WO1997050050A1 - System for automated patient discharge planning - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to a system for automated planning procedures
- this invention relates to a computer system for locating a secondary care
- a patient may require a ventilator, tube feedings, wound care,
- nursing home is capable of providing the appropriate level of care, it then reviews its current
- bed inventory to determine whether it can accept the patient. This typically requires the planner to call 10 or more facilities in order to locate one that may accommodate the patient. .
- the planner may have time to call only a few facilities during the day because
- the planner may not reach the nursing home admissions
- coordinator on the first call and therefore, must wait for a return call.
- the planner may not be available to accept it. Consequently, it may take
- the database is remotely located so that the bed inventory may be kept current.
- the planner enters a minimal amount of patient information (e.g., relating
- the planner then uses manual procedures to contact the candidate facilities.
- A- allow the planner to enter detailed patient information regarding the patient's needs and
- the planner enters information concerning the level of care
- the system searches the
- planner may then arrange to have the detailed patient information, including the level of care
- Each candidate facility reviews the comprehensive patient information and decides
- a patient in a hospital in Chicago may have a family member in Dallas who
- the present invention increases the capabilities of current automated planning systems by allowing planners to
- planners may arrange to have detailed and comprehensive patient
- the present invention reduces planning and
- use of the present invention may reduce the number of planners needed to
- a primary care facility e.g., hospital, clinic, physician's office,
- a secondary care facility e.g., nursing home
- primary care facility could be any facility that provides services commensurate with the
- a secondary care facility could be any combination of:
- a primary care facility could be a nursing home and a
- secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could be a home care service. Also the secondary care facility could
- the system is comprised of client computers that interact, via local and wide area
- the planner enters the requirements and conditions of
- the planner also enters a code (e.g., zip code) for the target
- the system determines whether the local
- the system locates records from either the
- the planner is then presented with a list of candidate
- the planner may then choose which
- the planner may contact facilities immediately using an automated
- willing to accept the patient may respond to the planner by calling, sending a fax, or sending
- the planner may then review the responses with the patient and family members to
- the planner may then accept one of the offers
- the system is comprised of a) location data for regional
- the system is further comprised of d) a means for obtaining data on a
- the means for determining location input includes zip codes, area codes, and zones.
- the means for determining location input includes zip codes, area codes, and zones.
- obtaining data on a secondary care facility not found in the location data further comprises e)
- the method comprises the steps of 1) obtaining and
- Additional patient data considered in locating a secondary care facility includes the level of
- the primary care facility further comprises the steps of 5) establishing a connection to a
- remote database that contains data for secondary care facilities outside the geographic region
- Additional steps comprise 6) sending patient data to some of
- a secondary care facility comprising a) a means for entering and storing patient data that
- Patient data may also be associated with the secondary care facility data in the remote database.
- Patient data may also be associated with the secondary care facility data in the remote database.
- Patient data may also be associated with the secondary care facility data in the remote database.
- the system further comprises g) a means for displaying results
- Regional secondary care facility data are replicated from a remote database containing secondary care
- comparing the patient data with the secondary care facility data includes i) a means for
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of the primary elements for a preferred embodiment of the
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the primary steps for a preferred embodiment of the present
- Figure 3 is a flowchart of the steps for locating a facility based on a location code.
- primary care facility e.g., hospital, clinic, outpatient clinic, nursing home
- primary care facility e.g., hospital, clinic, outpatient clinic, nursing home
- the client application program is comprised of a series of screens that
- candidate secondary care facilities e.g., nursing homes, rest homes, hospices, home care
- the data entry screens resemble patient assessment documents (PAD)
- patient demographic information including name, address, sex, age, height,
- level of care including subacute, rehabilitation hospital, rest home, hospice,
- Screens may also be provided for such functions as setting print and fax options, for
- client computers 10, 12 located throughout the primary
- a database server 16 for the facility may be connected via a local area
- Small primary care facilities may be serviced by a single computer.
- one of the computers at the primary care facility e.g., a hospital server 16
- the primary care facility e.g., a hospital server 16
- a connection to the national database may
- the national database may be located at a service bureau
- connection to the national database 20 may be established
- the computer may be any computer that can be used to communicate with a wide area network 18, preferably, the Internet.
- the computer may be any computer that can be used to communicate with a wide area network 18, preferably, the Internet.
- the computer may be any computer that can be used to communicate with a wide area network 18, preferably, the Internet.
- the computer may be any computer that can be used to communicate with a wide area network 18, preferably, the Internet.
- the computer may be
- SIP Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
- the national database 20 containing secondary care facility data may be accessible
- Data for a secondary care facility may include location and contact data (including fax information and directions to the facility), level of care provided (e.g., rehabilitation
- each facility provides the
- Data may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may be uploaded to the service bureau's computers or service bureau employees may
- the national database may also contain non-confidential, statistical
- the national database has a replication feature so data may be downloaded to primary care
- the national database server is also equipped with a table, file, data
- the location data for each secondary care facility may include the zip code for the
- the server may then be equipped with a table that indicates which zip codes are adjacent to a particular zip code.
- the table may indicate that zip code 43224 is
- a given zip code and adjacent or surrounding zip codes thus define a
- boundary of the geographic region may be expanded or contracted.
- the primary care facility database server 16 preferably contains a subset of data from
- the national database i.e., the same secondary care facility data, but only for those facilities
- the local database to be updated frequently (preferably, several times a
- subsets of data are replicated from the
- the primary care facility database server is also equipped with a table, file,
- the primary care facility may have a zip code table arranged
- the patient information 30 into a computer may include the level of care
- a ventilator e.g., a ventilator, tube feedings, wound care, dialysis, etc.
- payor source e.g., a ventilator, tube feedings, wound care, dialysis, etc.
- a local database or the hospital database For example, a local database or the hospital database.
- the user also enters a code (e.g., zip code)
- the system determines
- care facility records from either the local database or from the service bureau national database that meet the patient's specific requirements (i.e., level of care required, services
- the user may then choose which candidate facilities to contact and optionally, print
- Candidate records may then be stored in the local
- patient reports may be transmitted immediately to the
- the patient reports are in the form of
- Patient reports may be
- the candidate facilities willing to accept the patient may
- the user may print detailed profiles for each of the candidate facilities to
- the patient and/or family members to aid them in selecting a facility.
- the patient and/or family members to aid them in selecting a facility.
- profiles contain information about the services provided by the facility as well as contact
- a location code may be used to search a particular geographic region or area.
- the location code is a zip code.
- an area code may be used as a location code.
- Other types of encoding may be used to define geographic regions (e.g., associating each
- a target zip code entered by the user is compared with
- local secondary care facility database may be searched to locate a secondary care facility 50.
- the target zip code is the zip code of the patient or a family member of the
- zip code information is arranged
- connection to the national database may be established automatically when the target zip code
- the provider table may contain complete
- the selection criteria are then applied to the retrieved records.
- the additional selection criteria are applied (i.e., level of care, services
- the present invention is installed in a multi-user environment in a hospital and is used by discharge planners for placement of patients in regional and non-
- Example The present invention is installed in a multi-user environment in a hospital in
- the hospital's database server is equipped with a modem and Internet
- the hospital server is
- the patient is also covered by Medicare.
- the patient has a family member who
- the planner enters the services required (ventilator, dialysis as indicated above), the
- the local zip code table is searched to determine whether the local database may
- the Dallas zip code 75201 is not found in the Cleveland zip code table so the
- the planner selects the out-of-territory option and a
- the matching starts by locating all nursing homes with the exact zip code (75201) as
- zip codes adjacent to the Dallas zip code 75201 are retrieved and saved (e.g., 75202, 75203,
- the system then automatically transmits detailed patient information to the
- coordinators for the nursing homes respond to the planner's faxed PAD by accepting the
- Non-confidential information relating to the placement of the patient from a
- Cleveland hospital to a Dallas nursing home may be collected and stored automatically by the system for tracking purposes.
- the system may record the date the transaction
- clinical demographics may be generated.
- a discharge planner may use an automated procedure to
- contact candidate facilities regardless of target location, is unique to the present invention.
- the present invention obviates the need for the discharge planner to resort to manual
- non-confidential data regarding patient placements The data regarding each placement may be
- planners and primary care facilities may obtain information regarding which secondary care
- a secondary care facility may
- the data may also be aggregated and analyzed to determine the effectiveness
- Health care vendors may use this
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