PROTOCOL COMPLEXITY ANALYZER
First Claim
1. A system for planning a medical study comprising:
- a display device;
a data store comprising a plurality of medical procedures for at least one of designing and executing a medical study;
a service delivery device operatively coupled to said display device and said data store, said service delivery device including a processor and a memory for storing instructions that, in response to receiving a request to plan a medical study, cause the processor to;
select a set of procedures from said plurality of medical procedures;
assign a work effort unit for each procedure included in said set of procedures, said work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase;
calculate a complexity level for said set of procedures based on said work effort units; and
evaluate whether the complexity level is appropriate for said each procedure by comparing said calculated complexity level to a threshold level, said threshold value representing a desirable complexity level for said study.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a system and methods for planning a medical study. The system for planning a medical study includes a display device and a data store comprising a plurality of medical procedures for at least one of designing and executing a medical study. The system further includes a service delivery device operatively coupled to the display device and the data store. The service delivery device includes a processor and a memory for storing instructions. In response to receiving a request to plan a medical study, the memory causes the processor to (1) select a set of procedures from the plurality of medical procedures; (2) assign a work effort unit for each procedure included in the set of procedures, with the work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase; (3) calculate a complexity level for the set of procedures based on the work effort units; and (4) evaluate whether the complexity level is appropriate for the medical procedure by comparing the calculated complexity level to a threshold level, where the threshold value represents a desirable complexity level for the study.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for planning a medical study comprising:
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a display device; a data store comprising a plurality of medical procedures for at least one of designing and executing a medical study; a service delivery device operatively coupled to said display device and said data store, said service delivery device including a processor and a memory for storing instructions that, in response to receiving a request to plan a medical study, cause the processor to; select a set of procedures from said plurality of medical procedures; assign a work effort unit for each procedure included in said set of procedures, said work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase; calculate a complexity level for said set of procedures based on said work effort units; and evaluate whether the complexity level is appropriate for said each procedure by comparing said calculated complexity level to a threshold level, said threshold value representing a desirable complexity level for said study. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for employing a computing device to plan and execute a medical study comprising:
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selecting a set of medical procedures from a plurality of medical procedures stored in a logical structure within an electronic data store using said computing device; assigning a work effort unit to each procedure included in said set of medical procedures using a processor of said computing device, said work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase; calculating a complexity level for said set of medical procedures based on said work effort units using said processor of said computing device; and evaluating whether the complexity level is appropriate for said each procedure by using said processor of said computing device to compare said calculated complexity level to a threshold level, said threshold value representing a desirable complexity level for said study. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for employing a computing device to determine a complexity level for a medical study comprising:
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determining a work effort unit for each procedure selected from a set of medical procedures stored in a logical structure within an electronic data store, said work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase, wherein a processor in said computing device is employed to assign said work effort unit corresponding to each procedure selected from said set of medical procedures in said electronic data store; identifying all unique procedures selected from said set of medical procedures in said electronic data store; multiplying said work effort unit by a number of occurrences of each of said unique procedures selected from said set of medical procedures; and summing said multiplied work effort units. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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