Patent Document ID: 20050216312
Application ID: 11023994
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for facilitating management of health care provided by a facility, comprising: computer readable memory storing a database including data relating to patients treated by the facility, data relating to events occurring with respect to patients treated by the facility and data related to health related care provided by the facility to patients; at least one computer which receives data entered by an input device via a user interface displayed on a display device, the at least one computer accessing the memory in response to received data entered by the input device and providing statistical data that is presented on the display device usable for managing health care provided by the facility, the user interface receiving data identifying at least one event, data identifying at least one calendar time period and data identifying a cohort including a plurality of patients; and the statistical data provided by the at least one computer being related to at least one elapsed time period ending with an occurrence of the at least one event for each of the patients in the cohort, and the statistical data providing an indication of the quality of the health related care provided by the facility which is usable by the facility to manage health care provided by the facility.