GUIDELINE-BASED PATIENT DISCHARGE PLANNING

• US 20120296671A1
• Filed: 02/04/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Tesanovic, Aleksandra, Udink, Rob Theodorus, Rock, Joseph E., Simons-Nikolova, Mariana
• Granted Patent: US 10,424,409 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from a facility;

generating a first signal indicative of a patient'"'"'s risk of re-admission to the facility;

generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient;

generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report; and

generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.

2. A method, comprising:

determining via a processor a quantity of patients in first, second, third and fourth groups, the first group including patients that have been discharged with discharge criteria being met;

the second group including patients that have not been discharged with the discharge criteria not being met;

the third group including patients that have been discharged without the discharge criteria being met; and

the fourth group including patients that have not been discharged with the discharge criteria being met;

generating and sending a care provider an electronic notification when a patient is classified in either of the third or fourth groups;

updating the initial discharge criteria based on an analysis of the first and second groups for further defining patients to be classified in the first and second groups; and

deriving new discharge criteria based on analysis of the third and fourth groups to minimize the number of patients in the third and fourth groups.

3. A method, comprising:

generating via a processor a signal indicative of a status of a patient for a post-discharge care report tailored to at least one post-discharge care provider from a care team at a medical facility, the report comprising;

a first section which includes a patient'"'"'s data for all post-discharge care providers and for the patient; and

a second section which includes the patient'"'"'s information tailored for the at least one care provider and the patient.

4. A method, comprising:

generating via a processor a first signal indicative of a risk of a patient'"'"'s re-admission to a facility during a predetermined post-discharge period;

generating a second signal indicative of contributing factors to the risk; and

generating a third signal indicative of a care plan to reduce the risk.

5. A method, comprising:

generating via a processor a first signal indicative of a care plan for a HF patient with a medical condition based on at least one first predetermined care guidelines;

generating a second signal indicative of conflicts between multiple additional predetermined care guidelines and the at least one first care predetermined care guidelines the care plan is based on for the HF patient with co-morbidity; and

generating a third signal indicative of contraindications of not following the at least one first predetermined care guidelines based in the care plan.