Monitoring subjects after discharge
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsWarner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate, Salvatore Saporito, Andreas Ejupi
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Abstract
A mechanism for setting one or more thresholds for post-discharge monitoring of a target subject. The thresholds are set to be time-dependent, so that the current value of the threshold depends upon a time since the target subject has been discharged from a clinical environment.
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A computer-implemented method of setting one or more alert thresholds for alerts during a post-discharge phase of a target subject, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- setting the one or more alert thresholds for one or more condition-responsive measures of the target subject monitored during the post-discharge phase, wherein breaching an alert threshold generates an alert for one or more clinicians responsible for the target subject,
- associate each alert threshold to a time since discharge to change the alert threshold,
- communicating the one or more alert thresholds to a subject monitoring system formed of one or more monitoring devices for monitoring the one or more condition-responsive measures of the target subject during the post discharge phase,
- calculate a time since discharge of the target subject, and
- automatically determine whether to change an alert threshold based on the time since discharge associated with the alert threshold and the calculated time since discharge of the target subject.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- set one or more alert thresholds for one or more condition-responsive measures of a target subject monitored during a post-discharge phase, wherein breaching an alert threshold generates an alert for one or more clinicians responsible for the target subject;
- associate each alert threshold to a time since discharge to change the alert threshold,
- communicate the one or more alert thresholds to a subject monitoring system formed of one or more monitoring devices for monitoring the one or more condition-responsive measures of the target subject during the post discharge phase;
- calculate a time since discharge of the target subject;
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- automatically determine whether to change an alert threshold based on the time since discharge associated with the alert threshold and the calculated time since discharge of the target subject.
A processing system for setting one or more alert thresholds for alerts during a post-discharge phase of a target subject, the processing system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- set the one or more alert thresholds for one or more condition-responsive measures of the target subject monitored during the post-discharge phase, wherein breaching an alert threshold generates an alert for one or more clinicians responsible for the target subject,
- associate each alert threshold to a time since discharge to change the alert threshold,
- communicate the one or more alert thresholds to a subject monitoring system formed of one or more monitoring devices for monitoring the one or more condition-responsive measures of the target subject during the post-discharge phase;
- calculate a time since discharge of the target subject, and
- automatically determine whether to change an alert threshold based on the time since discharge associated with the alert threshold and the calculated time since discharge of the target subject.
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