Anne K Coultas

US Patent:

20090216555, Aug 27, 2009

Filed:

Feb 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/035478

Inventors:

Andrea Claire Mitchell - Denver CO, US
Deborah J. Bulger - Millbury MA, US
Anne Coultas - Aurora CO, US
Kathleen C. Aller - Gaithersburg MD, US
Patricia Elder - Florence MA, US
Alice M. Gasowski - Boulder CO, US
Timothy Yeager - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product are provided for automatically detecting and tracking adverse events. The system may include one or more data sources configured to provide a combination of clinical, operational and financial data associated with each of a plurality of patients. The system may further include a network entity configured to receive at least part of the combination of data and to apply one or more trigger rules to the combinations of data to identify one or more suspected adverse events. The network entity may further be configured to receive an indication of one or more confirmed adverse events from among the suspected adverse events, and to automatically compile at least part of the combination of data associated with respective patients in association with which the confirmed adverse events occurred. The system may further include a user device configured to enable performance of a root cause analysis of the compiled data.