Learning and optimizing care protocols.

Abstract

A method (600) of learning and / or optimizing clinical protocols and / or clinical guidelines. Workflow data is received (602) for a plurality of patients. The workflow data includes a plurality of care steps and relations there between for each of the patients. One or more sequences of care steps are identified (604) from the workflow data. The identification includes determining (612) one or more most common sequences of care steps from the workflow data. The identified sequences of care steps include the most common sequences of care steps. One of the identified sequences of care steps is selected (606) and employed (608) as a clinical protocol and / or to generate a clinical guideline.

Description

technical field [0001] This application generally involves clinical decision making. It is particularly applicable in conjunction with learning and / or optimizing clinical protocols and / or clinical guidelines and will describe it with specific reference to learning and / or optimizing clinical protocols and / or clinical guidelines. However, it should be understood that it is also applicable to other usage scenarios and is not necessarily limited to the aforementioned applications. Background technique [0002] A clinical protocol (also known as a care protocol) is a process established by a healthcare facility, such as a hospital, to follow in caring for a patient. These protocols aim to ensure the health and safety of patients while minimizing the cost of care. Typically, clinical protocols are derived from clinical guidelines. Clinical guidelines are recommendations based on the best available evidence regarding the appropriate management and care of people with specific di...

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Problems solved by technology

However, as should be appreciated, this results in disparate approaches among clinicians, which negatively impacts patient and / or facility standard of care and / or cost of care

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