SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND COMPARING MEDICAL TREATMENTS

• US 20120185266A1
• Filed: 10/31/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gear Five Health Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Velocity Biogroup Corporation
• Inventors: Trifunov, Patricia
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,051 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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

An evaluative software tool to support the assessment of health care-related technologies during development to facilitate making critical decisions for an optimized research, development and commercialization plan is provided. The software tool includes the ability to measure, weight, and integrate the critical factors that come into play in the development of a risk/benefit profile of a technology relative to its competitors, benchmarked around clinical trial measures, in order to determine its development and commercialization success.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

an input device;

an output device;

a processor configured to

for each of a plurality of medical treatments,

receive, using the input device, information relating to benefits and risks for each of a plurality of predetermined critical factors;

assign a weight to each of the predetermined critical factors to reflect relative importance of each critical factor;

score each of the critical factors, using the input information in accordance with the assigned weighting; and

output a scorecard including, for each of the medical treatments, information relating to the scored critical factors for that medical treatment.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scorecard includes indicia of each of the scored critical factors.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the indicia includes a color.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scorecard includes a numeric value for each of the scored critical factors.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scorecard includes a row for each of the medical treatments, each row including one of indicia and a numeric value for each of the scored critical factors for each of the categories.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scorecard includes a total benefit score and a total risk score for each of the medical treatments.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to output a graph showing a total benefit score and a total risk score for each of the medical treatments plotted thereon.

8. A computer system, comprising:

an input device;

an output device;

a processor configured to

(a) assign a total potential score;

(b) apportion, according to a first predetermined ratio, the total potential score into a total potential benefit score and a total potential risk score;

(c) apportion, according to a second predetermined ratio, the total potential benefit score among each of a plurality of predetermined categories to arrive at a total potential benefit score for each of the predetermined categories;

(d) apportion, according to a third predetermined ratio, the total potential risk score among each of a plurality of predetermined categories to arrive at a total potential risk score for each of the predetermined categories; and

(e) for each of the plurality of predetermined categories, assign to each of a plurality of predetermined critical factors associated with that category a critical factor weighting;

(f) for each of a plurality of medical treatments, determine a score for each of the predetermined critical factors, the score calculated using a value inputted using the input device, and if the critical factor is classified as a benefit, the total potential benefit score for the category associated with the critical factor weighted by the critical factor weighting;

or, if the critical factor is classified as a risk, the total potential risk score for the category associated with the critical factor weighted by the critical factor weighting; and

(g) using the output device, output a scorecard including, for each of the medical treatments, information relating to the scoring.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the scorecard includes a row for each of the medical treatments, each row including one of indicia and a numeric value for each of the scored critical factors for each of the categories.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the scorecard includes a total benefit score and a total risk score for each of the medical treatments.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to output a graph showing a total benefit score and a total risk score for each of the medical treatments plotted thereon.

12. A computer-implemented method for assessing medical treatments, comprising:

(a) assigning a total potential score;

(b) apportioning, according to a first predetermined ratio, the total potential score into a total potential benefit score and a total potential risk score;

(c) apportioning, according to a second predetermined ratio, the total potential benefit score among each of a plurality of predetermined categories to arrive at a total potential benefit score for each of the predetermined categories;

(d) apportioning, according to a third predetermined ratio, the total potential risk score among each of a plurality of predetermined categories to arrive at a total potential risk score for each of the predetermined categories; and

(e) for each of the plurality of predetermined categories, assigning to each of a plurality of predetermined critical factors associated with that category a critical factor weighting;

(f) for each of a plurality of medical treatments, determining a score for each of the predetermined critical factors, the score calculated using an input value, and if the critical factor is classified as a benefit, the total potential benefit score for the category associated with the critical factor weighted by the critical factor weighting;

or, if the critical factor is classified as a risk, the total potential risk score for the category associated with the critical factor weighted by the critical factor weighting; and

(g) graphically presenting a scorecard relating to the scored critical factors for each of the medical treatments.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the scorecard includes indicia of each of the scored critical factors.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the indicia includes a color.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the scorecard includes a numeric value for each of the scored critical factors.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the scorecard includes a row for each of the medical treatments, each row including one of indicia and a numeric value for each of the scored critical factors for each of the categories.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the scorecard includes a total benefit score and a total risk score for each of the medical treatments.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein predetermined categories relate to one or more of benefits and risk, value proposition, and market dynamics.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further including the step of adjusting one or more of the first predetermined weighting, the second predetermined weighting, and the third predetermined weighting.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein the step of adjusting includes accepting screen input values representing weighting values and using the screen input values in place the one or more predetermined weighting.