Nursing home evaluation system
First Claim
1. A system for generating resource allocation determinations for a nursing home facility, the system comprising:
- a computer operable to provide a base assessment model, modeled after a Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the Quality Indicator Survey comprises questions addressing a plurality of resident care areas, the plurality of resident care areas relating to at least one of choices, dignity, abuse, health, personal property, or quality;
a network portal interface operable to provide a set of assessment questions to an assessor terminal, the set of assessment questions relating to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas comprised in the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the assessor terminal is operable to;
provide the set of assessment questions to an assessor; and
receive responses to the set of assessment questions based on answers provided to the assessor by a number of respondentsa response processing unit in operative communication with the network portal interface and the computer and operable to;
generate quality scores for each of the plurality of resident care areas based on the responses; and
generate a likelihood of citation in each resident care area as a function of the respective quality scores, the number of respondents, a model threshold, and a model sample size, the model threshold and the model sample size being derived from the Quality Indicator Survey; and
a display generation unit in operative communication with the response processing unit and operable to display each likelihood of citation.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for generating resource allocation determinations for a nursing home facility, the system comprising:
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a computer operable to provide a base assessment model, modeled after a Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the Quality Indicator Survey comprises questions addressing a plurality of resident care areas, the plurality of resident care areas relating to at least one of choices, dignity, abuse, health, personal property, or quality; a network portal interface operable to provide a set of assessment questions to an assessor terminal, the set of assessment questions relating to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas comprised in the Quality Indicator Survey, wherein the assessor terminal is operable to; provide the set of assessment questions to an assessor; and receive responses to the set of assessment questions based on answers provided to the assessor by a number of respondents a response processing unit in operative communication with the network portal interface and the computer and operable to; generate quality scores for each of the plurality of resident care areas based on the responses; and generate a likelihood of citation in each resident care area as a function of the respective quality scores, the number of respondents, a model threshold, and a model sample size, the model threshold and the model sample size being derived from the Quality Indicator Survey; and a display generation unit in operative communication with the response processing unit and operable to display each likelihood of citation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for generating information for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, the method comprising:
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providing a set of assessment questions to an assessor, the set of assessment questions being; based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a plurality of resident care areas; and related to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas; receiving responses to at least a portion of the set of assessment questions from a number of respondents; processing the responses to generate an assessment dataset; generating, with a computer, a quality score for at least one of the resident care areas based on the assessment dataset; generating, with a computer, a likelihood of citation in the resident care area associated with the quality score, as a function of the quality score, the number of respondents, a model threshold, and a model sample size, the model threshold and the model sample size being derived from the base assessment model; and displaying the likelihood of citation for the resident care area associated with the quality score. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of a computer interface, the computer-readable program including instructions for generating information for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility in accordance with the following:
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providing a set of assessment questions to an assessor via the computer interface, the set of assessment questions being based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a plurality of resident care areas, and related to at least a portion of the plurality of resident care areas; receiving, via the computer interface, responses to at least a portion of the set of assessment questions, at least a portion of the responses relating to answers provided to the assessor by a number of respondents; processing the responses to generate an assessment dataset; and generating a quality score for at least one of the resident care areas based on the assessment dataset; and generating a likelihood of citation in the resident care area associated with the quality score as a function of the quality score, the number of respondents, a model threshold, and a model sample size, the model threshold and the model sample size being derived from the base assessment model. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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