INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS, WORKFLOW, AND REPORTING

• US 20110166871A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Zhou, Bin, Ryan, John C.
• Application Number:
  US12/446,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20110166871A1
• 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 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A risk assessment input terminal (10) displays a risk assessment template (FIG. 2) through which risk assessment information is entered of each of a plurality of patients. A care plan processor (12) assembles intervention or goal modules from a module memory (14) into care plans for the patients which are stored in a patient file memory (16). Portions of a patient'"'"'s care plan that are to be delivered to a patient each day are supplied over an electronic network (22) to a patient terminal (24) for display. Some of the modules also call for tasks to be performed. The tasks to be performed each day are retrieved by a work flow processor (30) and delivered to a plurality of care professional workstations (32). Care plan professionals complete the open tasks or transfer open tasks to another care professional and close the completed tasks. A report generator (70) generates various reports.

Claims

1. An electronic patient assistance system comprising:

an interventional or goal module memory (14) which stores a plurality of intervention or goal modules;

a patient care plan processor (12) for assembling one or more of the modules into a patient care plan for each of a plurality of patients;

a memory (16) which stores at least the patient care plan for each of the plurality of patients;

a plurality of patient terminals (24) disposed at a plurality of patient locations and connected with the care plan processor (12) by an electronic network (22); and

a risk assessment input terminal (10) through which patient risk assessment information is entered, the care plan processor (12) assembling the care plans for each patient based on the risk assessment information from the risk assessment input terminal (10).

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the risk assessment input terminal (10) includes:

a display monitor (10a) which displays a risk assessment template which guides a care professional interviewing each patient with a script or template which guides the questions to be asked of each patient; and

an input portion (10b) for entry of risk assessment information.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the risk assessment template includes:

at least one risk column or section listing each of a plurality of risk categories; and

a source or level of risk column or section in which the care professional inputting the risk information can select among a plurality of sources or levels of risk for each risk category.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the risk assessment input terminal (10) associates the selected risks and risk levels with corresponding modules.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein some of the modules include tasks to be performed by care professionals at various times in a care plan and further including:

a workflow processor (30) which retrieves the tasks which are to be performed and routes them to a plurality of care professional terminals (32) for human interaction by a care plan professional.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein some of the modules include tasks to be performed by care professionals at various times in a care plan and further including:

a workflow processor (30) which retrieves from the memory (16) the tasks which are to be performed at a current time and routes them to a plurality of care professional terminals (32) for human action.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the workflow processor (30) generates displays for the care professional terminals (32) which list patients with open tasks to be performed, and a list of the open tasks for at least a selected patient identified in the display as having open tasks.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the workflow processor (30) is programmed to:

receive input from a care professional indicating a task is complete and marking the task on the display as complete;

in response to all open tasks for a patient being complete, controlling the display to indicate that the patient'"'"'s tasks are complete or removing the patient with completed tasks from the screen.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the workflow processor (30) is further programmed to receive transfer requests from one care professional terminal (32) requesting that responsibility for one or more open tasks be transferred to a care professional at another of the care professional terminals (32).

10. The system according to claim 8, further including:

a report generator (70);

a report generator terminal (72) for controlling the report generator to generate selected reports.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the report generator is programmed to at least one of:

generate a report showing a number of open tasks;

generate a report showing a number of open tasks by care professional;

generate a report showing cost per patient;

generate a report showing efficacy of the modules;

generate a report showing efficiency of the care professionals.

12. An electronic assistance system comprising:

an interventional or goal module memory (14) which stores a plurality of intervention or goal modules;

a care plan processor (12) for assembling one or more of the modules into a care plan for each of a plurality of recipients;

a memory (16) which stores at least the care plan for each of the plurality of the care plan recipients;

a plurality of recipient terminals (24) disposed at a plurality of recipient locations and connected with the care plan processor (12) by an electronic network (22); and

a risk assessment input terminal (10) through which risk assessment information is entered, the care plan processor (12) assembling the care plans for each recipient based on the risk assessment information from the risk assessment input terminal (10).

13. A method of providing electronic assistance to a patient comprising:

electronically entering a risk assessment for each of a plurality of patients;

assembling modules into a care plan based on the entered risk assessment;

storing the assembled care plan for each of the plurality of patients; and

periodically delivering segments of the assembled care plans to corresponding patients.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the risk assessment is input by electronically selecting entries in a risk assessment template displayed on a monitor;

and,

correlating the entries in the risk assessment template with the modules to be assembled into the care plan.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein levels or sources of each risk listed in the risk assessment template are input.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the modules include video clips to be delivered to the corresponding patient at selected times over a plurality of days and include tasks to be performed by care professionals at various times over the plurality of days, and further including:

retrieving tasks which are to be performed at a current time and routing the retrieved tasks to electronic terminals for human interaction by a care plan professional.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein some of the modules include tasks to be performed by care professionals at various times during a care plan, and further including:

retrieving tasks from the assembled care plans which are to be performed at a current time and routing them to electronic terminals of a plurality of care professionals.

18. The method according to claim 17, further including:

on the care professional terminals (32), displaying a list of patients with open tasks to be performed and displaying a list of the open tasks for a selected patient which is identified in the display as having open tasks.

19. The method according to claim 18, further including:

receiving an input from a care professional indicating a task has been completed;

marking the task as complete on the open task list; and

,

in response to all open tasks for a patient being complete, controlling the display to indicate that the patient'"'"'s tasks are complete or removing the patient with completed tasks from the list of patients with open tasks.

20. The method according to claim 19, further including:

transferring open tasks from one care professional to another.

21. The method according to claim 13, further including generating at least one of:

a report showing open tasks;

a report of open tasks by care professional;

a report illustrating cost per patient;

a report showing efficacy of the modules;

a report showing efficiency of the care professionals.

22. An electronic patient assistance system including means for performing each of the steps of claim 13.

23. A computer medium or processor programmed to perform the method of claim 13.

24. A method of designing a care plan comprising:

defining risks and levels of the risks;

assigning interventional actions for the levels of the risks.

25. The method according to claim 26, wherein the interventional actions include at least one of:

showing a video, caregiver contact with a patient, review of questionnaire or survey results by a caregiver, and attending to insurance issues.

26. The method according to claim 24, further including:

creating a template with the defined risks and levels of risk.

27. A risk assessment template comprising:

at least one risk column listing each of a plurality of risk categories; and

a source of level of risk column listing sources or levels of risk for each risk category.

28. The template according to claim 27 further including:

a column which displays care plan modules corresponding to the sources or levels of risk.

29. A computer programmed to display the template of claim 27 and receive inputs selecting sources or levels of risk.

30. A system for mitigating risks comprising:

at least one input terminal for inputting identified risks of a complex unknown unit within a larger population; and

,

one or more processors programmed to assemble customized interventions according to the identified risks and execute a structured, multi-actor workflow to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated.