FACILITATING IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS

• US 20120173264A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: BRUSH, RYAN ALAN, SUTARIYA, BHARAT B., YATES, PETER HARRISON
• Application Number:
  US13/340,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient. The risk data is used to determine a potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. A plan of care is generated for the patient based on the potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. Such a plan of care may include an action(s) to perform in association with the patient in an effort to avoid the potential health complication.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications, the method comprising:

identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient, the risk data being identified from among a set of clinical data aggregated from a plurality of sources;

using the risk data to determine one or more potential health complications that may arise in association with the patient; and

generating a plan of care for the patient based on the one or more potential health complications that may arise in association with the patient, the plan of care including one or more actions to perform in association with the patient in an effort to avoid the one or more potential health complications.

2. The media of claim 1 further comprising receiving an indication to generate the plan of care for the patient.

3. The media of claim 1 further comprising presenting the risk data.

4. The media of claim 1 further comprising presenting the one or more potential health complications that may arise in association with the patient.

5. The media of claim 1 further comprising calculating and presenting a probability that the one or more potential health complications may arise in association with the patient.

6. The media of claim 1 further comprising presenting the plan of care.

7. The media of claim 1 further comprising using the plan of care to generate one or more care tickets for the patient, each of the one or more care tickets being associated with a particular clinical encounter.

8. The media of claim 7 further comprising presenting a care ticket at a clinical encounter for which the care ticket was generated.

9. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications, the method comprising:

identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient, the risk data being identified from among a set of clinical data aggregated from a plurality of sources;

using the risk data and evidence-based data to determine a potential health complication that may arise in association with a medical condition of the patient; and

identifying one or more healthcare actions to perform in association with the patient to prevent the potential health complication.

10. The media of claim 9 further comprising determining a probability that the potential health complication may arise in association with the patient within a predetermined time period.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more healthcare actions are referenced in association with a care plan for the patient.

12. The media of claim 9 further comprising identifying the medical condition of the patient.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein evidence-based data includes healthcare data associated with a plurality of patients having the same medical condition as the patient.

14. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more healthcare actions are included in a personalized plan of health for the patient.

15. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more healthcare actions are included in a care ticket provided to a care provider at a clinical encounter at which the patient seeks health or medical assistance.

16. A method for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications, the method comprising:

identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient, the risk data being identified from among clinical data associated with the patient aggregated from a plurality of sources;

using the risk data in association with evidence-based data to determine one or more potential health complications that may arise in association with the patient;

generating a care ticket for the patient for a clinical encounter in accordance with the one or more potential health complications that may arise in association with the patient, the care ticket including one or more healthcare actions to perform in association with the patient at the clinical encounter in an effort to avoid the one or more potential health complications; and

presenting the care ticket to provide guidance to a care provider as to healthcare actions to perform during the clinical encounter.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein one or more healthcare actions to perform in association with the patient are selected from a personalized plan of health for the patient.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more healthcare actions to perform are selected based on the context of the clinical encounter.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein clinical data is designated as risk data when the clinical data is outside of a predetermined acceptable standard range or a predefined acceptable range for the patient.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more healthcare actions selected for the care ticket are deemed acceptable and preapproved for reimbursement.