Patent ID: 8010382

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for estimating clinical procedure duration for scheduling in a clinical environment, said method comprising: establishing a default duration value for a clinical procedure; automatically updating, using a processor, the default duration value based on an automated analysis of stored historical procedure duration data related to the procedure, the updating comprising applying a weighted moving average to the default duration value using the historical procedure duration data, the weighted moving average comprising an exponentially weighted moving average including a scaling parameter, the scaling parameter adjustable to configurably weight newer duration values compared to older duration values; providing, using a processor, a plurality of procedure durations including the updated default duration value to a user for selection with respect to the clinical procedure; scheduling, using a processor, the clinical procedure using a user selected value for procedure duration; dynamically measuring, using a processor, an actual duration for the clinical procedure based on automated software measurement; and providing feedback regarding the actual duration to the historical procedure duration data used to adaptively update the default duration value.