System and method for monitoring patient care

A system for facilitating management of health care provided by a facility, comprising:

• computer readable memory storing a database including data relating to patients treated by the facility, data relating to events occurring with respect to patients treated by the facility and data related to health related care provided by the facility to patients;
• at least one network computer capable of accessing the memory and providing statistical data usable for managing health care provided by the facility;
• at least one computer for providing information to the at least one network computer and receiving statistical data from the at least one network computer via a network;
• a user interface provided at the at least one computer for receiving data identifying a cohort including a plurality of patients conforming to user-defined criteria, the criteria including
• at least one calendar time period,
• one of inclusion and exclusion of at least one event within a time interval, the at least one event having a user-defined temporal relationship to a start time or to another event,
• the at least one event being at least one of a treatment, an outcome, a laboratory test, or a user-specified target outcome,
• the at least one computer providing the data received by the user interface to the at least one network computer via the network;
• and
• the at least one network computer providing statistical data via the network to the at least one computer related to at least one elapsed time period beginning with the start time or said other event for each of the patients in the cohort and ending with an occurrence of the at least one event in case of inclusion of the at least one event in the criteria or an end of said time interval in case of exclusion of the at least one event for each of the patients in the cohort,
• the statistical data providing an indication of the quality of the health related care provided by the facility which is usable by the facility to manage health care provided by the facility,
• wherein the quality of the health related care is in accordance with the elapsed time period.

A computerized method for facilitating management of health care provided by a facility, comprising:

• receiving in at least one computer data identifying a cohort including a plurality of patients conforming to user-defined criteria, the criteria including
• at least one calendar time period,
• one of inclusion and exclusion of at least one event within a time interval, the at least one event having a user-defined temporal relationship to a start time or to another event,
• the at least one event being at least one of a treatment, an outcome, a laboratory test, or a user-specified target outcome;
• and
• the at least one computer accessing a computer readable memory storing a database including data relating to patients treated by the facility, data relating to events occurring with respect to patients treated by the facility and data related to health related care provided by the facility to patients, and providing statistical data related to at least one elapsed time period beginning with the start time or said other event for each of the patients in the cohort and ending with an occurrence of the at least one event in case of inclusion of the at least one event in the criteria or an end of said time interval in case of exclusion of the at least one event for each of the patients in the cohort, the statistical data providing an indication of the quality of the health related care provided by the facility,
• wherein the quality of the health related care is in accordance with the elapsed time period.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for monitoring patient care, the method comprising:

• receiving data relating to a medical condition of a plurality of patients;
• associating the received data with data relating to care of each of the plurality of patients and data relating to an outcome for each of the plurality of patients;
• and
• providing at least one indication of quality of care for the medical condition based on the data relating to the medical condition, the data relating to the care, and the data relating to the outcome for each of the plurality of patients,
• wherein
• at least one of the data relating to the care and the data relating to the outcome is related to an elapsed time period beginning with a start time for each of the plurality of patients and ending with an end time for each of the plurality of patients,
• the end time corresponding to
• either an occurrence of at least one event within a time interval, the at least one event having a user-defined temporal relationship to the start time
• or an end of said time interval, and
• the start time corresponding to either another event or a user-defined start time,
• and the quality of care is in accordance with the elapsed time period.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for providing an indication of the quality of patient care, the method comprising:

• receiving data relating to a medical condition;
• querying a database that includes
• data relating to the medical condition for each of a plurality of patients,
• data relating to user-specified events occurring with respect to each of the plurality of patients, the events temporally related in a user-defined manner,
• data relating to care provided to each of the plurality of patients, and
• data relating to a user-specified outcome for each of the plurality of patients;
• based on the database query, correlating the data relating to the medical condition for each of the plurality of patients, the data relating to the event occurring with respect to each of the plurality of patients, the data relating to care provided to each of the plurality of patients, and the data relating to the outcome for each of the plurality of patients;
• and
• providing at least one indication of quality of care based on the correlating,
• wherein the data relating to the events includes an elapsed time period associated with the events for each of the plurality of patients, and the quality of care is in accordance with the elapsed time period.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for providing an indication of the quality of patient care, the method comprising:

• receiving data relating to a patient;
• comparing the received data to
• data relating to at least one medical condition,
• data relating to user-specified events occurring with respect to each of a plurality of patients, the events temporally related in a user-defined manner,
• data relating to care relating to the at least one medical condition, and
• data relating to an outcome, associated with said care, of the at least one medical condition for each of the plurality of patients;
• and
• indicating a quality of care provided to the patient based on the comparing,
• wherein the data relating to the events includes an elapsed time period associated with the events for each of the plurality of patients, and the quality of care is in accordance with the elapsed time period.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for monitoring patient care, the method comprising:

• receiving data relating to a medical condition of a plurality of patients;
• associating the received data with data relating to care of each of the plurality of patients and data relating to an outcome for each of the plurality of patients;
• and
• providing at least one indication of quality of care for the medical condition based on the data relating to the medical condition, the data relating to the care, and the data relating to the outcome for each of the plurality of patients,
• wherein
• at least one of the data relating to the care and the data relating to the outcome is related to an elapsed time period beginning with a start time for each of the plurality of patients and ending with an end time for each of the plurality of patients,
• the end time for a given patient corresponds to either
• occurrence of a user-specified event with respect to that patient within a time interval, the event having a user-specified temporal relationship to the start time, or
• expiration of the time interval without occurrence of the event with respect to that patient,
• the quality of care is in accordance with at least one of
• the elapsed time period, and
• occurrence or non-occurrence of the event.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for facilitating management of health care provided to a patient by a facility, comprising:

• determining a time period for evaluating the patient, the time period having intervals;
• performing laboratory tests on the patient to obtain test values, so that each interval has associated therewith an outcome value corresponding to either
• a test value obtained during that interval or
• a derived value derived from test values obtained at times other than during that interval;
• establishing a target range of values corresponding to a desired condition of the patient;
• comparing each outcome value with said target range to determine whether the patient is in the desired condition;
• calculating, relative to the time period, a time during which the outcome values are in the target range, indicating that the patient maintains the desired condition.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for facilitating management of health care provided to a patient by a facility, comprising:

• determining a time period for evaluating the patient, the time period having intervals, each interval having a duration with an interval start time and an interval end time, one of the start time and the end time being calculated with respect to an index date;
• associating with each interval an outcome value relating to the patient, the outcome value corresponding to
• a patient data value obtained during that interval,
• a summary of patient data values obtained during that interval, or
• a derived value derived from patient data values or summaries thereof obtained at times other than during that interval, said times being defined by the user;
• determining ranges of the outcome values, each of said ranges associated with one of a plurality of categories and characterized by a label;
• assigning a category and a label to each outcome value accordingly;
• and
• calculating, relative to the time period, a time during which the outcome value is in a specified range,
• wherein
• the index date is determined in accordance with a temporal event or a combination of temporal events including a user-defined date, a calendar date, a clinical event relating to the patient, a combination of user-specified clinical events, or a combination of user-specified clinical events combined according to user-defined criteria,
• the patient data value comprises a result of a laboratory test performed on the patient, a summary of a plurality of tests performed on the patient, a result of an observation of a condition of a patient, occurrence of a clinical event relating to the patient, occurrence of a clinical event according to user-specified criteria, or a combination thereof, and
• the duration of a given interval corresponds to a user-defined period, a calendar period, a user-defined period relative to a clinical event relating to the patient, or a combination thereof.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for facilitating management of health care provided to a patient by a facility, comprising:

• determining a time period for evaluating the patient, the time period having intervals, each interval having an interval duration with an interval start time and an interval end time,
• associating with each interval an outcome value relating to the patient, the outcome value corresponding to
• a patient data value obtained during that interval,
• a summary of patient data values obtained during that interval, or
• a derived value derived from patient data values or summaries thereof obtained at times other than during that interval, said times being defined by the user;
• determining ranges of the outcome values, each of said ranges associated with one of a plurality of categories and characterized by a label;
• assigning a category and a label to each outcome value accordingly;
• and
• calculating, relative to the time period, a time during which the outcome value is in a specified range,
• wherein
• the interval duration is determined in accordance with a clinical event relating to the patient, a combination of user-specified clinical events, a combination of user-specified clinical events combined according to user-defined criteria, occurrence or persistence of a condition of the patient, or occurrence or persistence of a user-specified problem relating to the patient, and
• the patient data value comprises a result of a laboratory test performed on the patient, a summary of a plurality of tests performed on the patient, a result of an observation of a condition of a patient, occurrence of a clinical event relating to the patient, occurrence of a clinical event according to user-specified criteria, or a combination thereof.

A method, for execution on a computing device, for facilitating management of health care provided to a patient by a facility, comprising:

• determining a time period for evaluating the patient, the time period having intervals, each interval having an interval start time and an interval end time,
• associating with each interval an outcome value relating to the patient, the outcome value corresponding to
• a patient data value obtained during that interval,
• a summary of patient data values obtained during that interval, or
• a derived value derived from patient data values or summaries thereof obtained at times other than during that interval, said times being defined by the user;
• determining ranges of the outcome values, each of said ranges associated with one of a plurality of categories and characterized by a label;
• assigning a category and a label to each outcome value accordingly;
• and
• calculating, relative to the time period, a time during which the outcome value is in a specified range,
• wherein
• the interval duration is a user-defined duration wherein the interval start time and the interval stop time are temporally related to specified events, said events including clinical events relating to the patient, a combination of user-specified clinical events, a combination of user-specified clinical events combined according to user-defined criteria, occurrence or persistence of a condition of the patient, or occurrence or persistence of a user-specified problem relating to the patient, and
• the patient data value comprises a result of a laboratory test performed on the patient, a summary of a plurality of tests performed on the patient, a result of an observation of a condition of a patient, occurrence of a clinical event relating to the patient, occurrence of a clinical event according to user-specified criteria, or a combination thereof.