HEALTH PLAN RATING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A method of improving the level of quality of care within a healthcare plan comprising:
- (a) obtaining medical data from a population of patients within the plan;
(b) storing such data obtained in step (a) in electronic medical records embodied on a computer readable medium;
(c) evaluating at least one metric within said data stored in step (b) via a computer capable of interpreting said electronic medical records; and
(d) presenting a notification if the at least one metric evaluated in step (c) is found to be below a standard for said metric.
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Abstract
Methods and training programs for improving the level of quality of care within a healthcare plan. The methods include obtaining medical data from a population of patients within the plan, storing such data in electronic medical records embodied on a computer readable medium, evaluating at least one metric within the data via a computer capable of interpreting said electronic medical records, and presenting a notification if the metric is found to be below a standard for the metric. The training includes evaluating the healthcare plan'"'"'s current practices, training the healthcare provider in improved practices, providing a system for recording medical documents, and training the healthcare provider in use of the system.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of improving the level of quality of care within a healthcare plan comprising:
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(a) obtaining medical data from a population of patients within the plan; (b) storing such data obtained in step (a) in electronic medical records embodied on a computer readable medium; (c) evaluating at least one metric within said data stored in step (b) via a computer capable of interpreting said electronic medical records; and (d) presenting a notification if the at least one metric evaluated in step (c) is found to be below a standard for said metric. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of training healthcare plans to improve the level of quality of care within the plan, said method comprising the steps:
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(a) evaluating the healthcare plan'"'"'s current practices; (b) training the healthcare provider in improved practices; (c) providing a system for recording medical documents, wherein the system comprises; (i) a computer readable medium capable of storing medical data obtained from a population of patients; (ii) a computer with software capable of evaluating at least one metric of the data stored on the computer readable medium in comparison with a standard for the at least one metric; and (iii) a notification system capable of presenting to the user of the system a warning if the at least one metric is found to be below the standard for such metric; and (d) training the healthcare provider in use of said system. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system for recording medical documents comprising:
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(a) a computer readable medium capable of storing medical data obtained from a population of patients; (b) a computer with software capable of evaluating at least one metric of the data stored on the computer readable medium in comparison with a standard for the at least one metric; and (c) a notification system capable of presenting to the user of the system a warning if the at least one metric is found to be below the standard for such metric. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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