CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH TEMPORAL CONTEXT
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a. clinical decision support system (CDSS) module (20) comprising a digital processing device (10) configured to store;
patient data (34), anda clinical guideline (22) comprising connected nodes representing clinical workflow events, actions, or decisions, wherein contiguous (groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40),wherein the CDSS module configured to;
associate patient data with patient care phases selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline, anddetermine patient care phase time intervals for the patient care phases based on acquisition date information for the patient data associated with the patient care phases.
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Abstract
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) includes a CDSS module (20) comprising a digital processing device (10) configured to store patient data (34) and a clinical guideline (22). The clinical guideline comprises connected nodes representing clinical workflow events, actions, or decisions, wherein contiguous groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40). The CDSS module is configured to associate patient data with patient care phases selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline, and determine patient care phase time intervals for the patient care phases based on acquisition date information for the patient data associated with the patient care phases. The selected patient care phase may be a care phase associated with a clinical guideline node associated with the new patient data, or may be a patient care phase that is consistent with the acquisition date for the new patient data.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a. clinical decision support system (CDSS) module (20) comprising a digital processing device (10) configured to store; patient data (34), and a clinical guideline (22) comprising connected nodes representing clinical workflow events, actions, or decisions, wherein contiguous (groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40), wherein the CDSS module configured to; associate patient data with patient care phases selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline, and determine patient care phase time intervals for the patient care phases based on acquisition date information for the patient data associated with the patient care phases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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storing patient data in a clinical decision support system (CDSS) employing a clinical guideline (22) comprising a directed graph of nodes representing a clinical workflow, wherein contiguous groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40); associating stored patient data. (34) with patient care phases selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline; and constructing patient care phase time intervals for the patient care phases such that (i) each patient care phase time interval includes the acquisition time or acquisition times of an patient data associated with the patient care phase and (ii) no point in time is included in more than two patient care phase time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A storage medium storing:
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a clinical guideline comprising a directed graph of nodes representing a clinical workflow, wherein contiguous groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40); and instructions executable on a digital processing device (10) to perform a method including; receiving patient data associated with patient care performed in accordance with the clinical guideline including receiving an acquisition date for the patient data, associating the patient data with a patient care phase selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline, and creating or updating a patient care phase time interval for the patient care phase wherein the created or updated patient care phase time interval includes the acquisition date. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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