Patient Outcome Value Scoring Using Beacon Signal Strength
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Solution Overview
Problem
The healthcare industry faces challenges in managing rising costs and providing quality care due to inaccurate healthcare cost prediction models, which fail to account for real-time data and vary significantly in outcomes and costs across medical facilities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method using time and motion sensor data to derive a value for patient-related outcomes by employing gateways and beacons to track patient and medical provider interactions, calculating signal strength, and generating a value score that relates costs to outcomes, thereby establishing a standardized price schema.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If standardized price schema is implemented, then measurement precision of healthcare value is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the healthcare facility into multiple zones with gateways deployed throughout, dividing the complex measurement task into manageable local detection units that collectively provide comprehensive coverage
Solution Approach 2:
Beacons serve as intermediary devices carried by patients and providers, enabling indirect measurement of interactions without requiring direct sensing infrastructure between all parties
2Reliability
If real-time tracking of patient-provider interactions is implemented, then reliability of cost prediction is improved, but loss of time for data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary tracking and data collection throughout the patient's stay, accumulating interaction data in real-time before final cost calculation, so that when valuation is needed, the data is already prepared
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously feeds back interaction data to the valuation algorithm, allowing dynamic adjustment of cost predictions based on actual observed patterns rather than static pre-admission data
3Productivity
If comprehensive sensor deployment is implemented, then productivity of resource allocation is improved, but loss of energy for system operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The beacons and gateways serve multiple functions: tracking location, measuring interaction time, identifying participants, and triggering valuation calculations, eliminating the need for separate specialized devices for each function
Data Source
AI summary
A system, a method and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a gateway. The message includes an identification parameter associated with the gateway that received a ping from a beacon. The message also includes a beacon identifier of the beacon that transmitted the ping, the ping included the beacon identifier. The message further includes a derived signal strength parameter that indicates a proximity of the beacon to the gateway when the beacon transmitted the ping. The method also includes acquiring an outcome associated with medical-care that is provided by a medical provider to a patient. The method further includes identifying a cost associated with the medical-care provided by the medical provider based in part on the received message. The method additionally includes generating a value score that relates the identified cost of providing the medical-care to the patient, to the acquired outcome.