Productivity Monitoring

• US 20140149133A1
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NovaRad Corporation
• Original Assignee: NovaRad Corporation
• Inventors: Gibby, Wendell Arlen, Glover, Brent
• Granted Patent: US 9,978,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• 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 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method for monitoring productivity may include monitoring performance of a medical procedure at a local device. Medical procedure data may be received at the local device from a management device. The medical procedure data may include relative value units (RVUs) associated with the medical procedure. Medical professional productivity data related to the medical procedure may be provided for display at the local device based on the monitoring of the performance of the medical procedure and the medical procedure data. A procedure completion notification may be transmitted from the local device to the management device when the medical procedure is completed.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring real-time productivity, comprising:

monitoring performance of a medical procedure at a local device;

receiving medical procedure data at the local device from a management device, the medical procedure data including a metric associated with the medical procedure;

identifying a procedure completion notification from the local device when the medical procedure is completed; and

providing medical professional productivity data related to the medical procedure for display at the local device based on the monitoring of the performance of the medical procedure and the medical procedure data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical professional productivity data provided for display at the local device comprises a display of the medical professional productivity data concurrently with the performance of the medical procedure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the medical professional productivity data in real time as the medical procedure progresses.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical procedure data further comprises an intensity designation associated with the medical procedure.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the intensity designation includes a procedure intensity of the medical procedure as determined from the medical procedure data received from the management device and an average intensity of medical procedures performed within a defined period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical professional productivity data comprises a running daily total of relative value units (RVUs).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical professional productivity data comprises an hourly average of relative value units (RVUs).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical professional productivity data comprises a monetary sum.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a threshold medical professional productivity level representing a minimum target productivity level for a medical professional and providing the threshold medical professional productivity level for display with the medical professional productivity data for comparison.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising enabling a medical professional to modify the threshold productivity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring performance of the medical procedure at the local device further comprises monitoring usage of resources with fixed costs, the method further comprising:

providing a total billable fee for the procedure less the fixed costs for display.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring performance of the medical procedure at the local device further comprises monitoring usage of resources with fixed costs, the method further comprising:

providing a total billable fee for the procedure including the fixed costs for display.

13. A productivity monitoring system, comprising:

a medical procedure monitoring device to identify a status of a medical procedure;

a value determinator to determine a metric associated with the medical procedure by retrieving the metric from a management device;

a productivity calculator configured to calculate medical professional productivity data related to the medical procedure based on the status of the performance of the medical procedure and the determination of the metric associated with the medical procedure; and

a notification module configured to notify the management device when the status of the medical procedure is completed.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a display device configured to display the medical professional productivity data concurrently with performance of the medical procedure.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the display device is configured to display the medical professional productivity data as a medical procedure intensity, a running daily total of RVUs (relative value units), an average number of RVUs per unit of time, or a monetary sum.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising a productivity threshold module configured to establish a minimum target productivity level for a medical professional and to provide the threshold medical professional productivity level for display with the medical professional productivity data for comparison.

17. A computer program product embedded in a computer-readable medium for monitoring productivity, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to

monitor performance of a medical procedure at a local device;

retrieve medical procedure data from a management device, the medical procedure data including a metric associated with the medical procedure;

provide medical professional productivity data related to the medical procedure for display at the local device based on the monitoring of the performance of the medical procedure and the medical procedure data; and

transmit a procedure completion notification from the local device to the management device when the medical procedure is completed.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17, further including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide the medical professional productivity data for display concurrently with the performance of the medical procedure.

19. The computer program product according to claim 17, further including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide the medical professional productivity data for display to appear as a plurality of medical professional-configurable productivity dials.

20. The computer program product according to claim 17, further including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor an expenditure of time by a medical professional performing the medical procedure, identify a billing rate of the medical professional, and calculate a time cost based on the expenditure of time and the billing rate.