“Healthcare Performance” in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20220208359): Patent Application
2022 JUL 15 (NewsRx) -- By a
This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution.
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “A variety of performance and safety measures are gathered by surveys and using hospital data to calculate a composite safety measurement score for a hospital. Typically, composite safety measurement scores are developed by external safety rating agencies which are independent, non-profit organizations to provide transparency to the public to see how hospital is performing.
“One of the most well recognized is the
“A composite safety measurement score, such as Leapfrog, provides a single grade to represent a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. The composite safety measurement score recognizes the highest performing hospitals, identifies high-value care and educates consumers and employers when choosing a healthcare institution.”
In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, NewsRx journalists also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features nor essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. The present disclosure is defined by the claims as supported by the Specification, including the Detailed Description.
“Systems, methods, and storage media provided are useful in a healthcare computing platform to provide comprehensive safety measurement scores, and the individual safety measurements that make up the comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals in a geographic area and/or within a healthcare system.
“Systems, methods, and storage media provided receive changes to individual safety measurements to model how changes to individual measurements impact the comprehensive safety measurement score for a hospital.
“Although there are a number of services which provide a composite safety measurement score to a hospital, the composite safety measurement score is useful for patients and employers deciding on where to seek treatment but is difficult for the hospital or healthcare institution to analyze. It is difficult for hospitals or health institutions to determine how the score was calculated and where they should focus their efforts to improve their overall composite safety measurement score.
“Embodiments of the present invention seek to assist hospitals and other healthcare institutions on improving their overall composite safety measurement score. Embodiments of the present invention analyze the composite safety measurement score to determine the individual safety measurements making up the composite safety measure score. Embodiments break down the composite safety measurement score by hospital and hospital system as well as by geographic location. Modeling module of the present invention provides a tool for leaders to model how improvements (or deteriorations) of one or more individual safety measurements impact the composite safety measure score. This allows leaders to identify the critical path and high impact measurements to improve their overall composite safety measure score. The modeling module assists hospital with a program for developing, executing and improving their comprehensive safety measure score.”
The claims supplied by the inventors are:
“1. A method useful in a computing environment for providing individual safety measurement scores from a comprehensive safety measurement score for a hospital, the method comprising: receiving comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals from an external safety rating agency for a time period; determining, by a processor, the individual safety measurements and weight associated with each individual safety measurement for the comprehensive safety measurement scores; receiving, via a graphical user interface, user selection to provide the comprehensive safety measurement for a hospital; automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital; receiving, via the graphical user, a user selection to provide the individual safety measurements for the hospital; and automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the weighted scores for each of the individual safety measurements for the hospital for the time period.
“2. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual safety measurements comprise multiple of inpatient injuries, infections, medical and medication errors, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections for colon surgery, MRSA and C. difficile infections, falls and trauma, severe pressure injuries, preventable complications from surgery, strong nursing leadership and engagement, computerized physician order entry systems to prevent medication errors, safe medication administration, hand hygiene policies, and the right staffing for the ICU.
“3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, by a processor, which of the individual safety measurements for the hospital are below industry standards.
“4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: automatically causing the graphical user interface display the individual safety measurements for the hospital that are below industry standards.
“5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, by a processor, which of the individual safety measurements have a safety program that can be implemented that would impact the comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital.
“6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: automatically causing the graphical user interface display in a decision matrix with the individual safety measurements with a safety program as candidates for improvements for the hospital.
“7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: converting the comprehensive safety performance scores from a grade letter to numeric values and determining numeric ranges for each grade letter.
“8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the numeric value for the comprehensive safety performance score for the hospital and the numeric ranges calculated for each grade letter.
“9. A method useful in a computing environment for providing comprehensive safety measurement scores for hospitals within a geographic region, the method comprising: receiving comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals from an external safety rating agency for a time period; determining, by a processor, location of each of the multiple hospitals with a comprehensive safety measurement score; receiving, via a graphical user interface, a user selection to provide comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals in a geographic area; and automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the comprehensive safety measurement score for each of the multiple hospitals within the geographic area.
“10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: determining, by a processor, the hospital system for each of the multiple hospitals with a comprehensive safety measurement score.
“11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving, via a graphical user interface, a user selection to provide comprehensive safety measurements for hospitals within a hospital system.
“12. The method of claim 11, further comprising: automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the comprehensive safety measurement score for each of the hospitals within the hospital system.
“13. The method of claim 9, wherein the individual safety measurements comprise multiple of inpatient injuries, infections, medical and medication errors, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections for colon surgery, MRSA and C. difficile infections, falls and trauma, severe pressure injuries, preventable complications from surgery, strong nursing leadership and engagement, computerized physician order entry systems to prevent medication errors, safe medication administration, hand hygiene policies, and the right staffing for the ICU.
“14. A method useful in a computing environment for providing an updated comprehensive safety measurement score for a hospital, the method comprising: receiving comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals from an external safety rating agency for a time period; determining, by a processor, the individual safety measurements and weights associated with each individual safety measurement for the comprehensive safety measurement scores; automatically causing a user interactive graphical user interface to display the comprehensive safety measurement score and individual safety measurements for a hospital for the time period; receiving, via a graphical user, a user selection to change one or more of the individual safety measurements for the hospital; accessing from a database the individual safety measurements and weights associated with each individual safety measurement; determining, by a processor, utilizing the change to the one or more individual safety measurements and the weights associated with each individual safety measurement to calculate an updated comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital; and automatically causing the graphical user interface to display an updated comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital.
“15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving comprehensive safety measurement scores for multiple hospitals from an external safety rating agency for a time period.
“16. The method of claim 14, wherein the change selected by the user is an improvement to one or more of the individual safety measurements for the hospital.
“17. The method of claim 16, wherein the updated comprehensive safety measurement score improvements models which changes to individual safety measurements will have the greatest impact on the total comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital.
“18. The method of claim 14, wherein the individual safety measurements comprise multiple of inpatient injuries, infections, medical and medication errors, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections for colon surgery, MRSA and C. difficile infections, falls and trauma, severe pressure injuries, preventable complications from surgery, strong nursing leadership and engagement, computerized physician order entry systems to prevent medication errors, safe medication administration, hand hygiene policies, and the right staffing for the ICU.
“19. The method of claim 14, further comprising: determining, by a processor, which of the individual safety measurements for the hospital are below industry standards; and automatically causing the graphical user interface to display the individual safety measurements for the hospital that are below industry standards for user selection to change the one or more of the individual safety measurements for the hospital that are below industry standards.
“20. The method of claim 14, further comprising: determining, by a processor, which of the individual safety measurements have a safety program that can be implemented that would impact the comprehensive safety measurement score for the hospital; and automatically causing the graphical user interface to display in a decision matrix the individual safety measurements with a safety program as candidates for improvements for the hospital for user selection to change the one or more of the individual safety measurements for the hospital that are candidates for improvements the hospital.”
URL and more information on this patent application, see: Bateson, Tiffany; Betts, Angela; Howlett, Nolan; Jacob, Don;
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