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Systems and methods for profiling clinic workflow

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#313Heath Care Data Management System

Applies to Claims 1,10,2,3,4,5,6,8,9

Submitted by: Susan MurrayLast updated: about 3 years ago

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Summary / Description

Summary / Description

The present invention is directed to a health care data management system comprising a workflow management system and a decision support system, as well as to a corresponding computer program product and method.The decision support system comprises a probabilitistic expert system for medical advice and is arranged to create a query to be sent to the workflow management system. It is also arranged to receive a corresponding answer determined by the workflow management system....

Basic Information

Type of Prior Art	Issued Patents - US

Country	Unknown or unspecified country

Patent/Application #	WO2007020601

Kind Code	World Intellectual Proper... - Publ.of the Int.Appl. without ... - A2

Patentee Name	Philips Electronics (Inventors: G. Rose, K. Weidenhaupt)

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URL	https://www.delphion.com/detail...

Filing Date	February 22, 2007

Additional Information	"Filing Date" field is populated with International Publication Date which is more relevant (and there is no other way of getting it in.)

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NOTE: Submitted by Susan Murray on behalf of Manny Schecter. See in particular pp 5-8.

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A clinical information workflow profiling system, the system including:a workflow engine adapted to collect profiling data for a healthcare workflow task; and

a profiling processor adapted to analyze the profiling data to determine an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task.

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Workflow engine corresponds to "workflow management system" in the cited prior art. The disclosure of the workflow management system includes profiling data in the form of "schedule" data, "entity" data and related "cost of using entity" data. The concept of alternative configuration of workflow tasks is found on (at least) the top and bottom of page 7.

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The system of Claim 1, wherein the profiling data includes timing data for the healthcare workflow task.

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Disclosed at least on page 6 where reference is made to "schedule" (e.g. "timing data") changes.

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The system of Claim 1, wherein the profiling data includes actor data for the healthcare workflow task.

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See page 6 where it is disclosed that the workflow management system manages "entity" data. Entities include devices, rooms and people (e.g. specialized surgeons.)

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The system of Claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes calculating at least one of a combination and a permutation of the profiling data.

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See first full paragraph on page 7 referring to alternatives presented by the system.

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The system of Claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining whether a first task can be performed in parallel with a second task in the alternative configuration, wherein the first task and the second task are included in the healthcare workflow task, and wherein the first task and the second task are ordered sequentially in the healthcare workflow task.

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See discussion on pp17-19.

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The system of Claim 1, wherein the analysis of the profiling data includes determining an alternative order for a first task and a second task in the alternative configuration, wherein the first task and the second task are included in the healthcare workflow task, wherein the first task is ordered before the second task in the healthcare workflow task.

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See discussion on pp 17-19.

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The system of Claim 1, further including a report component adapted to provide statistics for the healthcare workflow task, wherein the statistics are based at least in part on the profiling data.

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See page 7: "The set of medical actions may be ordered in a ranking order accordning to a probabilistic impact of each of the medical actions on a confidence level of a medical diagnosis or medical treatment plan."

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The system of Claim 1, further including a report component adapted to provide a recommendation to a user, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on the determined alternative configuration.

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See page 7.

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A method for profiling workflow in a healthcare environment, the method including:collecting profiling data for a healthcare workflow task;

analyzing the profiling data; and

determining an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task based at least in part on analysis of the profiling data.

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See above for claims 10+.

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