| 20110295619 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PATIENT ASSESSMENT - The present invention relates to systems for collecting patient data and for analysing the data for the purpose of managing patient assessment procedures. In particular, the invention relates to a system for using collected patient data for the purpose of prioritising patients for assessment by clinicians. In particular, the invention provides a system for analyzing patient data in an automated system for managing patient assessment. The system includes a database for storing patient assessment data collected from a plurality of patients, a computer processor executing instructions stored in a computer program and a data processing computer program executed by the computer processor. The program comprises instructions for identifying one or more patients who have one or more predetermined care requirements wherein the predetermined care requirement optionally comprises one or more of: further assessment, a predetermined medical or surgical intervention, a funding-related requirement, an incontinence-related requirement, and/or supply of a healthcare product. The present invention also provides a computer program comprising instructions for optionally allocating a value to a patient based on patient assessment data, optionally comparing the allocated patient value with a limit value and identifying one or more patients who are candidates for further assessment optionally according to a proximity of the allocated patient value to a limit of one or more predetermined value ranges containing the patient value. | 12-01-2011 |
