DIALYSIS TREATMENT PLANNING AND COST OPTIMIZATION
First Claim
1. A method for automatically determining a cost impact of changing a dialysis treatment parameter, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a plurality of dialysis treatment parameter sets, each set corresponding to one of a plurality of patients and each having one or more dialysis treatment parameters;
retrieving, from an electronic data storage device, a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each respective dialyzer in the predetermined list of dialyzers;
iteratively calculating in the processor, for each patient, a cost impact of at least one scenario in which one or more of the dialysis treatment parameters in the dialysis treatment parameter set for that patient have been changed, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters and on a cost value of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters including changing a dialyzer for the scenario to one of the dialyzers selected from the predetermined list of dialyzers;
storing each scenario, including the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario, in the electronic data storage device so as to make each cost impact calculation available for output by the processor;
selecting, using the processor, the scenario for each patient having the most desirable cost impact; and
outputting each selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for each selected scenario.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer readable medium for dialysis treatment planning and optimization is disclosed. The system can include a processor programmed to perform operations including receiving a dialysis treatment parameter set and retrieving a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each dialyzer. The operations can also include iteratively calculating a cost impact of different treatment scenarios, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact and on a cost value. Each scenario can be stored along with the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario. The operations can further include selecting the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario.
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59 Claims
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1. A method for automatically determining a cost impact of changing a dialysis treatment parameter, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a processor, a plurality of dialysis treatment parameter sets, each set corresponding to one of a plurality of patients and each having one or more dialysis treatment parameters; retrieving, from an electronic data storage device, a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each respective dialyzer in the predetermined list of dialyzers; iteratively calculating in the processor, for each patient, a cost impact of at least one scenario in which one or more of the dialysis treatment parameters in the dialysis treatment parameter set for that patient have been changed, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters and on a cost value of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters including changing a dialyzer for the scenario to one of the dialyzers selected from the predetermined list of dialyzers; storing each scenario, including the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario, in the electronic data storage device so as to make each cost impact calculation available for output by the processor; selecting, using the processor, the scenario for each patient having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting each selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for each selected scenario. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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3. The method of claim 3, wherein the clinical parameter is one of an arterial pressure, a bloodline type, a desired Kt/V value, and a treatment time.
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20. A system for dialysis treatment planning and optimization, the system comprising:
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a processor coupled to a computer readable storage device, the storage device having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including; receiving, at the processor, a dialysis treatment parameter set corresponding to a patient and having one or more dialysis treatment parameters; retrieving, from the storage device, a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each respective dialyzer in the predetermined list of dialyzers; iteratively calculating a cost impact of at least one scenario in which one or more of the dialysis treatment parameters in the dialysis treatment parameter set has been changed, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters and on a cost value of changing the one or more dialysis treatment parameters including changing a dialyzer for the scenario to one of the dialyzers selected from the predetermined list of dialyzers; storing each scenario, including the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario, in the electronic data storage device so as to make each cost impact calculation available for output by the processor; selecting, using the processor, the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 58, 59)
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39. A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at the processor, a dialysis treatment parameter corresponding to a patient; retrieving, from a storage device coupled to the processor, cost and performance data for a new dialyzer; iteratively calculating a cost impact of at least one scenario in which the dialysis treatment parameter has been changed, the cost impact being determined based on a cost value of changing the dialysis treatment parameters including changing a dialyzer for the scenario to the new dialyzer; selecting, using the processor, the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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