Healthcare resource management system
First Claim
1. A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising:
- at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including,an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from a plurality of different sources;
a data processor for determining an acuity score of said particular patient as a summation of time score values of healthcare worker performed different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values by determining a single score comprising a summation of at least two of,(a) intervention time score values weighted by an intervention time adjustment factor,(b) routine care time score values weighted by a routine care time adjustment factor and(c) a results assessment time score value weighted by a results assessment time adjustment factor, derived from corresponding individual items of said acquired plurality of data items; and
a translation processor for,comparing the determined acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold andinterpreting said determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting said care requirements of said particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload.
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Abstract
A system determines patient acuity information to identify required staff competencies to meet a workload and supports role based reporting, notification, and escalation when acuity nears or reaches a predetermined saturation threshold. A system predicts healthcare worker workload using an acquisition processor to acquire multiple data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from multiple different sources. A data processor determines an acuity score of the particular patient by determining a single score comprising a combination of weighted individual score values derived from corresponding individual items of the multiple data items. A translation processor interprets determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting the care requirements of the particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising:
at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including, an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from a plurality of different sources; a data processor for determining an acuity score of said particular patient as a summation of time score values of healthcare worker performed different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values by determining a single score comprising a summation of at least two of, (a) intervention time score values weighted by an intervention time adjustment factor, (b) routine care time score values weighted by a routine care time adjustment factor and (c) a results assessment time score value weighted by a results assessment time adjustment factor, derived from corresponding individual items of said acquired plurality of data items; and a translation processor for, comparing the determined acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold and interpreting said determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting said care requirements of said particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising:
at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including, an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items associated with care requirements of a plurality of patients from a plurality of different sources; a data processor for determining a single acuity score of a plurality of patients by determining for individual patients, a single score comprising a summation of time score values of healthcare worker performed different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values comprising a summation of, (a) intervention score values weighted by an intervention adjustment factor, (b) routine care score values weighted by a routine care adjustment factor and (c) a results assessment time score value weighted by a results assessment time adjustment factor, derived from corresponding individual items of said acquired plurality of data items and combining said determined single scores for said plurality of patients to provide said single acuity score; and a translation processor for, comparing the determined single acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold and interpreting said determined single acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting said care requirements of said plurality of patients by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising:
at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including, an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items indicating assessments of times involved in caring for a patient; a data processor for determining an acuity score of a particular patient as a summation of time score values of healthcare worker performed different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values comprising a summation of, (a) patient intervention time score value weighted by an intervention assessment time adjustment factor, (b) routine care time score value weighted by a routine care assessment time adjustment factor and (c) a results assessment time score value weighted by a results assessment time adjustment factor; and a translation processor for, comparing the determined acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold and interpreting said determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting said care requirements of said particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising:
at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including, an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from a plurality of different sources; a data processor for determining a change in acuity score of said particular patient by comparing an acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold, said acuity score comprising a summation of time score values of different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values derived from corresponding individual items of said acquired plurality of data items and said data processor automatically monitors patient data to identify an abnormal laboratory test result exceeding a predetermined threshold and in response, initiates performance of a computation of patient acuity score; and a translation processor for comparing said change in acuity score to a predetermined change threshold and initiating an action in response to said change in acuity score exceeding said threshold.
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