Determining a physiologic severity of illness score for patients admitted to an acute care facility

A computer system for determining a physiologic severity of illness score (pSIS) for a patient admitted to an acute care healthcare facility, the computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the one or more processors, the computer software components comprising:

• a receiving component that is configured to receive data corresponding to physiologic components from an electronic medical record associated with a patient admitted to an acute care facility, the data associated with common laboratory tests on a blood sample taken from the patient;
• a determining component that is configured to determine a physiologic severity of illness score (pSIS) for the patient by summing weights associated with each physiologic component, the pSIS not limited to the patient being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU);
• an additional data component that is configured to receive additional data corresponding to the physiologic components from the electronic medical record;
• an update component that is configured to update the weights and determine an updated pSIS for the patient;
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• a tracking component that is configured to notify a clinician of a progress associated with the patient based on the updated pSIS.

A method for determining a physiologic severity of illness score (pSIS) for a patient admitted to an acute care healthcare facility, the method comprising;

• analyzing data associated with a group of patients associated with an acute care facility;
• identifying outcomes associated with the group of patients;
• associating the outcomes with trends for the group of patients;
• identifying predictive variables corresponding to physiologic components associated with the trends;
• assigning predictive weights to the predictive variables based on deviation from normal;
• utilizing the predictive variables and the predictive weights to determine a pSIS utilized for patients belonging to a similar group as the group of patients, without requiring any data corresponding to physiologic components being collected in or associated with an intensive care unit.