{"id":10862,"date":"2011-08-01T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/automated-treatment-plan\/"},"modified":"2013-05-03T00:04:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T00:04:24","slug":"automated-treatment-plan","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/25034\/automated-treatment-plan","title":{"rendered":"Automated Treatment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_automated_treatment_plan_mean\">What Does Automated Treatment Plan Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An automated treatment plan is composed of a series of electronic forms and software specifically designed to help medical professionals and health care providers in treating their patients. These forms are usually customized to meet the various needs and demands of individual practitioners particularly those who are in the behavioral health care practices. Patient data is usually captured and stored for further retrieval and report generation with relation to their corresponding medical treatment plans. An IT professional is usually needed to assist in the process of developing the automated treatment plan. On most cases, vendors and OEMs are hired to implement automated treatment plans for organizations that do not have their own IT staff.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_automated_treatment_plan\">Techopedia Explains Automated Treatment Plan<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Automated health treatment plans are designed for one purpose \u2013 that is to make the entire documentation process easier and faster for behavioral practitioners. A typical automated treatment plan software can include data management features, customizable forms, and reporting capabilities. They can help in meeting specific clinical needs, patient health initiatives, and the treatment goals of nurses, physicians and other caregivers. Having an automated treatment plan around will also reduce the possibility of human error and will improve the quality of care given to patients by providing clinicians easy access to basic standards of care as well as the details of the treatment. Database extraction can provide further information such as comparisons on how care standards are accessed and applied in individual practices, thus increasing successful patient outcomes. Electronic health records can also be incorporated into the software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Automated Treatment Plan Mean? An automated treatment plan is composed of a series of electronic forms and software specifically designed to help medical professionals and health care providers in treating their patients. 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