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US 8,478,607 B2Granted
Hospital service line management tool
AssigneeAccelero Health Partners, LLC
InventorsScott E. Bachik, Michelle R. Bianco
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Abstract
A method for managing, organizing, integrating, and evaluating a service line of a hospital. Primary goals of the present method include, for example, improving patient care, increasing financial margins, and building volume.
Claims25
A method for managing and evaluating a service line of a hospital comprising the steps of:
- collecting data relevant to the service line of the hospital;
- awarding the service line of the hospital a raw score out of a possible score in each category of a plurality of categories based on the collected data, wherein awarding the raw score includes:
- awarding a raw score of zero to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category-are below a lower threshold established for the category;
- awarding a raw score of one to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are between the lower threshold and an upper threshold established for the category;
- and awarding a raw score of two to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are above the upper threshold established for the category;
- inputting the raw scores for each category of the plurality of categories into a computing device;
- calculating, with the computing device, a percentage score by dividing a sum of the raw scores for each category of the plurality of categories by a sum of the possible scores for the plurality of categories;
- associating the percentage score with a stage of maturation;
- and
- reporting the stage of maturation to the hospital.
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A method for managing and evaluating a service line of a hospital comprising the steps of:
- collecting data relevant to the service line of the hospital;
- awarding the service line of the hospital a raw score out of a possible score in each category of a plurality of categories based on the collected data, wherein awarding the raw score includes:
- awarding a raw score of zero to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category-are below a lower threshold established for the category;
- awarding a raw score of one to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are between the lower threshold and an upper threshold established for the category;
- and awarding a raw score of two to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are above the upper threshold established for the category;
- inputting the raw scores for each category of the plurality of categories into a computing device;
- calculating, with the computing device, a sum of the raw scores for each category of the plurality of categories;
- classifying the service line of the hospital in one of an infancy stage, a development stage, and a maturity stage based on the sum of the raw scores for each category of the plurality of categories;
- and
- providing feedback to the hospital based on the classifying step.
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A method for managing and evaluating a service line of a hospital comprising the steps of:
- collecting data relevant to the service line of the hospital;
- evaluating the service line of the hospital in a plurality of categories, the plurality of categories selected from the group consisting of:
- patient care, infrastructure, customer service, strategic goal planning, physician engagement, referral sources, and brand strategy, wherein evaluating the service line includes awarding a raw score in each category of the plurality of categories based on the collected data, awarding the raw score including:
- awarding a raw score of zero to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category-are below a lower threshold established for the category;
- awarding a raw score of one to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are between the lower threshold and an upper threshold established for the category;
- and awarding a raw score of two to each category of the plurality of categories of the service line if one or more key elements of a care continuum for the category are above the upper threshold established for the category;
- inputting information from the evaluating step into a computing device;
- classifying the service line of the hospital, with the computing device, in one of an infancy stage, a development stage, and a maturity stage for each category of the plurality of categories;
- and
- providing feedback to the hospital based on the classifying step.
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