Systems and modules for improving patient satisfaction
First Claim
1. A system for evaluating a patient'"'"'s perception of care provided at a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
- at least one care event device that generates quantitative care event data regarding the patient'"'"'s care at the healthcare facility,wherein said at least one care event device includes each of the following;
a nurse call system, whereby the patient activates the nurse call system to request care from a caregiver, and wherein the care event data generated by the nurse call system includes information indicative of the patient activating the nurse call system,a real-time locating system for locating the caregiver and the patient within the healthcare facility, wherein the care event data generated by the real-time locating system includes information indicative of a location of the caregiver and the patient within the healthcare facility, andan interactive patient bed, wherein the care event data generated by the interactive patient bed includes information indicative of the patient exiting the bed and a status of the bed; and
a patient perception input interface, whereby the patient is presented with one or more questions related to the patient'"'"'s care provided by the healthcare facility or the caregiver and further whereby the patient provides responses to said one or more questions,wherein said responses provide qualitative patient perception data representing the patient'"'"'s perception of the care provided at the healthcare facility,wherein the system is programmed to;
access the quantitative care event data and the qualitative patient perception data;
present, on an electronic display, a visual association of at least a portion of the quantitative care event data with at least a portion of the qualitative patient perception data;
perform a correlation analysis that compares the qualitative patient perception data against the quantitative care event data;
in response to said correlation analysis, identify at least one correlation between said quantitative care event data and said qualitative patient perception data, andbased on said identified correlation, determine the patient'"'"'s perception of care provided by the healthcare facility.
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Abstract
Systems, modules, and methods set forth herein may allow patient satisfaction to be improved. One system for improving patient satisfaction includes computer readable media, an output device, a processor in data communication with the computer readable media and the output device, and electronic instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform steps for: (a) automatically storing event data from a plurality of electronic devices in the computer readable media; (b) storing perception data obtained from a plurality of patients in the computer readable media; (c) accessing the event data; (d) accessing the perception data; (e) determining at least one correlation between the event data and the perception data; (f) determining at least one proposal to improve patient satisfaction based on the at least one correlation; and (g) actuating the output device to convey the at least one proposal to improve patient satisfaction.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for evaluating a patient'"'"'s perception of care provided at a healthcare facility, the system comprising:
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at least one care event device that generates quantitative care event data regarding the patient'"'"'s care at the healthcare facility, wherein said at least one care event device includes each of the following; a nurse call system, whereby the patient activates the nurse call system to request care from a caregiver, and wherein the care event data generated by the nurse call system includes information indicative of the patient activating the nurse call system, a real-time locating system for locating the caregiver and the patient within the healthcare facility, wherein the care event data generated by the real-time locating system includes information indicative of a location of the caregiver and the patient within the healthcare facility, and an interactive patient bed, wherein the care event data generated by the interactive patient bed includes information indicative of the patient exiting the bed and a status of the bed; and a patient perception input interface, whereby the patient is presented with one or more questions related to the patient'"'"'s care provided by the healthcare facility or the caregiver and further whereby the patient provides responses to said one or more questions, wherein said responses provide qualitative patient perception data representing the patient'"'"'s perception of the care provided at the healthcare facility, wherein the system is programmed to; access the quantitative care event data and the qualitative patient perception data; present, on an electronic display, a visual association of at least a portion of the quantitative care event data with at least a portion of the qualitative patient perception data; perform a correlation analysis that compares the qualitative patient perception data against the quantitative care event data; in response to said correlation analysis, identify at least one correlation between said quantitative care event data and said qualitative patient perception data, and based on said identified correlation, determine the patient'"'"'s perception of care provided by the healthcare facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of collecting disparate types of patient data and using said collected patient data to evaluate a patient'"'"'s perception of care provided at a healthcare facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting quantitative care event data regarding the patient'"'"'s care at the healthcare facility, wherein the quantitative care event data is generated by at least one care event device, and wherein said at least one care event device is at least one of the following; a nurse call system, whereby the patient activates the nurse call system to request care from a caregiver, a real-time locating system that locates the caregiver and the patient within the healthcare facility, and an interactive patient bed, wherein the care event data generated by the interactive patient bed includes information indicative of the patient exiting the bed and a status of the bed; collecting qualitative patient perception data from the patient, wherein said step of collecting patient perception data includes presenting, to the patient, one or more questions related to the patient'"'"'s care provided by the healthcare facility or a caregiver; performing a correlation analysis that compares said quantitative care event data against said qualitative patient perception data; in response to said correlation analysis, identifying at least one correlation between said quantitative care event data and said qualitative patient perception data; and based on said identified correlation, determining the patient'"'"'s perception of care provided by the healthcare facility. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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