Abstract: A messaging system (100) for routing clinical messages includes an event handler and a standardized protocol (105). The event handler (106) receives one or more inbound messages from one or more event sources (102). The event sources (102) include one or more worklist items. The event handler (106) further stores the worklist items in an event database (198) and generates and communicates outbound messages for one or more worklist items in the event database (198) that need to be acted upon, as determined by one or more rules. The standardized protocol (105) is used to represent the inbound messages and the outbound messages.

Abstract: A medical system (10) and method (50) calculate holistic financial risks to caregiving facilities. Healthcare data for a caregiving facility is received. A first set of one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) is received relating regulatory data to financial risk to the caregiving facility from government regulations. A second set of one or more KPIs is received relating non-regulatory data to financial risk to the caregiving facility from one or more sources other than government regulations. The first and second sets of KPIs are simultaneously applied to the healthcare data to determine a net risk from both government regulations and other sources of financial risk.

Abstract: A method (600) of learning and/or optimizing clinical protocols and/or clinical guidelines. Workflow data is received (602) for a plurality of patients. The workflow data includes a plurality of care steps and relations there between for each of the patients. One or more sequences of care steps are identified (604) from the workflow data. The identification includes determining (612) one or more most common sequences of care steps from the workflow data. The identified sequences of care steps include the most common sequences of care steps. One of the identified sequences of care steps is selected (606) and employed (608) as a clinical protocol and/or to generate a clinical guideline.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing clinical protocols and/or computer interpretable guidelines includes receiving workflow data and patient data for a plurality of patients. The workflow data includes a sequence of care steps performed on each of the patients. The patient data includes clinical data collected from each patient. The patient data as of the time each of the plurality of care steps was performed on each of the patients is tracked. Once of the previous care steps for one of the patients is selected which cause at least a portion of the sequence of care steps and the patient data as of the time of the selected care step for the selected patient to be displayed.

Abstract: A clinical decision support system (CDSS) (106) provides clinical recommendations to one or more consuming clinical applications (104) based on patient data. The CDSS (106) includes a models database (134) that includes one or more models embodying clinical knowledge. The models are stored using a standardized protocol and each solves a clinical problem. The CDSS (106) further includes a model selection engine (154) that selects one or more of the models relevant to the patient data and a transformation engine (156) that instantiates the selected models. Even more, the CDSS (106) includes a decision logic engine (158) that applies the patient data to the instantiated models to determine solutions to the clinical problems associated with the instantiated models, where the solutions are provided to the consuming clinical applications (104).

Abstract: A messaging system (100) for routing clinical messages includes an event handler and a standardized protocol (105). The event handler (106) receives one or more inbound messages from one or more event sources (102). The event sources (102) include one or more worklist items. The event handler (106) further stores the worklist items in an event database (198) and generates and communicates outbound messages for one or more worklist items in the event database (198) that need to be acted upon, as determined by one or more rules. The standardized protocol (105) is used to represent the inbound messages and the outbound messages.

Abstract: A system and method receiving patient information entered via a user interface, processing the patient information to generate an initial worklist based on the patient information and a patient guideline, displaying the initial worklist, receiving a user input based on the initial worklist, processing the user input to generate an updated worklist based on the user input and displaying the updated worklist.

Abstract: A system and method for retrieving a plurality of sets of recommendations, each of the sets of recommendations corresponding to a condition of a patient, displaying a first one of the sets of recommendations, monitoring data related to each of the plurality of sets of recommendations, determining, based on the monitored data, whether a second one of the sets of recommendations is to be displayed and displaying the second one of the sets of recommendations.

Abstract: A system and method for receiving an input including a condition corresponding to a patient, retrieving a set of recommendations corresponding to the condition, displaying at least a portion of the set of recommendations to a user, receiving an input that one of the recommendations has been completed and modifying the display of the recommendations based on the input that the one of the recommendations has been completed.

Abstract: When treating a patient, clinical decision support system (CDSS) guidelines are employed to assist a physician in generating a treatment plan. These plans are generated using both imaging and non-imaging data. To accomplish this, the CDSS is interfaced with imaging systems (CADx, CAD, PACS etc.). A data-mining operation is performed to identify relevant patients with similar attributes such as diagnosis, medical history, treatment, etc from imaging and non-imaging data. Natural language processing is employed to extract and encode relevant non-imaging (textual) data from relevant patients' records. Additionally, an image of a current patient is compared to reference images in a patient database to identify relevant patients. Relevant patients are then identified to a user, and the user selects a relevant patient to view detailed information related to medical history, treatment, guidelines, efficacy, and the like.

Abstract: A method of clinical workflow management and decision making comprises receiving clinical information from a hospital information system (100), combining and reconciling the clinical information for use during management of a particular clinical problem of a patient under consideration, and providing access to the combined and reconciled clinical information via a graphical user interface (200) that comprises a plurality of interactive display regions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).