Patent ID: 8086473
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for managing healthcare delivery comprising: receiving patient data for two or more patients scheduled for a medical procedure, where a timeline for the medical procedure is in part derived from the patient data; determining, using a computer processor, a queue position in a screening queue for each patient using a first design parameter associated with the timeline for the medical procedure, where the screening queue indicates the order in which a screening process is administered to each patient, and wherein the first design parameter combines a shortest processing time design parameter and a least slack time design parameter; screening the patients in accordance with the screening queue; determining for patients having completed the screening process medical testing required for the medical procedure based on information obtained during the screening process; determining, using a computer processor, a queue position in a tracking queue for patients having completed the screening process using a second design parameter that is negatively correlated to the first design parameter and associated with the timeline for the medical procedure, where the tracking queue indicates the order in which patients are contacted to determine status of medical testing required for the medical procedure, wherein the second design parameter combines a longest processing time design parameter and the least-slack-time design parameter, and wherein a processing time of a patient corresponds to an amount of time to complete the screening process and the tracking process for the patient and wherein a slack time of the patient corresponds to the difference between an amount of time until the medical procedure is to be performed and the processing time, and wherein the first and second design parameters are negatively correlated such that the first design parameter is defined by a direct relationship between the processing time of a patient and the slack time of the patient, and the second design parameter is defined by an inverse relationship between the processing time of the patient and the slack time of the patient; and tracking the medical testing required for each patient having completed the screening process in accordance with the tracking queue.