System and user interface for use in providing medical information and health care delivery support

A system according to claim 1, wherein

• said treatment information database includes historical treatment and outcome data for a plurality of patients and
• said decision processor suggests a treatment based on at least one of, (a) a received patient parameter exceeding a predetermined threshold value and (b) a received patient parameter being outside a value range determined by upper and lower predetermined threshold values and an individual predetermined threshold value is derived from processing historical data comprising a plurality of threshold values associated with treatment provided to a corresponding plurality of different patients and contained in said treatment information database.
• 5.A system according to claim 4, wherein said medical information system includes
• a data analyzer for intermittently parsing and analyzing stored collated medical parameters from a plurality of patients in said treatment information database to identify an improved threshold value based on previous treatment outcomes and to adaptively update said threshold value to said improved threshold value.

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices and for receiving information from a treatment information database and for bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• a data processor using said communication interface for acquiring patient record information for a particular patient from said hospital information database;
• and
• a decision processor supporting making of a treatment decision concerning a patient medical condition by suggesting at least one treatment based on,
• passively acquired medical parameters received from said monitoring devices independently of patient interaction and processed by said decision processor in substantially real-time to support treatment decision making concurrently with patient monitoring and
• said acquired particular patient record information and
• information from said treatment information database.

A medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices attached to a patient and for bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• a data processor using said communication interface for acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database and for collating and storing received patient medical parameters from monitoring devices;
• and
• a data analysis unit for identifying alternative treatment options, by comparing acquired medical parameters received from said monitoring devices with a metric derived by correlating historical data comprising stored parameters and corresponding medical outcomes, said medical parameters being acquired independently of patient interaction and processed by said data analysis unit to support identification of alternative treatment options concurrently with patient monitoring.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices attached to a particular patient;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• collating and storing received medical parameters for said particular patient from monitoring devices;
• and
• supporting making of a treatment decision concerning a patient medical condition by suggesting at least one treatment, concurrently with patient monitoring, and based on passively acquired medical parameters received from said monitoring devices independently of patient interaction.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices and information from a treatment information database;
• bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records to acquire patient record information for a particular patient;
• and
• supporting making of a treatment decision concerning a patient medical condition concurrently with patient monitoring by suggesting at least one treatment based on,
• passively acquired medical parameters received from said monitoring devices in substantially real-time and independently of patient interaction and
• said acquired particular patient record information and
• information from said treatment information database.

A method for use by a medical information system for processing information from a plurality of sources suitable for use in critical clinical care delivery, comprising the steps of:

• receiving medical parameters from patient monitoring devices attached to a patient, bidirectionally communicating with a hospital information database containing patient records;
• acquiring patient record information from said hospital information database;
• collating and storing received patient medical parameters from monitoring devices;
• deriving a metric by correlating historical data comprising stored parameters and corresponding medical outcomes;
• and
• identifying alternative treatment options by comparing acquired medical parameters received from said monitoring devices with said metric, said medical parameters being acquired independently of patient interaction to support identification of alternative treatment options concurrently with patient monitoring.