METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF A CLINICAL CARE PLAN

• US 20110137670A1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Utterback, Karen
• Application Number:
  US12/631,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137670A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating development and execution of a clinical care plan. A method may include determining patient assessment data for a patient. The method may further include processing the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient. The method may additionally include generating a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem. Generating the care plan may include determining based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem. Generating the care plan may further include determining based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating development and execution of a clinical care plan, the method comprising:

determining patient assessment data for a patient;

processing the patient assessment data, by a clinical care unit, to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient; and

generating a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem, wherein generating the care plan comprises;

determining based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem; and

determining based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient assessment data comprises a plurality of responses to patient assessment questions, and wherein processing the patient assessment data comprises processing the plurality of responses to determine the problem by determining a problem having a predefined association with at least one of the responses, wherein the problem is defined by the system for clinical practice and documentation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system for clinical practice and documentation comprises the Omaha system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the patient assessment data further comprises processing the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon the system for clinical practice and documentation:

a classification of the problem as an individual, family, or community problem;

a classification of the problem as a health promotion, potential, or actual problem; and

a rating of the problem with respect to one or more of knowledge, behavior, or status of the problem.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the care plan further comprises assigning a determined intervention to a responsible caretaker based at least in part on a discipline of the problem.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting a clinician to verify the determined problem prior to generating the care plan; and

determining a clinician verification of accuracy of the determined problem; and

wherein generating the care plan comprises generating the care plan in response to determining the clinician verification.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining one or more International Classification of Diseases codes corresponding to the determined problem.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

comparing the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes to one or more International Classification of Diseases codes documented in a medical record for the patient to determine whether the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes are documented in the medical record; and

prompting a clinician to consider adding an International Classification of Diseases code not documented in the medical record to the medical record when one of the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes is not documented in the medical record.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining based at least in part on the patient assessment data a data set required for submission to an insurance provider.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining based at least in part on one or more of the determined problem or the patient assessment data one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers specified by a standardized terminology enabling sharing patient medical data with an electronic health record; and

providing the determined one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers for inclusion in an electronic health record for the patient.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining follow-up patient assessment data for the patient;

processing the follow-up patient assessment data to assess a status of the determined problem;

determining an effectiveness of the care plan based at least in part upon the assessed status of the determined problem and the goal of clinical care; and

updating the generated care plan based at least in part upon the determined effectiveness of the care plan.

12. An apparatus for facilitating development and execution of a clinical care plan, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to cause the apparatus to:

determine patient assessment data for a patient;

process the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient; and

generate a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem, wherein the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to generate the care plan by causing the apparatus to;

determine based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem; and

determine based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the patient assessment data comprises a plurality of responses to patient assessment questions, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to process the patient assessment data by processing the plurality of responses to determine a problem having a predefined association with at least one of the responses, wherein the problem is defined by the system for clinical practice and documentation.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to process the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon the system for clinical practice and documentation:

a classification of the problem as an individual, family, or community problem;

a classification of the problem as a health promotion, potential, or actual problem; and

a rating of the problem with respect to one or more of knowledge, behavior, or status of the problem.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to determine one or more International Classification of Diseases codes corresponding to the determined problem.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to:

compare the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes to one or more International Classification of Diseases codes documented in a medical record for the patient to determine whether the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes are documented in the medical record; and

prompt a clinician to consider adding an International Classification of Diseases code not documented in the medical record to the medical record when one of the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes is not documented in the medical record.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to determine based at least in part on the patient assessment data a data set required for submission to an insurance provider.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to:

determine based at least in part on one or more of the determined problem or the patient assessment data one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers specified by a standardized terminology enabling sharing patient medical data with an electronic health record; and

provide the determined one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers for inclusion in an electronic health record for the patient.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to at least:

determine patient assessment data for a patient;

process the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient; and

generate a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem, wherein the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to generate the care plan by causing the apparatus to;

determine based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem; and

determine based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care.

20. A computer program product for facilitating development and execution of a clinical care plan, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:

program instructions configured for determining patient assessment data for a patient;

program instructions configured for processing the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient; and

program instructions configured for generating a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem, wherein the program instructions configured for generating the care plan comprise;

program instructions configured for determining based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem; and

program instructions configured for determining based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising program instructions configured for determining one or more International Classification of Diseases codes corresponding to the determined problem.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising:

program instructions configured for comparing the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes to one or more International Classification of Diseases codes documented in a medical record for the patient to determine whether the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes are documented in the medical record; and

program instructions configured for prompting a clinician to consider adding an International Classification of Diseases code not documented in the medical record to the medical record when one of the determined one or more International Classification of Diseases codes is not documented in the medical record.

23. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising program instructions configured for determining based at least in part on the patient assessment data a data set required for submission to an insurance provider.

24. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising:

program instructions configured for determining based at least in part on one or more of the determined problem or the patient assessment data one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers specified by a standardized terminology enabling sharing patient medical data with an electronic health record; and

program instructions configured for providing the determined one or more standardized clinical terminology identifiers for inclusion in an electronic health record for the patient.

25. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising:

program instructions configured for determining follow-up patient assessment data for the patient;

program instructions configured for processing the follow-up patient assessment data to assess a status of the determined problem;

program instructions configured for determining an effectiveness of the care plan based at least in part upon the assessed status of the determined problem and the goal of clinical care; and

program instructions configured for updating the generated care plan based at least in part upon the determined effectiveness of the care plan.