Methods and systems for creating and using multi-disciplinary treatment plans

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for creating and implementing multi-disciplinary treatment plans, which can allow healthcare and medical professionals and providers of various disciplines to collaborate in forming a patient treatment plan and subsequently managing patient care in accordance with this plan. Patient information is first received in a patient planning system. A team of multi-disciplinary healthcare or medical professionals and providers meet and collaborate to form a treatment plan which is then entered in the treatment planning system. As the course of treatment progresses, the treatment plan can be updated in the treatment planning system by each of the team members. The graphical user interface seen by the team members will typically be the same for each team member. This interface includes a generalized treatment planning section and a patient-specific section, each of which can be manipulated to add or update a treatment plan for a particular patient.

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CROSS-REFERENCE[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 818,310, filed May 1, 2013, which application is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Healthcare is becoming an ever larger sector in the national economy. The costs of healthcare are also rising, at almost an unsustainable rate. Among the contributors to rising healthcare costs is inefficient patient care management. The formation of treatment plans for patients and the management of their care is mandated by regulation to assure coordinated, efficient care. These plans are still routinely performed in archaic, inefficient, and ultimately economically costly ways. They do not meet the goal of coordinated, efficient care and are not collaborative. Therefore, new technologies for healthcare provider collaboration, the formation of treatment plans, and the management of ongoing care are greatly desired.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]Systems and methods are provid...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes systems and methods for creating and managing treatment plans for patients. These systems allow healthcare professionals of various disciplines to work together and form a comprehensive treatment plan that is easy to manage. The systems use a modular application called the Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Plan (MDTP) which adheres to regulatory requirements and ensures that patients are being treated in a holistic and consistent manner. The MDTP can also improve communication and collaboration among team members by focusing on the most important care issues for a patient. Overall, the technology helps healthcare professionals work together to provide patient care in a more efficient and effective way.

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