quality; a network portal interface operable to provide a set of assessment questions to an assessor terminal, the set of assessment questions relating to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas comprised in the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the assessor terminal is operable to; provide the set of assessment questions to an assessor; and receive responses to the set of assessment questions based on answers provided to the assessor by a set of respondents, wherein the set of respondents comprises at least one of a resident of the nursing home facility, a relative of the resident of the nursing home facility, or an employee of the nursing home facility; a response processing unit in operative communication with the network portal interface and the computer and operable to generate quality scores for each of the plurality of resident care areas based on the responses, each quality score being indicative of a likelihood of citation in each resident care area as a function of data derived from the Quality Indicator Survey; a display generation unit in operative communication with the response processing unit and operable to display each quality score graphically in relation to its resident care area as a function of the data derived from the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein displaying each quality score comprises; displaying a first data range in relation to a graphical scale, the first data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of a substantial certainty of citation in the resident care area; displaying a second data range in relation to the graphical scale, the second data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of an uncertain likelihood of citation in the resident care area; displaying a third data range in relation to the graphical scale, the third data range representing a range of scores in the resident care area indicative of a substantial certainty of no citation in the resident care area; and displaying an indicator indicating a location of the quality score in relation to the graphical scale; and an allocation determination unit, in operative communication with the response processing unit, and operable to formulate a resource allocation determination as a function of at least one of the quality scores.
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2. A method for generating information for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, the method comprising:
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providing a set of assessment questions to an assessor, the set of assessment questions being; based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a plurality of resident care areas; and related to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas; receiving responses to at least a portion of the set of assessment questions; processing the responses to generate an assessment dataset; generating a quality score for at least one of the resident care areas, the quality score being based on the assessment dataset and indicative of a likelihood of citation in the resident care area associated with the quality score, as a function of data derived from the base assessment model; and displaying the quality score graphically in relation to the data derived from the base assessment model. - View Dependent Claims (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, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of a computer interface, the computer-readable program including instructions for generating information for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility in accordance with the following:
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providing a set of assessment questions to an assessor via the computer interface, the set of assessment questions being based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a plurality of resident care areas, and related to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas; receiving, via the computer interface, responses to at least a portion of the set of assessment questions, at least a portion of the responses relating to answers provided to the assessor by a set of respondents; processing the responses to generate an assessment dataset; and generating a quality score for at least one of the resident care areas, the quality score being based on the assessment dataset and indicative of a likelihood of citation in the resident care area as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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