Readmission risk assessment

• US 8,694,334 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ruoff, Chad Barrett, Ryan, Hugh H., Azzaro, Frank A., Baker, Pamela M., Cappo, Donna J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): KANAAN, MAROUN P
• Application Number:
  US13/284,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20120046965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Readmission risk of patients admitted to a healthcare facility are determined using a generic readmission risk algorithm. The readmission risk assessment of patients may be based on portions of a patient'"'"'s profile and may be performed before, during, and after their index admission. Based on the readmission risk assessment of patients, those patients that are at a greater risk for readmission may be identified. A readmission prevention worklist may be provide that identifies those patients and facilitates managing the risk of readmission for those patients.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method, the method comprising:

accessing patient information for a first patient admitted or planned to be admitted to a healthcare facility;

determining, based on the patient information, if each of a first set of risk factors is satisfied, the first set of risk factors including;

(1) the first patient is being admitted within 30 days from a previous admission,

(2) the first patient is diagnosed with one of a plurality of predetermined conditions,

(3) the first patient'"'"'s age is above a threshold age and the patient lives in social isolation, and

(4) the first patient has a length of stay at the healthcare facility greater than a threshold length of stay;

determining, based on the patient information, if each of a second set of risk factors is satisfied, the second set of risk factors including;

(1) a number of emergency department visits for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of emergency department visits,

(2) a number of admissions for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of admissions,

(3) a comorbidity score for the first patient exceeds a comorbidity score threshold,

(4) the first patient has a predetermined type of insurance, and

(5) the first patient is being admitted to the intensive care unit;

determining if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors have been satisfied;

if no risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied and no more than one risk factor from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identifying the first patent as not being at risk for readmission; and

if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or if at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identifying the first patient as being at risk for readmission and including the first patient in a user interface for presentation that facilitates managing a plurality of patients identified as being at risk for readmission.

2. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises suggesting a readmission prevention plan of care for the first patient based on identifying the patient as being at risk for readmission.

3. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the user interface provides an indication regarding one or more risk factors causing the first patient to be identified as being at risk for readmission.

4. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission at a time of admission of the first patient.

5. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission while the first patient is admitted at the healthcare facility.

6. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission prior to discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility.

7. The one or more computer storage media of claim 1, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission after discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility.

8. A method comprising:

accessing, by a first computing process, patient information for a first patient admitted or planned to be admitted to a healthcare facility;

determining, by a second computing process, based on the patient information, if each of a first set of risk factors is satisfied, the first set of risk factors including;

(1) the first patient is being admitted within 30 days from a previous admission,

(2) the first patient is diagnosed with one of a plurality of predetermined conditions,

(3) the first patient'"'"'s age is above a threshold age and the patient lives in social isolation, and

(4) the first patient has a length of stay at the healthcare facility greater than a threshold length of stay;

determining, by a third computing process, based on the patient information, if each of a second set of risk factors is satisfied, the second set of risk factors including;

(1) a number of emergency department visits for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of emergency department visits,

(2) a number of admissions for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of admissions,

(3) a comorbidity score for the first patient exceeds a comorbidity score threshold,

(4) the first patient has a predetermined type of insurance, and

(5) the first patient is being admitted to the intensive care unit;

determining, by a fourth computing process, if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors have been satisfied;

if no risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied and no more than one risk factor from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identifying, by a fifth computing process, the first patent as not being at risk for readmission; and

if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or if at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identifying, by a sixth computing process, the first patient as being at risk for readmission and including the first patient in a user interface for presentation that facilitates managing a plurality of patients identified as being at risk for readmission;

wherein the computing processes are performed by one or more computing devices.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises suggesting a readmission prevention plan of care for the first patient based on identifying the patient as being at risk for readmission.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the user interface provides an indication regarding one or more risk factors causing the first patient to be identified as being at risk for readmission.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission at a time of admission of the first patient.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission while the first patient is admitted at the healthcare facility.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission prior to discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the first patient is identified as being at risk for readmission after discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility.

15. A computerized system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

access patient information for a first patient admitted or planned to be admitted to a healthcare facility;

determine, based on the patient information, if each of a first set of risk factors is satisfied, the first set of risk factors including;

(1) the first patient is being admitted within 30 days from a previous admission,

(2) the first patient is diagnosed with one of a plurality of predetermined conditions,

(3) the first patient'"'"'s age is above a threshold age and the patient lives in social isolation, and

(4) the first patient has a length of stay at the healthcare facility greater than a threshold length of stay;

determine, based on the patient information, if each of a second set of risk factors is satisfied, the second set of risk factors including;

(1) a number of emergency department visits for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of emergency department visits,

(2) a number of admissions for the first patient over a given time period exceeds a threshold number of admissions,

(3) a comorbidity score for the first patient exceeds a comorbidity score threshold,

(4) the first patient has a predetermined type of insurance, and

(5) the first patient is being admitted to the intensive care unit;

determine if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors have been satisfied;

if no risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied and no more than one risk factor from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identify the first patent as not being at risk for readmission; and

if at least one risk factor from the first set of risk factors has been satisfied or if at least two risk factors from the second set of risk factors has been satisfied, identify the first patient as being at risk for readmission and include the first patient in a user interface for presentation that facilitates managing a plurality of patients identified as being at risk for readmission.

16. The computerized system of claim 15, wherein the computer-useable instructions further cause the one or more processors to suggest a readmission prevention plan of care for the first patient based on identifying the patient as being at risk for readmission.

17. The computerized system of claim 15, wherein the user interface provides an indication regarding one or more risk factors causing the first patient to be identified as being at risk for readmission.

18. The computerized system of claim 15, wherein the first patient as identified as being at risk for readmission at a time selected from the following:

a time of admission of the first patient;

while the first patient is admitted at the healthcare facility;

prior to discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility; and

after discharging the first patient from the healthcare facility.