System for automatic clinical pathway optimization
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing a clinical pathway, including a sequence of actions, the method comprising:
- providing a set of rules for deducing at least one following action;
providing patient information data;
providing a set of optimizing criteria for optimizing the clinical pathway, the optimizing criteria being pre-definable;
receiving at least one of a symptom and an initial action;
deducing, by a computer, a set of possible following actions within the clinical pathway without previously inputting a proposed clinical pathway for at least one of the received symptom and the received initial action, by at least one of applying at least one of the provided rules and applying the provided patient information data;
evaluating, by a computer, the deduced set of possible following actions by applying the provided set of optimizing criteria for deducing at least one optimal following action; and
suggesting the at least one optimal following action as a result.
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Abstract
At least one embodiment of the present invention refers to a method, a system, a computer readable medium and/or a computer program product for optimizing a clinical pathway. The clinical pathway includes a sequence of actions. In at least one embodiment, he method aims at finding the best suitable and optimal following action for a respective action. There is provided a set of rules, patient information data and optimization criteria. After having received a symptom or an action there is deduced a set of possible following actions. After having deduced all possible following actions, these possible following actions are evaluated by the optimization criteria. After evaluation the optimal following action is suggested as a result.
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1. A method for optimizing a clinical pathway, including a sequence of actions, the method comprising:
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providing a set of rules for deducing at least one following action; providing patient information data; providing a set of optimizing criteria for optimizing the clinical pathway, the optimizing criteria being pre-definable; receiving at least one of a symptom and an initial action; deducing, by a computer, a set of possible following actions within the clinical pathway without previously inputting a proposed clinical pathway for at least one of the received symptom and the received initial action, by at least one of applying at least one of the provided rules and applying the provided patient information data; evaluating, by a computer, the deduced set of possible following actions by applying the provided set of optimizing criteria for deducing at least one optimal following action; and suggesting the at least one optimal following action as a result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12)
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7. A system for optimizing a clinical pathway, including a sequence of actions, the system comprising:
a computer storing, a reception unit to receive at least one of a symptom and an initial action; a deduction unit to deduce a set of possible following actions within a clinical pathway without previously inputting a proposed clinical pathway for the at least one received symptom and the received initial action, where at least one of the deduction unit is linked to and accesses a rule database which provides rules for deducing a respective following action and the deduction unit is linked to and accesses a patient information database for providing patient information data; an evaluation unit, where the evaluation unit is linked to and accesses an optimization unit, the optimization unit being adapted for providing optimization criteria for optimizing the clinical pathway, so that the deduced following actions are evaluated; and a result unit, adapted to suggest the optimal following action as a result. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for executing a method, when the computer readable medium is loaded on to a computer, wherein the method is adapted for optimizing a clinical pathway, including a sequence of actions, the method comprising:
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providing a set of rules for deducing at least one following action; providing patient information data; providing a set of optimizing criteria for optimizing the clinical pathway, the optimizing criteria being pre-definable; receiving at least one of a symptom and an initial action; deducing a set of possible following actions within the clinical pathway without previously inputting a proposed clinical pathway for at least one of the received symptom and the received initial action, by applying at least one of at least one of the provided rules and the provided patient information data; evaluating the deduced set of possible following actions by applying the provided set of optimizing criteria for deducing at least one optimal following action; and suggesting the at least one optimal following action as a result.
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