Patent ID: 7853476
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer system for generating a quality assurance scorecard, comprising: at least one memory containing at least one program, and a processor which executes the at least one program, the program comprising the steps of: receiving and storing data elements in said memory of a computer system on a particular patient prior to performing an imaging examination; receiving and storing in said memory, a patient imaging examination order and/or protocol from a clinician; comparing and analyzing said patient imaging examination order and/or said protocol with said data elements stored in memory; evaluating said date elements associated with said imaging examination order, including a completeness of said data elements, in view of pre-defined appropriateness criteria; evaluating a clinician profile of said clinician's examination ordering history, including said examination order and/or protocol's compliance with community standards; determining an appropriateness of said imaging examination order and/or protocol based on a result of said comparison and analysis and evaluations; providing a recommendation of whether to proceed with said imaging examination order and/or protocol based on said determination of appropriateness; and generating a clinician quality assurance scorecard including a quality assurance score based on said determination of appropriate and said recommendation; wherein said quality assurance score objectively quantifies the clinicians's performance With respect to the particular patient being examined, prior to initiating said imaging examination.