System and method for providing continuous, expert network care services from a remote location(s) to geographically dispersed healthcare locations
First Claim
1. A system for providing expert care simultaneously to a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations from a remote location, the system comprising:
- a network;
a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations, wherein a healthcare location comprises monitoring stations, and wherein the monitoring stations are adapted for monitoring patient data elements from a patient and for transmitting the monitored patient data elements to a remote command center by the network;
the remote command center connected to the network and comprising;
a database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements relating to the patient;
a computerized patient care management system connected to a workstation, wherein the computerized patient care management system is adapted for;
receiving the monitored patient data elements from the plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations;
storing the monitored patient data elements in the database;
applying a rules engine to at least two patient data elements stored in the database; and
monitoring medical conditions of the patients and utilizing the output from the rules engine to determine if intervention is warranted; and
wherein the monitoring and intervention for individual patients in the plurality of geographically health care locations occurs 24 hours per day 7 days per week.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing continuous expert network critical care services from a remote location. A plurality of healthcare locations with associated patient monitoring instrumentation is connected over a network to a command center which is manned by intensivists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The intensivists are prompted to provide critical care by a standardized series of guideline algorithms for treating a variety of critical care conditions. Intensivists monitor the progress of individual patients at remote intensive care units. A smart alarm system provides alarms to the intensivists to alert the intensivists to potential patient problems so that intervention can occur in a timely fashion. A data storage/data warehouse function analyzes individual patient information from a plurality of command centers and provides updated algorithms and critical care support to the command centers.
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1. A system for providing expert care simultaneously to a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations from a remote location, the system comprising:
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a network;
a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations, wherein a healthcare location comprises monitoring stations, and wherein the monitoring stations are adapted for monitoring patient data elements from a patient and for transmitting the monitored patient data elements to a remote command center by the network;
the remote command center connected to the network and comprising;
a database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements relating to the patient;
a computerized patient care management system connected to a workstation, wherein the computerized patient care management system is adapted for;
receiving the monitored patient data elements from the plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations;
storing the monitored patient data elements in the database;
applying a rules engine to at least two patient data elements stored in the database; and
monitoring medical conditions of the patients and utilizing the output from the rules engine to determine if intervention is warranted; and
wherein the monitoring and intervention for individual patients in the plurality of geographically health care locations occurs 24 hours per day 7 days per week. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for providing expert care simultaneously to a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations from a remote location comprising:
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monitoring patient data elements of patients in a plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations;
communicating over a network the monitored patient data elements to a remote command center, the remote command center comprising a database and a workstation;
storing the monitored patient data elements in the database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements;
applying a rules engine to at least two patient data elements stored in the database to monitor medical conditions of the patients; and
utilizing the output from the rules engine to determine if intervention is warranted; and
wherein the monitoring and determining if intervention is warranted for individual patients occurs 24 hours per day 7 days per week. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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