System and method for enhanced patient monitoring and care
OwnerAnthony J. Bacchiinventor
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Abstract
A clinical healthcare system and method comprising specialized hardware and software components is described in which data collected from a plurality of patient-monitoring devices is provided to a remote care management unit for real-time monitoring and management. A portable computing device such as a tablet computer or smart television is configured with a patient-facing that provides information on treatment and care and facilitates communication with healthcare providers. Continuous patient monitoring by healthcare professionals reduces the rate of relapse or readmission.
Claims20
A method for evaluating patient health and reducing patient relapse after treatment comprising:
- establishing a communication channel with at least one patient monitoring device that has been configured to measure a physiological characteristic of a patient;
- establishing a second communication channel with a remote care management unit;
- receiving a first patient data object describing the physiological characteristic of a patient, evaluating the first patient data object against predetermined criteria, and causing an alert condition when the first patient data object is outside the predetermined criteria;
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- receiving the alert condition at the remote care management unit and facilitating a communication link between the portable communication device and the remote care management unit such that the need for further intervention can be determined.
The method of claim 7 in which the hemodynamic data includes electrocardiograms data from a monitoring device having at least six leads.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising:
- establishing, on a portable computing device, a communication channel with at least one patient monitoring device that has been configured to measure a physiological characteristic of a patient;
- establishing a second communication channel with a remote care management unit;
- receiving a first patient data object describing the physiological characteristic of a patient, and evaluating the first patient data object against predetermined criteria, and causing an alert condition when the first patient data object is outside the predetermined criteria;
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- receiving the alert condition at the remote care management unit and facilitating a communication link between the portable communication device and the remote care management unit such that the need for further intervention can be determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.