58 results about "Nursing care plan" patented technology

The present invention offers a comprehensive solution to care management which aggregates, integrates and stores clinical information from disparate sources. The system finds at-risk individuals before they experience preventable, high-cost medical events and stratifies high risk populations according to clinical criteria, which can include severity of disease states and co-morbidities. The system also compares the actual care an individual is receiving to established standards of clinical excellence and, if necessary, suggests pertinent medical care considerations to improve the care of medically mismanaged individuals. Another feature of the present invention may include a secure, patient-specific Web page which is automatically populated with a patient's own clinical information and can be personalized with customized, relevant healthcare information. The system allows users to design, facilitate and monitor clinical care plans and increase communications among physicians, nurses and patients. The system also predicts and analyzes the outcome of disease or case management for populations and individual patients.

Techniques for administering a care plan. Embodiments receive the care plan specifying observation metrics to monitor biometric data collected from a patient. At least one monitoring device available is identified and embodiments receive biometric data collected using the at least one monitoring device, where the biometric data is initially classified as a first type of event by the at least one monitoring device. Additionally, embodiments analyze the received biometric data to reclassify the first event as an occurrence of a second type of even, and, upon determining that the occurrence of the second type of event satisfies at least one threshold condition specified in the care plan, initiate at least one treatment plan specified in the care plan and corresponding to the satisfied at least one threshold value.

A processing device implemented system supports providing a plan of care for a patient. A repository includes data representing a plurality of different patient problems and including data representing an individual plan of care, indicating care to be provided to a specific patient, associated with a patient problem, an expected outcome, clinical observations, and orders for treatment to be administered to a patient. A data processor searches data in the repository to identify one or more candidate plans of care associated with a particular patient problem in response to user entry of data identifying the particular patient problem by searching data in the repository for a code associated with the particular patient problem. A display processor generates data representing at least one display image including data representing the one or more candidate plans of care associated with the particular patient problem enabling a user to select a particular plan of care for a particular patient.

The described invention provides a method, a system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions that when executed on a processor cause communicatively linked clinical outcome tracking and analysis modules to perform operations that use CNA-guided care to improve clinical outcomes at a specific patient level and to decrease total cost of care at the population level.Computer program instructions when executed on a processor comprising a first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module causes the first clinical outcome and tracking module to account for biological variance up front by grouping patients in the patient population, thereby effectively removing biological variance as a factor in value of care, and leaving treatment variance as a predominant factor in treatment outcome by receiving, sorting, and classifying personal health information, the latter by generating and assigning a plurality of Clinical outcome tracking and analysis Nodal Addresses (CNAs), each CNA representing a discrete punctuated string of digits comprising a prefix, a middle and a suffix that each represent a set of preselected variables that partition the sorted and classified information into a clinically relevant set of information.The first clinical outcome tracking and analysis (COTA) module tracks consequences of treatment choices and reports on outcomes associated with the use of these CNAs.CNA-guided care, which has two faces, operates through the application of CNAs, and is formed by the triad of a health care provider, a payer, and the patient who is suffering from a disease.The first face, the enabling tool, comprises interactions between a medical care provider, a computer containing a processor comprising a first clinical outcome tracking and analysis (COTA) module, a first client device comprising a second COTA module that is communicatively linked to the first COTA module via a network, and a payer. The payer transmits to the processor comprising the first COTA module via the second COTA module information identifying a health care service under consideration for the patient whose health plan benefits cover the service and other variables selected by the payer. In response, the first COTA module transmits to the second COTA module, (1) the clinical outcome data for the appropriate CNA, (2) the behavioral variance data for each medical provider at the appropriate CNA; (3) a cost report comprising cost data in real time for treating each patient in the patient population assigned to the appropriate CNA; and (4) one or more graphic analyses correlating cost of care to clinical outcome. If this information is sufficient to establish that the medical service is an appropriate delivery or level of service, considering potential benefits and harms to the patient; that the medical service is effective in improving health outcome by improving clinical outcomes and reducing total cost of care; that the service is cost-effective for the medical condition being treated and the clinical outcome, compared to alternative health interventions or no intervention; and that the service follows generally accepted medical practice, the payer then can approve payment to the medical care provider for the service.The second face, which comprises interactions between the computer containing a processor comprising the first COTA module, a second client device comprising a third COTA module that is communicatively linked to the first COTA module via a network and the patient provide for communications between the processor comprising the first COTA module and the communicatively linked third client device comprising the third COTA module that provide information sufficient for a complete medical evaluation of the patient and for assigning a CNA to the patient. The CNA then is used to enable a patient with a condition to select an optimal care plan with a reduced risk of adverse variance and a medical professional based on geography, clinical outcome, cost and other patient-set criteria within the CNA. The assigned CNA can be associated with one or more bundles of predetermined patient care services for treatment of the condition, which can provide a predetermined course of treatment, cost certainty, or both. Once the patient selects a medical professional that meets one or more of geographical, cost and clinical outcome needs of the patient, the first COTA module can be communicatively linked to a computing device at the selected medical professional's office to facilitate scheduling of an appointment.

A computer-implemented method of manufacturing a computer-readable storage medium for a remote patient management system with instructions for causing the execution of a care plan comprising a coaching plan. The method comprises: displaying a list of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of a group of psychological determinants chosen from the list of psychological determinants, generating a list of behavioral models using the group of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of at least one selected behavioral model from the list of behavioral models, determining a time line for the global structure of the coaching plan using the at least one selected behavioral model, compiling a coaching object file using the time line, linking the coaching object file to a library of multi-media content to resolve unresolved symbolic links of the time line, integrating the coaching plan into the care plan, and writing the care plan to the computer-readable storage medium.

The present invention relates to a method and system for enhanced medical triage in managed care plans that streamlines the conventional medical triage process and referral logic, sends only those insurance claims to an integrated case management system that require medical intervention, matches claims to the right resource at the right time, reduces the time needed to review lost time cases, lessens the number of unnecessary referrals or re-referrals, and further tailors the assignment process of medical insurance claims to medical personnel based on specific market and / or employer dedication.

Outcomes from a patient plan of care are provided in conjunction with documentation of patient assessment items to assist clinicians in the healthcare process. A documentation area for documenting assessment items for a patient and having areas for entering patient assessment information is presented. Additionally, an outcome icon is presented in conjunction with at least one assessment item. The outcome icon relates to at least one outcome corresponding with the assessment item and is based on the patient plan of care. In response to receiving a user selection of the outcome icon, information associated with the outcome is presented in context of the documentation area.

The present Invention relates to methods of treating subjects preparing to undergo surgery or methods of treating chronic disease and methods for reducing transfusions and a computer readable storage medium and a physical computing device for carrying out these methods which include: a) receiving a profile of said subject, in a physical computing device, including a level of hemoglobin of said subject, level of creatinine of said subject, and information regarding current or past history of disease; b) applying said level of hemoglobin and said level of creatinine, in said physical computing device, to determine level of transfusion risk; c) applying said information regarding current or past history of disease of said subject, in said physical computing device, to determine level of comorbidity; d) applying said level of hemoglobin, said level of transfusion risk, and said level of comorbidity, in said physical computing device, to determine a patient care plan.

The management system and method for the caregiver support platform includes healthcare coaching services and a digital case management portal. The support platform is developed following a risk assessment survey assessing likelihood of an individual becoming a caregiver. A support coach works with the caregiver to determine what is needed in a support platform. The support coach reviews case details, analyzes resources available to the caregiver, and prepares a care plan based on the options preferred by the caregiver.

Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for providing feedback for a care plan for a patient. Embodiments receive a care plan specifying a plurality of assigned tasks for the patient to perform, timing information specifying when each of the plurality of assigned tasks should be performed, and a plurality of observation metrics that each indicate a type of biometric data to monitor. Biometric data corresponding to the plurality of observation metrics is collected using at least one monitoring device. Embodiments receive symptom information specifying one or more reported symptoms experienced by the patient and monitor adherence of the patient to completing the plurality of assigned tasks according to the timing information specified in the care plan. Embodiments further include providing feedback to the patient, based on the collected biometric data, received symptom information and monitored adherence.

There is disclosed an interactive patient care system configured to provide care to a patient suffering from a chronic disease or condition, comprising a server system (6) configured to receive and transmit data via a communication network (16) to and from users including patients (15a) and health care professionals (15b). The server system comprises a processing unit (6e), a memory (6f), a patient database (6c) configured to store data related to the patient and a library database (6d) configured to store data related to predefined therapeutic interventions obtained on evidence-based care pathways. The server system further comprises an application server (6b) and a communication server (6a) including a web server software application for data transfer through the internet. The application server (6b) comprises a patient care system software for chronic disease or condition management, configured to: i) select for a given patient at least one predefined therapeutic intervention from the library database based at least on the data related to the patient stored in the patient database, and ii) generate a personalized care plan based at least on the selected predefined therapeutic intervention. The patient care system software comprises patient therapy services (40) comprising health monitoring components (40c) configured to monitor health parameters and / or treatment adherence parameters of the patient. The therapy services are configured to provide health care assistance to the patients based on said personalized care plan.

Embodiments provide techniques for authenticating and configuring a care plan device in a care plan environment. Embodiments receive, from the care plan device, a care plan device identifier written to a memory of the care plan device by a manufacturer. The care plan device is authenticated with a remote server, based on matching a reference identifier within a patient care plan with the care plan device identifier. Upon authenticating the care plan device, embodiments receive, from the remote server, the configuration information for the care plan device. The care plan device is configured in accordance with the patient care plan, based on the received configuration information.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for creating an alternate pathway to access, via a Stand-Alone Health Provider Entity, federally-compliant Medicare Advance Care Planning education and conversation benefits off-site of a doctor's office, hospital, or other medical facility. Access to this Medicare benefit is generally not available in an outpatient medical environment where most physicians don't have the time required to competently conduct in-depth one-on-one medical planning conversations with treated individuals, non-sick patients and family members, and where attorneys usually don't possess the requisite knowledge or skills to do so. The present invention enables, and herein discloses, a novel alternate path that provides more ready access to the existing Medicare Advance Care Planning education and conversation benefit and, thereby, substantially increases the potential number of eligible Americans who can competently complete professionally-guided medical planning conversations and legally create personalized and medically-useful advance directives and physician-authorized medical orders.

Methods and systems related to wellcare management are disclosed. The methods comprise enrolling wellcare providers and consumers, offering wellcare plans, and providing automated payment processing and collection in connection with the wellcare plans. The methods also allow the wellcare management systems to interface with the wellcare provider's practice management software administered by a third party. Preferably, the wellcare plan providers are veterinarians, particularly independent veterinarians. Systems employing the methods over one or more computer networks are also disclosed, as are articles comprising computer readable media.

Instruments of determined level of self-efficacy may be chosen dynamically for customized patient engagement, e.g., based on a patient's latent adherence trait estimated from lifestyle and other clinical data. Customization points in care plans may be identified, e.g., by monitoring an accumulative change in the patient's health literacy level. Clinical decision support at the point of care may be provided by adjusting patient engagement strategies and allocating resources accordingly.