Rules-based patient care system for use in healthcare locations
AssigneeVISICU, Inc.
InventorsBrian A. Rosenfeld, Michael Breslow
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Abstract
A rules-base patient care system for use in healthcare locations. A patient rules generator creates rules for the patients. Performance measures indicative of the ability of a rule to predict changes in the condition of the patient are acquired by the rules generator. A determination is made from the rules performance measures whether to revise the rule. A rules engine applies a rule to selected data elements stored in the database to produce an output indicative of a change in the medical condition of the patient. The output from the rules engine is used to determine if intervention is warranted.
Claims55
A rules-based patient care system comprising:
- a telecommunications network;
- monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises instructions for monitoring data elements from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients and for sending the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the telecommunications network, wherein the remote command center comprises instructions for:
- receiving the monitored data elements from the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;
- accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;
- establishing patient-specific rules associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;
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- applying the patient-specific rules continuously using a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises instructions for:
- selecting data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with a hospitalized patient;
- applying a patient-specific rule in an automated fashion to the selected data elements to produce an output indicative of a change in the medical condition of the patient;
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- utilizing the output to determine in an automated fashion 24 hours per day 7 days per week if intervention is warranted;
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- a patient rules generator connected to the telecommunications network, wherein the patient rules generator comprises instructions for:
- creating the patient-specific rule;
- acquiring rules performance measures indicative of the ability of the patient-specific rule to predict the change in the condition of the patient;
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- determining from the rules performance measures whether to revise the patient-specific rule.
A method for managing the care of a patient:
- receiving at a remote command center monitored data elements from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients via a telecommunications network;
- accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;
- establishing patient-specific rules associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;
- selecting data elements from the monitored data elements associated with the hospitalized patient and the patient data elements associated with the hospitalized patient;
- applying the patient-specific rule associated with the hospitalized patient continuously to the selected patient data elements to produce an output indicative of a change in the medical condition of the patient;
- utilizing the output to determine in an automated fashion 24 hours per day 7 days per week if intervention is warranted;
- acquiring rules performance measures indicative of the ability of the patient-specific rule to predict the change in the condition of the patient;
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- determining from the rules performance measures whether to revise the patient-specific rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.