Patent ID: 8655677

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining productivity in medical workflow processes comprising recording human-computer actions by a first user relating to a first patient in a database of a computer system, said human-computer actions including at least user-performed workflow activities and time spent on each of said activities, said user being a medical professional; recording workflow related variables related to at least said first patient, said medical professional, and clinical and examination variables, in said database; recording data regarding the human-computer actions and the workflow related variables to said database; repeating the recording steps multiple times for a second or more users, said second or more users being medical professionals, relating to a second or more patients; pooling said data on said users for analysis; and determining at least one Productivity Workflow Index score from the pooled data, said Productivity Workflow Index score which is calculated based upon a weighting system of individual data elements including said human-computer actions, and said time spent on each said human-computer actions, said data elements which are assigned a numerical value, to assess productivity of said users; and wherein said Productivity Workflow Index score is used to compare said users to one another for purposes of determining said productivity of said users; and determining in real-time whether there is additional information to be included, or additional tasks to be performed, in said human computer actions, based upon an analysis of Productivity Workflow Index scores from said pooled data, in order to improve said productivity of said users.