Method and System for Patient Treatment Management Using Interactive Digital Best Practice Treatment Guidelines

• US 20160012189A1
• Filed: 03/06/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avident Health, LLC
• Original Assignee: Avident Health, LLC
• Inventors: Farha, Maen J., Jabbour, Kamel
• Granted Patent: US 11,302,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A process that facilitates patient treatment management by allowing users to adhere to guidelines, best practices and medical procedures. For each individual patient the process software automatically recommends individualized treatment plans, medical tests that should be carried out, deviations or exceptions to recommended treatments and medical or clinical trials that the patient may be eligible to take part in. The process software will monitor and display in real time all patients being treated by a physician or at a hospital, surgery, clinic or other institution and display at what stage, test, specialty or procedure, or treatment each patient is currently located along a particular guideline, best practice or medical procedure and the cost included either at each stage or so far in the treatment path. The process software will also monitor and display for individual patient and in a consolidated manner financial, user and administrative information in real time.

Claims

1. A process that directs, navigates, displays and recommends to healthcare providers next steps for patients undergoing treatment plans that involve complex procedures based on any best practices or guidelines.

2. The process in claim 1 further comprises of:

(a) A searchable database of any guidelines and/or best practices. Including but not limited to guidelines and best practices published by governments, medical institutions, associations or private entities and individuals e.g. NCCN guidelines for breast cancer care.

(b) A database editing interface.

(c) A database of users including different levels of access and rights.

(d) A secure and confidential database of patient demographics and identifying information.

(e) A management module that evaluates and displays financial information and treatment information on an individualized basis or in a consolidated manner for any group of patients, users, institutions or procedures.

(f) A management module showing the total number of clients (e.g. doctors, medical institutions, other), revenue generated, total number of patients registered on the system and in ongoing care, most active users, and other management, user, patient and financial information. A module that allows for the inputting of patient information, medical history, test results and creating a diagnostic workup and treatment plan in addition to displaying an overview of the patient'"'"'s progress along a treatment plan.

(g) A module to identify medical or clinical trials and to display eligibility and exclusion criteria for an individual patient.

3. The process as claimed in claim 2 allows users to view in real time an overview of the process, treatments, test results and other medical information in order to position patients at the correct point on the guidelines, pathway or best practice treatment stages.

4. The process as claimed in claim 3 maintains a record and creates alerts for guideline deviation and noncompliance treatment best practice or guidelines.

5. The process as claimed in claim 4 allows modification of guidelines or best practices based on the emergence of new information or studies, changes in the philosophy of care and availability of resources.

6. The process as claimed in claim 5 takes into account patient history when over laying onto the recommended treatment pathway on the relevant guidelines.

7. This process as claimed in claim 6 ensures that healthcare providers can ratify all next treatment step recommendations electronically.

8. This process as claimed in claim 7 ensures that the healthcare provider is automatically informed of all test results and treatment results for each patient.

9. This process as claimed in claim 8 allows users, institutions or entities to view in real time at what treatment stage any patient under their care is currently located. This will also allow the identification of over and underutilization of resources needed to carry out medical tests, treatments or procedures and to allow for effective resource allocation and planning.

10. The process as claimed in claim 9 will position the patient at the most relevant point on a treatment pathway based on the patient'"'"'s current condition, medical history and test results.

11. The process as claimed in claim 10 will have the capability of dynamically mapping the best practice cancer or other treatment guidelines in an editable manner.

12. The process as claimed in claim 11 highlights patients that have deviated from the recommended treatment guidelines and shows justification for any exemptions.

13. The process as claimed in claim 12 allows supervising physicians to manage the treatment progress of multiple patients by graphically demonstrating at what stage all patients under their care are currently positioned.

14. The process as claimed in claim 13 allows collaboration among different specialists and types of providers improving coordination of patient care.

15. The process as claimed in claim 14 will be able to track, monitor and display to the user the cost of each treatment, medical test or any other procedure and display this for each individual patient or on a consolidated basis for all patients.