CREATING INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CARE PLANS

• US 20160086297A1
• Filed: 09/18/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Cardiac Diagnostics Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Preventice
• Inventors: DETTINGER, Richard D., SMITH, Richard M., BURRICHTER, Scott J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,706,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for generating a care plan tailored for an individual. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a care platform receives a selection of one or more care protocol templates to assign to a patient. Each care protocol template is associated with a medical condition to be treated. The care platform generates tasks to be performed by the patient, observation metrics specifying types of patient biometrics to monitor, and thresholds associated with each selection. The care platform receives one or more customizations to the tasks, observation metrics, and thresholds and determines whether any of the tasks or the customizations to the tasks conflict with one another. Upon identifying one or more conflicts, the conflicts are resolved based on specified rules associated with each conflicting task. The care plan is generated based on the observation metrics, thresholds, customizations, and resolved tasks.

Claims

1. A method for generating a care plan describing a treatment regimen for a patient, the method comprising:

receiving, via a processor, a selection of one or more care protocol templates to assign to the patient, wherein each selected care protocol template is associated with a treatment regimen for a corresponding medical condition;

generating a care plan based on each of the selected care protocol templates, wherein the care plan includes a plurality of items associated with each of the selected care protocol templates;

applying a received customization to at least one of the plurality of items in the care plan;

upon identifying one or more conflicts between items in the plurality of items, resolving the conflicts based on rules specified in each care protocol template associated with each conflicting item; and

transmitting the care plan to a client device of the patient, wherein the client device is configured to configure one or more sensor devices to monitor the patient in accordance with the care plan.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to identifying the one or more conflicts between the plurality of items, determining whether the received customizations comply with a policy specifying acceptable ranges of customization for items in the selected one or more care protocol templates.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, upon determining that one of the customizations does not comply with the policy, disallowing the customization such that the customization is not applied to any items within the care plan.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving historical patient information describing one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient;

determining one or more historical items from the one or more previous treatment regimens that are related to a first item in the plurality of items;

determining one or more modifications to first item, based on a determined measure of success for one or more related historical items in the one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient; and

performing the determined modification on the first item within the care plan.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items are organized into phases of treatment for the patient, each phase including conditions which, when satisfied, result in a transition between a currently active phase and another one of the phases.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items comprises at least one of tasks, observation metrics, and thresholds.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the tasks are actions to be performed by the patient according to a schedule specified in the care plan, wherein the observation metrics specify biometric data to monitor from the patient, and wherein the thresholds are conditions for the observation metrics that, when a care platform system detects the conditions are satisfied, cause the care platform system to perform an action in response.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a processor, performs an operation for generating a care plan that describes an overall treatment regimen for a patient, the operation comprising:

receiving, via a processor, a selection of one or more care protocol templates to assign to the patient, wherein each selected care protocol template is associated with a treatment regimen for a corresponding medical condition;

generating a care plan based on each of the selected care protocol templates, wherein the care plan includes a plurality of items associated with each of the selected care protocol templates;

applying a received customization to at least one of the plurality of items in the care plan;

upon identifying one or more conflicts between items in the plurality of items, resolving the conflicts based on rules specified in each care protocol template associated with each conflicting item; and

transmitting the care plan to a client device of the patient, wherein the client device is configured to configure one or more sensor devices to monitor the patient in accordance with the care plan.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operation further comprises:

prior to identifying the one or more conflicts between the plurality of items, determining whether the received customizations comply with a policy specifying acceptable ranges of customization for items in the selected one or more care protocol templates; and

upon determining that one of the customizations does not comply with the policy, disallowing the customization such that the customization is not applied to any items within the care plan.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operation further comprises:

retrieving historical patient information describing one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient;

determining one or more historical items from the one or more previous treatment regimens that are related to a first item in the plurality of items;

determining one or more modifications to first item, based on a determined measure of success for one or more related historical items in the one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient; and

performing the determined modification on the first item within the care plan.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of items are organized into phases of treatment for the patient, each phase including conditions which, when satisfied, result in a transition between a currently active phase and another one of the phases.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of items comprises at least one of tasks, observation metrics, and thresholds.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the tasks are actions to be performed by the patient according to a schedule specified in the care plan, wherein the observation metrics specify biometric data to monitor from the patient, and wherein the thresholds are conditions for the observation metrics that, when a care platform system detects the conditions are satisfied, cause the care platform system to perform an action in response.

14. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing one or more application programs configured to perform an operation for generating a care plan that describes an overall treatment regimen for a patient, the operation comprising;

receiving a selection of one or more care protocol templates to assign to the patient, wherein each selected care protocol template is associated with a treatment regimen for a corresponding medical condition,

generating a care plan based on each of the selected care protocol templates, wherein the care plan includes a plurality of items associated with each of the selected care protocol templates,

applying a received customization to at least one of the plurality of items in the care plan,

upon identifying one or more conflicts between items in the plurality of items, resolving the conflicts based on rules specified in each care protocol template associated with each conflicting item, and

transmitting the care plan to a client device of the patient, wherein the client device is configured to configure one or more sensor devices to monitor the patient in accordance with the care plan.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the operation further comprises, prior to identifying the one or more conflicts between the plurality of items, determining whether the received customizations comply with a policy specifying acceptable ranges of customization for items in the selected one or more care protocol templates.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operation further comprises, upon determining that one of the customizations does not comply with the policy, disallowing the customization such that the customization is not applied to any items within the care plan.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the operation further comprises:

retrieving historical patient information describing one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient;

determining one or more historical items from the one or more previous treatment regimens that are related to a first item in the plurality of items;

determining one or more modifications to first item, based on a determined measure of success for one or more related historical items in the one or more previous treatment regimens for the patient; and

performing the determined modification on the first item within the care plan.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of items are organized into phases of treatment for the patient, each phase including conditions which, when satisfied, result in a transition between a currently active phase and another one of the phases.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of items comprises at least one of tasks, observation metrics, and thresholds.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the tasks are actions to be performed by the patient according to a schedule specified in the care plan, wherein the observation metrics specify biometric data to monitor from the patient, and wherein the thresholds are conditions for the observation metrics that, when a care platform system detects the conditions are satisfied, cause the care platform system to perform an action in response.