Anesthesia delivery system
First Claim
1. A method of delivering operative anesthetic care during surgery comprising:
- selecting an anesthetic protocol for a particular patient and procedure;
administering anesthetic care utilizing the selected protocol;
recording ageneral systemic health type,continuous medical status,surgical procedure,identity, dosage, amount and means of administration of all administered agents, andoutcome data for each anesthetic procedure and patient treated;
entering the recorded data into an integrated computerized data base;
subjecting said entered data to a computerized trend analysis;
identifying trend data indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols administered and suboptimal results of said anesthetic care; and
modifying the selected protocol to eliminate or reduce said sub-optimal results and thus improve the delivered anesthetic care.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for efficiently recording and entering multiple anesthetic treatment variables, including all the data conventionally recorded in an anesthetic record, as well as anesthesia outcome data, into an integrated computer data base. The data base is thereafter subjected to trend analysis to identify any statistically significant nexus between treatment variables with sub-optimal outcomes. Accurate cost trend information is also provided. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the required use of standardized practice protocols are disclosed in a method that optimizes the identification of any such nexus. Thus, the disclosed method provides accurate information useful for the modification and improvement of delivered anesthetic care.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of delivering operative anesthetic care during surgery comprising:
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selecting an anesthetic protocol for a particular patient and procedure; administering anesthetic care utilizing the selected protocol; recording a general systemic health type, continuous medical status, surgical procedure, identity, dosage, amount and means of administration of all administered agents, and outcome data for each anesthetic procedure and patient treated; entering the recorded data into an integrated computerized data base; subjecting said entered data to a computerized trend analysis; identifying trend data indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols administered and suboptimal results of said anesthetic care; and modifying the selected protocol to eliminate or reduce said sub-optimal results and thus improve the delivered anesthetic care. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of delivering operative anesthetic care during surgery comprising:
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selecting a standardized set of practice protocols; administering anesthetic care utilizing only protocols selected from the standardized set; recording a general systemic health type, continuous medical status, surgical procedure, the identity, dosage, amount and means of administration of all administered agents, and outcome data for each anesthetic procedure and patient; entering the recorded data into an integrated computerized data base; subjecting the entered data to a computerized trend analysis; identifying trend data indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols administered and suboptimal results of said anesthetic care; and modifying the selected protocol to eliminate or reduce sub-optimal anesthesia events. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of delivering operative anesthetic care during surgery comprising:
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selecting an anesthetic protocol for a particular patient and procedure; administering anesthetic care utilizing the selected protocol; recording the general systemic health status, continuous medical status, surgical procedure, the identity, dosage, amount and means of administration of all administered agents, and outcome data for each anesthetic procedure and patient entering the recorded data into an integrated computerized data base; entering agent and materials cost data into the data base; subjecting said entered data to a computerized outcome trend analysis; subjecting said data base to a computerized cost trend analysis; identifying outcome trend data indicating a statistically significant relation between agent/protocol administered and suboptimal results of said anesthetic care; identifying cost trend analysis indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols/agent and increased cost of delivered care; and modifying the selected protocols in accordance with the outcome trend analysis and cost trend analysis in order to eliminate or reduce suboptimal outcomes and reduce the cost of delivered anesthetic care. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of delivering operative anesthetic care during surgery comprising:
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selecting a standardized set of practice protocols; restricting delivered anesthetic care to protocols selected from the standardized set; administering anesthetic care utilizing the selected protocol; recording a general systemic health type, continuous medical status, surgical procedure, the identity, dosage, amount and means of administration of all administered agents; and outcome data for each anesthetic procedure and patient; entering the recorded data into an integrated computerized data base; entering agent and materials cost data into the data base; subjecting the entered data to a computerized outcome trend analysis; subjecting the data base to a computerized cost trend analysis; identifying outcome trend data indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols or providers and suboptimal results of said anesthetic care; identifying cost trend analysis indicating a statistically significant relation between protocols or providers and increased cost of delivered care; and modifying the selected protocols to eliminate or reduce sub-optimal outcomes and cost. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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