Three-Tiered Patient Care Interface for Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current patient care software tools are often maladapted for hospice care, leading to inefficiencies due to lack of interoperability, requiring caregivers to switch between multiple tools and hindering access to up-to-date information, which complicates government reimbursement qualifications and patient care planning.
Innovation Solution
A patient care giver tool system using a three-tiered architecture dynamically constructs a patient assessment user interface, allowing seamless access to various functionalities from a single interface, with integrated data storage and support for multiple assessment types and roles, enabling real-time updates to patient plans and facilitating interoperability among different care tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate software tools are used for different patient care functionalities, then specific care tasks can be performed, but caregivers must switch between tools and lose access to up-to-date information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate patient care software tools into a single integrated application. The system merges assessment functionality, plan of care management, and interoperability features into one unified interface, eliminating the need for caregivers to switch between multiple tools and ensuring continuous access to current patient information.
Solution Approach 2:
The single patient care tool is designed to perform multiple functions including conducting assessments, managing plans of care, and facilitating interoperability with other systems. This multi-functional approach allows caregivers to complete various care tasks within one application rather than requiring separate specialized tools for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If current patient care software is used, then basic care tasks can be performed, but interoperability is lacking and reimbursement qualification is complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements an intermediary layer that facilitates interoperability between the patient care tool and external systems such as electronic health records and government reimbursement systems. This mediator enables seamless data exchange and automatic verification of reimbursement qualifications, simplifying what would otherwise be a complex manual process.
3Manufacturing precision
If standardized assessment templates are used, then consistency is maintained, but flexibility for different hospice organizations and evolving care processes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The assessment template system is designed to be dynamic rather than static. Templates can be customized and modified by different hospice organizations to reflect their specific care processes and requirements. The system allows for evolution of templates over time to accommodate changing care standards while maintaining core consistency through a standardized framework.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for constructing a patient assessment user interface. The system comprises at least one processor, a data store, wherein the data store stores an assessment template in a format comprising a plurality of human readable attribute-value pairs, wherein the assessment template identifies the format of an assessment, a memory, and an assessment component stored in the memory. When executed by the at least one processor, the assessment component receives a request for an assessment form from a patient care giver tool user interface (UI), creates an assessment form based on the assessment template, transmits the assessment form to the patient care giver tool UI, receives assessment input from the patient care giver tool UI, and stores the assessment input along with associated portions of the assessment template in the format comprising a plurality of human readable attribute-value pairs in a column of a table in the data store.