Patent ID: 8577719
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-based Strategic Quality Support System for strengthening a healthcare provider's quality program comprising: a computer having a processor, memory, and access to computer readable media; a computer program stored on computer readable media having a quality assurance module, a quality improvement module, and a performance improvement to module; a user interface displayed on a computer monitor for interaction with said computer program; a network connection between the computer and a computer network for allowing remote access to the computer program; a pixel mapped calendar stored on computer readable media and graphically displayed on a computer monitor having a plurality of colored geometries arranged in rows and columns for each date, each colored geometry representing status of a quality assurance task and being assigned a color corresponding to a current status of a quality assurance task; whereas the arrangement and clustering of like colored geometries in the pixel mapped calendar provides for real time pattern recognition of trends and weaknesses in a healthcare providers systems through the overall view of the plurality of colored geometries in each date; a task overview function stored on computer readable media and displayed on a computer monitor containing a visual representation of task compliance for each quality assurance task using a plurality of colored geometries where each color has significance; and a task compliance output stored on computer readable media and displayed on a computer monitor where quality assurance compliance percentages are depicted for a specified historical period.