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Abstract

An information management system for tracking and analyzing information relating to medical supply usage on a procedural level in a clinical setting includes a general purpose computer system with storage means, processing means, display means, and input means. Information management software installed on the general purpose computer includes node software objects providing a health care information management function. The node software object includes a clinical pathway node software object, a case management node software object, and a resource utilization tracking node software object. The clinical pathway node software object creates clinical pathway module software objects, including resource software objects and container software objects. The resource utilization tracking node software object performs an analysis to determine supply request and actual usage patterns on a procedural level over a given time period for a particular health care provider, by comparing the issued, consumed, returned, and scrapped amounts, and modifying the provider-specific procedural templates to more fully conform to the actual usage patterns based on the analysis.

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