Discharge Decision Support System for Post Acute Care Referral
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsKathryn H. Bowles, Mary D. Naylor
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Abstract
A system and method of recommending post-acute care services to a patient is described. The system and method include the steps of providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, where each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score, receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions, calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected, and generating a post-acute care referral if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value.
Claims41
A method of determining the need for a post-acute care service referral to a patient, comprising:
- providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, wherein each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score;
- receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions;
- calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected;
- and
- determining the need for a post-acute care referral based on whether the total score reaches a threshold value, wherein a total score above the threshold value is indicative of needing the post-acute care referral, and a total score at or below the threshold value is indicative of no need for a post-acute care referral.
A system for recommending post-acute care services to a patient, comprising:
- providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, wherein each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score;
- receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions;
- calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected;
- and
- generating a post-acute care referral if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value.
An automated system for recommending post-acute care services to a patient, comprising a computing device having resident therein a computer executable recommendation engine, wherein the recommendation engine presents to a user of the computing device a plurality of questions relating to a patient, wherein each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score, such that when an answer is selected for each of the plurality of questions, a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers is calculated, and a post-acute care referral is recommended for the patient if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value.
A method of reducing the rate of readmission of a patient to a healthcare facility, comprising:
- providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient being admitted to a healthcare facility, wherein each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score;
- receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions;
- calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected;
- and
- determining the need for a post-acute care referral based on whether the total score reaches a threshold value, wherein a total score above the threshold value is indicative of needing the post-acute care referral, and a total score at or below the threshold value is indicative of no need for a post-acute care referral;
- wherein the determination of the need for a post-acute care referral reduces the rate of readmission of the patient to a healthcare facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.