DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POSITIVE OUTCOME DRIVEN CLINICAL WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION

摘要

A decision support system provides workflow optimization for healthcare providers. A data repository includes patient profile data and receives real-time patient condition data from a sensor network and workflow data for the provider. The system determines a relative risk value for patients with respect to a negative outcome such as hospital transfer, and defines at-risk patients with respect to the determined negative outcome. Positive outcomes having an inverse correlation with respect to the negative outcome are determined, such as hospice admission without transfer. A clinical workflow is defined as a sequence of treatment stages associated with the determined positive outcome, and provider activity tracked for the at-risk patients with respect to first threshold values, the system further tracking a degree of provider compliance with the clinical workflow stages based on second threshold values. The system may dynamically modify threshold values for workflow stages based on client conditions, provider resources, etc.

主权项

1. A system for providing decision support regarding clinical workflows for a healthcare provider having a census of patients, the system comprising:
a processor functionally linked to a data repository comprising profile data for each of the census of patients; a sensor network configured to deliver real-time patient condition data for each of the census of patients to the data repository; a non-transitory computer readable medium further comprising program instructions executable by the processor to direct operations of
processing at least the profile data and the condition data to determine a relative risk value for each of the census of patients with respect to a negative outcome associated with services of the healthcare provider;defining a group of patients from among the census of patients as being at-risk with respect to the determined negative outcome;determining a positive outcome having an inverse correlation with respect to said negative outcome;defining a clinical workflow as a sequence of one or more treatment stages associated with the determined positive outcome;tracking a degree of activity by the healthcare provider for the defined group of at-risk patients and with respect to at least a first threshold value, and further tracking a degree of compliance by the healthcare provider with the clinical workflow based on at least a second threshold value; andgenerating a graphical interface on a display unit for a user device comprising feedback data regarding a failure to satisfy either of the first threshold value and the second threshold value.