Method for evaluating and reviewing a patient's condition
First Claim
1. A computer-assisted method for evaluating and reviewing the condition of an individual and a proposed level of care for said individual, said method comprising the steps of:
- collecting clinical data relevant to a determination of the necessity of said proposed level of care;
said collecting step comprises gathering information about a plurality of elements including said individual'"'"'s behavior, a provider'"'"'s opinion as to imminent danger, and social resources available to the individual;
recording said gathered information by inputting said information into a computer;
generating a behavioral severity series for said individual from said recorded information;
said generating step comprising respective rating of each of said elements on a scale having a defined range;
deriving a treatment intensity based upon said behavioral severity series; and
said deriving step comprising deriving a recommended treatment intensity from a matrix which takes into account said rating for each said element and a weighing of said respective ratings.
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Abstract
A method for evaluating and/or reviewing a patient'"'"'s condition comprises the steps of: collecting clinical data relevant to a determination about the propriety of a particular level of care for a patient; generating a behavioral severity series for the patient; and deriving a recommended treatment intensity from the behavioral severity series. The method is preferably performed using a computer to collect the clinical data. The computer can be programmed to automatically generate the behavioral severity series and derive the recommended treatment intensity for the patient.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-assisted method for evaluating and reviewing the condition of an individual and a proposed level of care for said individual, said method comprising the steps of:
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collecting clinical data relevant to a determination of the necessity of said proposed level of care; said collecting step comprises gathering information about a plurality of elements including said individual'"'"'s behavior, a provider'"'"'s opinion as to imminent danger, and social resources available to the individual; recording said gathered information by inputting said information into a computer; generating a behavioral severity series for said individual from said recorded information; said generating step comprising respective rating of each of said elements on a scale having a defined range; deriving a treatment intensity based upon said behavioral severity series; and said deriving step comprising deriving a recommended treatment intensity from a matrix which takes into account said rating for each said element and a weighing of said respective ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for assessing and reviewing the condition of an individual and a proposed level of care for said individual, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a computer; providing a database on a storage device which contains a number of potential questions which can be asked as part of a clinical data collecting step; collecting clinical data relevant to a determination of the necessity of said proposed level of care by gathering information about the behavior of said individual, a provider'"'"'s opinion as to imminent danger, and social resources available to said individual; inputting said gathered information into said computer; selecting questions from said database in response to said inputted information; generating a behavioral severity series for said individual from said gathered information and responses to said selected questions; and deriving a treatment intensity for said individual using a matrix which takes into account said behavioral severity series. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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