Patent ID: 8447624

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the computer-implemented system comprising: one or more computers, one or more non-transitory computer readable memories storing: a module configured to identifying a plurality of stages of operative care associated with the surgical procedure, including at least a preoperative stage, an intraoperative stage and a postoperative stage; a module configured to identifying one or more points-of-care within each identified stage of operative care associated with the surgical procedure; for each point-of-care associated with the surgical procedure, a module configured to identifying one or a plurality of health care delivery practices associated with the surgical procedure that pose a source of measurable risk of surgical site infection, wherein the health care delivery practices associated with the surgical procedure that pose a source of measurable risk of surgical site infection are selectable for a given health care facility; a module configured to identifying one or more compliance indicators associated with the surgical procedure for the one or plurality of health care delivery practices associated with the surgical procedure within each point-of-care associated with the surgical procedure whereby there is provided the ability to monitor the compliance indicators, wherein at least some of the compliance indicators quantify a measure of quality associated with delivery of corresponding health care delivery practices; and for each of the compliance indicators, a computer-implemented module configured to generating a flag when a given health care delivery practice associated with the surgical procedure is not in compliance with a rule to thereby align the health care delivery practices associated with the surgical procedure into rule compliance and to provide a perioperative process map of delivery practices spanning the plurality of stages of operative care associated with the surgical procedure to thereby manage the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to the surgical procedure.