Patents by Inventor Karen Berg

Karen Berg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120330705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a logistics management system (LMS). The LMS has a host computer system for executing the LMS. A user interface module is used in conjunction with the system module of the host computer. The user interface module may have information fields, where at least one of the information fields is a lead time that is used along with a departure time associated with a transportation event to determine a release time. The release time indicates when to adjust an allotment associated with the transportation segment. Disclosed is a method for use in a LMS. A field stored on a database of the LMS is retrieved. The field may be a lead time. The lead time of the field may be used along with a departure time associated with a transportation event to determine the release time. Disclosed is a method for generating a report from a LMS. A lookup capability of a lead time value that corresponds with a lookup geographic attribute is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Karen Berg
  • Publication number: 20070083388
    Abstract: User interfaces are provided for analyzing opportunities for optimizing clinical processes within clinical facilities. An optimized practice process model may be defined for a particular clinical procedure, setting forth an optimal clinical process. In addition, critical levers may be identified within the optimal clinical process, representing the activities that have the greatest impact on outcomes. Clinical facilities may collect current measures for the critical levers, and the current measures may be compared against an optimal, benchmark, and/or target measure. Based on the comparison, opportunities for clinical process optimization may be identified. User interfaces are provided for analyzing the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Dyer, Karen Berg, Melissa Solito, Shriti Hallberg
  • Publication number: 20070083389
    Abstract: Methods and user interfaces are provided for prioritizing opportunities for optimizing clinical processes within clinical facilities. An optimized practice process model may be defined for a particular clinical procedure, setting forth an optimal clinical process. In addition, critical levers may be identified within the optimal clinical process, representing the activities that have the greatest impact on outcomes. Clinical facilities may collect current measures for the critical levers, and the current measures may be compared against an optimal, benchmark, and/or target measure. Based on the comparison, opportunities for clinical process optimization may be identified. User interfaces are provided for prioritizing the opportunities, for example, based on benefit indexes and effort indexes determined for each opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Cerner Innovation,Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Dyer, Karen Berg
  • Publication number: 20070083390
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring opportunities for optimizing clinical processes within clinical facilities. An optimized practice process model may be defined for a particular clinical procedure, setting forth an optimal clinical process. In addition, critical levers may be identified within the optimal clinical process, representing the activities that have the greatest impact on outcomes. Clinical facilities may collect current measures for the critical levers, and the current measures may be compared against an optimal, benchmark, and/or target measure. Based on the comparison, opportunities for clinical process optimization may be identified. The opportunities may also be monitored using one or more rules to determine if a variance condition is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Cerner Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gorup, Ian Chuang, Barry Dyer, Karen Berg, Shriti Hallberg
  • Publication number: 20060149590
    Abstract: A system and related techniques generate and maintain a set of compliance-qualified data schemas or templates for deployment in a hospital or other clinical setting. According to conventional implementations, the clinical data required by regulatory reporting bodies such as CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) or other government or private bodies may not be systematically captured or track, so that compliance officers and other managers are left to reconstruct compliance data after the face, for instance from patient accounting systems or other platforms not designed to filter or store regulatory data. Platforms and methods according to the invention, in contrast, may access regulatory or compliance criteria and generate a data capture or documented care template, according to which various clinical measures and other information which are required by compliance bodies are automatically captured, at the point of care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Palmer, Karen Berg