CASE-FINDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• Main Author: HACKNER, DANI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.12.2007
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The present invention relates to quality improvement in patient care. In particular, the present invention relates to a rapid, easily computer-implemented case-finding algorithm to identify patients with target clinical conditions. La présente invention concerne l'amélioration de la qualité des soins fournis aux patients. Plus particulièrement, la présente invention concerne un algorithme de dépistage rapide facilement mis en oeuvre par ordinateur permettant d'identifier des patients présentant des états cliniques cibles.