Patent ID: 8504391

Claim:
A computerized method carried out by a server running on one or more processors for invoking a clinical order for a particular patient based on an infection risk stratification, comprising: selecting a set of benchmark infection risk factors for a particular patient based upon data associated with a particular healthcare facility treating the particular patient, data associated with a healthcare provider treating the particular patient, and data associated with one or more medical procedures being undertaken by the particular patient; searching the particular patient's electronic medical record for patient-specific data related to the set of benchmark infection risk factors; determining, using the one or more processors, correlations between the patient-specific data and two or more particular categories of infection risk associated with the set of infection risk factors, the correlations indicating a greater or lesser degree of infection risk probability resulting from the encounter between the particular patient and the healthcare provider, the procedure, and the particular healthcare facility; determining one or more weighting factors to be applied to the two or more particular categories of infection risk, the one or more weighting factors being variably adjusted based on the degree of correlation between the patient-specific data and the two or more particular categories of infection risk and identity of the two or more particular categories of infection risk; stratifying infection risk for the particular patient based on the correlations determined and the one or more weighting factors determined; determining one or more specific clinical orders relevant for the particular patient based on the stratification of infection risk.