System and method for using a video monitoring system to prevent and manage decubitus ulcers in patients

A method for using a video monitoring system, the method comprising:

• receiving patient repositioning schedule at the video monitoring system, the patient repositioning schedule comprising a plurality of patient positions;
• receiving a plurality of image frames from a surveillance camera at the video monitoring system, each of the plurality of image frames containing a patient on a support structure;
• overlaying one or more pixel lines on the plurality of image frames at a plurality of vertical positions based on a position of the patient, the one or more pixel lines described as pixels at given horizontal positions within the plurality of vertical positions of the plurality of image frames;
• determining median horizontal positions of the one or more pixel lines based on pixels having above average luminance;
• detecting a patient repositioning event with the video monitoring system based on at least one image frame of the plurality of image frames;
• determining whether the patient repositioning event is in compliance with the patient repositioning schedule with the video monitoring system by determining which of the plurality of patient positions the patient exhibits based on the median horizontal positions of the one or more pixel lines;
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• issuing an alert with the video monitoring system based on the patient repositioning event not being in compliance with the patient repositioning schedule.