Patent ID: 7877270
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A clinical information workflow profiling system, the system including: a workflow engine configured to collect profiling data for a healthcare workflow task comprising a plurality of healthcare workflow actions performed in a first sequence, the profiling data comprising healthcare workflow actor data that includes information about healthcare workflow actors that operate together to complete the healthcare workflow actions in the healthcare workflow task; and a profiling processor comprising a computer processor in communication with the workflow engine, the computer processor configured to reorganize the healthcare workflow actions using the healthcare workflow actor data to determine an alternative configuration of the healthcare workflow task that can reduce the total time to perform the healthcare workflow task, the alternative configuration providing a sequence of performing the plurality of healthcare workflow actions that is different than the first sequence, wherein the computer processor is configured to determine whether the healthcare workflow action is skipped at least a threshold percentage of the time that the healthcare workflow task has been previously executed and wherein the computer processor is configured such that, if the healthcare workflow action was skipped at least the threshold percentage of the time that the healthcare workflow task has been previously executed, the alternative configuration for the healthcare workflow task will provide for skipping the healthcare workflow action.