Patent ID: 7822623
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method for generating cost accounting information in a healthcare environment, the method comprising: capturing, in an electronic health record, information associated with a patient, wherein the information associated with the patient includes an identification of the patient, an identification of a caregiver, and a healthcare procedure to perform for the patient; automatically retrieving, at the computing device, the information including a plurality of discrete steps that are performed during the healthcare procedure and are not supported by procedure level allocations, wherein at least one of the discrete steps represents a medical device associated with the patient or the healthcare procedure, and at least one of the discrete steps represents resource time for the healthcare procedure; and associating, at the computing device, each discrete step of the healthcare procedure that is not supported by procedure level allocations with an individual cost.