US 7,024,370 B2 · Methods and apparatus for early detection of health-related events in a population

Abstract

A method is disclosed for providing early detection, classification, and reporting of health-related events in a population. The method includes capturing sets of specific emergency room patient information from a subset of the population as the patient information is first electronically entered into, for example, an electronic medical record (EMR). The patient information is pre-processed, transmitted to and stored in a central database in a central computer facility. The patient information is sorted and analyzed by the central computer facility to detect any health-related events in the population and to generate corresponding alerts. The alerts are electronically reported to designated authorities such as health officials and other government authorities such as the CDC.

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A method for providing early detection and reporting of health-related events in a population, said method comprising:

automatically capturing patient information from a plurality of members of said population, as said patient information is first electronically entered for electronic recording in a plurality of emergency room environments, to generate patient database information at a central collecting location, wherein said capturing comprises data-mining for said patient information in a plurality of emergency medical record (EMR) systems at a plurality of respective emergency room sites by continuously accessing patient information recorded in said EMR systems through an electronic interface and extracting data corresponding to said patient information;
performing analyses on said patient database information of said plurality of members to generate a health-related alert;
and
reporting said health-related alert to designated authorities.

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Apparatus for providing early detection and reporting of health-related events in a population, said apparatus comprising:

a plurality of emergency medical record (EMR) systems for electronically recording patient information in respective emergency room environments;
a plurality of respective data capturing modules connected to said plurality of EMR systems to capture said patient information from said plurality of EMR systems and format said patient information as a web requests, wherein each of said plurality of respective data capturing modules is adapted to data-mine for said patient information by continuously accessing patient information recorded in a respective connected EMR system through an electronic interface and extracting data corresponding to said patient information;
a network connected to said data capturing modules to transmit said web requests as at least one packet of data over said network;
and
a central collecting computer connected to said network to receive and store said at least one packet of data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and apparatus for early detection of health-related events in a population

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