Care Team Assignment via Decay-Weighted Contribution Scoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual care team assignment methods often result in inaccurate or incomplete representations of a patient's care team, as they fail to account for evolving patient needs and do not quantify clinician contributions effectively, leading to inefficiencies in healthcare delivery.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that track clinicians' interactions with patients to determine care contribution scores based on their actions, using decay rates and role-specific contributions to rank clinicians and automatically generate accurate care team assignments, which can be updated in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If manual care team assignment methods are used, then the assignment process is simple to implement, but the accuracy and completeness of care team representation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical assignment process with an automated computer-based system that calculates care contribution scores using decay functions. The system automatically tracks clinician actions, applies time-based decay rates, and generates care team assignments without manual intervention, thereby improving accuracy while maintaining ease of implementation through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating and updating care team assignments based on tracked clinician interactions. The care team assignment system autonomously monitors clinician actions, calculates contributions, and maintains accurate representations without requiring manual oversight or intervention from administrators.
2Ease of manufacture
If manual care team assignment methods are used, then the implementation process is straightforward, but the ability to reflect evolving patient needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics through time-based decay functions that automatically adjust care contribution scores as clinician actions age. The system continuously updates care team assignments to reflect current patient needs by applying decay rates that reduce the weight of historical actions, allowing the care team composition to dynamically adapt as patient conditions evolve and new clinician interactions occur.
3Measurement precision
If automated tracking of clinician interactions is implemented, then the accuracy of care team assignment improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a multi-functional system that simultaneously tracks multiple types of clinician actions (assessments, treatments, communications), calculates decay scores, generates care team assignments, and provides notification capabilities. This consolidated approach improves accuracy through comprehensive tracking while managing complexity by integrating multiple functions into a single unified system rather than separate components.
4Measurement precision
If care contribution decay rates are applied, then the representation of current care contributors improves, but the computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements parameter changes by applying time-based decay rates that systematically reduce the weight of historical clinician actions. This approach improves the representation of current contributors by emphasizing recent interactions while reducing computational requirements compared to analyzing all historical data equally, as the decay function naturally prioritizes relevant recent information.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for managing care team assignment's for individuals, such as a patient, are provided. Embodiments include receiving indicators of actions that are initiated by a clinician and associated with a patient's care. Using times associated with each action, a time series indicating contribution levels for each clinician may be constructed. Care contribution curves measuring a clinician's care contribution level over time may be generated using the time series and a rate of decay for each action, which may be based on the type of action and the role of the clinician who initiated the action. A care contribution score for each clinician may be determined from the clinician's care contribution curve, and a care team assignment for the patient may be created based on care contribution scores for each clinician who initiated an action.