INTEGRATED CLINICAL RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• US 20090070138A1
• Filed: 05/15/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Proventys, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Proventys, Inc.
• Inventors: Spencer, Quentin, Langheier, Jason, Snyderman, Ralph
• Application Number:
  US12/121,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing patient risk and determining an individual therapeutic treatment plan for a cancer patient. The method includes entering patient medical information into a risk assessment tool; identifying any obtaining missing or out-of-date patient information; initializing the risk assessment tool based on the patient'"'"'s demographics and cancer characteristics and determining a default treatment plan for the patient; modifying the default treatment plan by observing the modification of a risk score for the patient; and confirming a treatment order for the patient based on a balancing of the risk and treatment plan factors.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining an individual therapeutic treatment plan for a cancer patient, the method comprising the steps of:

a. entering medical information related to the cancer patient into a computerized risk assessment application;

b. receiving a default treatment plan for the cancer patient from the computerized risk assessment application, the plan including a risk score for the patient;

c. entering the patient'"'"'s demographic information and cancer characteristics into the computerized risk assessment application;

d. modifying the default treatment plan by observing the modification of a risk score for the patient as the patient'"'"'s demographic information and cancer characteristics are entered; and

e. confirming a treatment order for the patient based on a balancing of risk and treatment plan factors.