System and method for real-time healthcare business decision support through intelligent data aggregation and data modeling

• US 20070118401A1
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Mahesh, Prakash, Morita, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/297,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118401A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a real-time healthcare business decision support system including a plurality of information sources, a processing component, and a user interface component. Each information source includes resource information for a resource in a healthcare environment. The healthcare environment includes a plurality of resources. The processing component aggregates resource information from the plurality of information sources. The processing component is capable of generating performance information based at least in part on the aggregated resource information in substantially real-time. The performance information corresponds at least in part to the performance of at least one of the plurality of resources. The user interface component is capable of displaying the performance information.

Claims

1. A real-time healthcare business decision support system, the system including:

a plurality of information sources, wherein each information source includes resource information for a resource in a healthcare environment, wherein the healthcare environment includes a plurality of resources;

a processing component, wherein the processing component aggregates resource information from the plurality of information sources, wherein the processing component is capable of generating performance information based at least in part on the aggregated resource information in substantially real-time, wherein the performance information corresponds at least in part to the performance of at least one of the plurality of resources; and

a user interface component, wherein the user interface component is capable of displaying the performance information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein an information source in the plurality of information sources is at least one of a database, a medical information system, and an acquisition modality.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the performance information includes an economic performance metric for at least one resource in the plurality of resources.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the economic performance metric is in relative value units (RVUs).

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component is capable of generating a recommendation based at least in part on the resource information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user interface component is capable of presenting the recommendation to a user.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of filtering the performance information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component is capable of being configured based at least in part on user preferences.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component is capable of creating a performance model.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the model is based at least in part on the resource information.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the model is based at least in part on past resource information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the model is based at least in part on hypothetical resource information supplied by a user.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the processing component is capable of generating a workflow recommendation based at least in part on the model.

14. A method for real-time healthcare business decision support, the method including:

aggregating resource information from a plurality of information sources, wherein each information source includes resource information for a healthcare environment;

generating performance information based at least in part on the aggregated resource information, wherein the performance information is generated in substantially real-time; and

determining a workflow recommendation based at least in part on the performance information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on past performance information.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on resource information provided by a user.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the recommendation includes automatic identification of a workflow bottleneck.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on current workflow patterns.

19. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a resource aggregation routine configured to aggregate resource information from a plurality of information sources, wherein each information source includes resource information for a resource in a healthcare environment; and

a processing routine configured to generate performance information based at least in part on the aggregated resource information, wherein the performance information is generated in substantially real-time.

20. The set of instructions of claim 19, further including a recommendation routine configured to determine a workflow recommendation based at least in part on the performance information.