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IBEXX - we analyze therapy process costs

For our analyses, we always look at the course of a patient's treatment from a process perspective. A treatment can be divided into individual services; each of these services is made up of individual processes and each process consists of several individual activities.

This results in the following process model:

Treatment component 2 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 6 Activity 7 Activity 4 Treatment component 1 Treatment component 3 Process 1 Process 2 Process 3 Process 4 Process 5 Activity 8 Treatment component = a service provided during a treatment ( e.g. blood analysis, chemotherapy, tumorectomy ) Process = s um of activities that are related in terms of content ( e.g. preparation, execution, documentation, follow - up of services). Activity = individual work step (are not taken into account in the software) Treatment

In 9 steps to a complete process analysis

We use a software-based approach (Ibexx©) to carry out a detailed and comprehensive process analysis of a predefined treatment. In order to minimize the time required for the healthcare provider´s staff, we first create a process model based on standard operating procedures (SOPs), publications and our experience.

Our Ibexx© software enables graphical representation and the use of standardized names for individual services and processes to enable a comparison of different treatments and/or settings. The model is then validated and adjusted with the people involved in the treatment process. In these discussions, we record the personnel involved, the duration and the materials assigned to a process, such as medication and disposable items, for each process.

Identification of homgenous patient group with comparable diagnos / treatment Standard operating procedures (SOPs), ancillary documents, literature Standardized modelling of treatment components and processes Structured interviews with clinical staff (e.g., physicians , head - nurse) to adapt pre - model and collect information related to executing staff , duration, probability and materials such as medication and disposables. Adapt and finalize model based on expert inputs Hourly rates and material/ medication costs Surcharge costs , such as hospital overhead, infrastructure, laboratory costs Reimbursement data of a representative and anonymized patient collective Calculation of direct and indirect costs Completeness , relevance , plausibiliy , and consistency 1. Project Scope and Responsabilities 4. Review populate pre - model in Ibexx © 7. Process Cost Calculation 6. Requesting Controlling Data 2. Sourcing availble Information 3. Pre - model Process in Ibexx © 5. Main Model in Ibexx © 8. Quality assurance 9. Presentation and Discussion of the Analysis
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