Patent ID: 8112291
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method in a clinical computing environment for providing an opportunity prioritization chart for facilitating the analysis of a plurality of opportunities for improving a clinical process at one or more healthcare facilities, the clinical process being of a particular type of clinical process, the method comprising: identifying the plurality of opportunities for improving the clinical process by comparing current measures from the clinical process at the one or more healthcare facilities against an optimized practice process model defining an optimal process flow for the type of clinical process; determining a benefit index for each opportunity by: determining an effort index for each opportunity by: generating the opportunity prioritization chart using the plurality of opportunities and the benefit index and effort index determined for each opportunity, the opportunity prioritization chart comprising a two-dimensional graph having a first dimension corresponding with benefit index and a second dimension corresponding with effort index, wherein the opportunity prioritization chart is generated by: providing the opportunity prioritization chart for presentation to a user.