Methods and apparatus for early detection of health-related events in a population
First Claim
1. A method for providing early detection and reporting of health-related events in a population, said method comprising:
- capturing patient information from a subset of said population, as said patient information is first electronically entered for electronic recording in an emergency room environment, to generate patient database information;
performing analyses on said patient database information to generate health-related alerts; and
reporting said health-related alerts to designated authorities.
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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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1. A method for providing early detection and reporting of health-related events in a population, said method comprising:
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capturing patient information from a subset of said population, as said patient information is first electronically entered for electronic recording in an emergency room environment, to generate patient database information;
performing analyses on said patient database information to generate health-related alerts; and
reporting said health-related alerts to designated authorities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for generating an algorithm providing early detection and classification of health-related events in a population, said method comprising:
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compiling sets of raw training data wherein said sets of raw training data are representative of patient information gathered electronically in an emergency room environment and from other sources;
generating sets of training feature data in response to said sets of raw training data;
adding a training truth data element, corresponding to a correct diagnosis of disease or injury, to each set of said sets of training feature data; and
training-up a detection/classification algorithm in response to said sets of training feature data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. Apparatus for providing early detection and reporting of health-related events in a population, said apparatus comprising:
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an emergency medical record (EMR) system for electronically recording patient information in an emergency room environment;
a data capturing module connected to said EMR system to capture said patient information from said EMR system and format said patient information as a web request;
a network connected to said data capturing module to transmit said web request 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. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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