# US 12,009,077 B2 · Apparatus and methods for assessing a readiness of a medical entity for providing pediatric patient care

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- Number: US 12,009,077 B2
- Document ID: US12009077B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/885,113
- Filed: 2022-08-10
- Published: 2024-02-15
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-08-10
- Applicants: AJA Medical Consulting LLC
- Inventors: Alana Jacqueline Arnold
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009077B2

## CPC

- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

Provided in this disclosure are an apparatus and corresponding methods for assessing a readiness of a medical entity to provide care to a pediatric patient. A patient profile, a current expertise status, and an optimal expertise criterion may be inputted into a computing device to determine a real-time and/or continuous competency assessment of a medical entity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for assessing a readiness of a medical entity to provide pediatric care, the apparatus comprising:
at least a processor; and
a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing
instructions configuring the at least a processor to:
receive a pediatric patient profile of a patient;
retrieve a current expertise status of a plurality of medical entities;
obtain an optimal expertise criterion;
identify a readiness score at various times of the day of each medical entity of the plurality of medical entities for patient care as a function of the pediatric patient profile, the current expertise status, and the optimal expertise criterion, wherein generating the readiness score comprises:
receiving, by the processor, expertise training data, wherein the expertise training data comprises a plurality of current expertise statuses correlated with the readiness score;
iteratively training by the processor, a readiness machine-learning model as a function of the expertise training data; and
generating, by the processor, the readiness score as a function of the readiness machine-learning model; and
determine a competency adjustment as a function of the readiness score and a preconfigured threshold when the readiness score is outside of the preconfigured threshold, wherein the preconfigured threshold includes a minimum readiness score necessary for the medical entity to care for the patient and the competency adjustment comprises at least one recommended action for the medical entity to increase the readiness score and determining the competency adjustment comprises:
receiving, by the processor, competency training data, wherein the competency training data comprises the readiness score and the preconfigured threshold;
training, by the processor, a competency machine-learning model as a function of the competency training data;
determining, by the processor, the competency adjustment as a function of the competency machine-learning model;
updating, by the processor, the competency training data as a function of the readiness score and the competency adjustment;
retraining, by the processor, the competency machine-learning model as a function of the updated competency training data; and
generate a recommendation score for each competency adjustment assigned to each medical entity of the plurality of medical entities as a function of the readiness score.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the competency adjustment comprises transferring the patient to a second medical entity if the readiness score exceeds the preconfigured threshold by a maximum magnitude.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the readiness score indicates that the medical entity needs a medical instrument to provide proper medical care to the patient.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the competency adjustment comprises contacting a second medical entity to acquire the medical instrument.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the competency adjustment comprises a certification program for training the medical entity.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pediatric patient profile comprises a health condition of the pediatric patient.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the current expertise status includes a condition of an emergency medical services (EMS) transport.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the competency adjustment comprises a treatment protocol.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the current expertise status comprises a medical equipment inventory.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medical entity comprises a medical professional.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the medical professional comprises a respiratory therapist (RT).

### Claim 12

A method for assessing a readiness of a medical entity to provide pediatric care, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a pediatric patient profile of a patient;
retrieving, by the processor, a current expertise status of a plurality of medical entities;
obtain an optimal expertise criterion;
identifying, by the processor, a readiness score at various times of the day of each medical entity of the plurality of medical entities for treating the patient as a function of the pediatric patient profile, the current expertise status, and the optimal expertise criterion, wherein generating the readiness score comprises:
receiving, by the processor, expertise training data, wherein the expertise training data comprises a plurality of current expertise statuses correlated with the readiness score;
iteratively training by the processor, a readiness machine-learning model as a function of the expertise training data; and
generating, by the processor, the readiness score as a function of the readiness machine-learning model; and
determining, by the processor, a competency adjustment as a function of the readiness score and a preconfigured threshold when the readiness score is outside of the preconfigured threshold, wherein the preconfigured threshold includes a minimum readiness score necessary for the medical entity to care for the patient and the competency adjustment comprises at least one recommended action for the medical entity to increase the readiness score and determining the competency adjustment comprises:
receiving, by the processor, competency training data, wherein the competency training data comprises the readiness score and the preconfigured threshold;
training, by the processor, a competency machine-learning model as a function of the competency training data;
determining, by the processor, the competency adjustment as a function of the competency machine-learning model;
updating, by the processor, the competency training data as a function of the readiness score and the competency adjustment;
retraining, by the processor, the competency machine-learning model as a function of the updated competency training data; and
generating, by the processor, a recommendation score for each competency adjustment assigned to each medical entity of the plurality of medical entities as a function of the readiness score.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the competency adjustment comprises transferring the patient to a second medical entity if the quantity exceeds the preconfigured threshold by a maximum magnitude.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the readiness score indicates that the medical entity needs a medical instrument to provide proper medical care to the patient.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the competency adjustment comprises contacting a second medical entity to acquire the medical instrument.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the current expertise status includes a condition of an emergency medical services (EMS) transport.