System and method for improving hospital patient care by providing a continual measurement of health

• US 20060206013A1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare LLC (OSI Systems Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Rothman Healthcare
• Inventors: Rothman, Michael J., Rothman, Steven I.
• Granted Patent: US 8,092,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A system for improving hospital patient care by generating a Health Score. The system includes an interface module for receiving incoming medical data from a patient, a transformation module for transforming each of the medical datum into a transformed Health Score value, and a combination module for combining the transformed Health Score values corresponding to each of the medical datum into a single Health Score. A presentation and comparison module displays the Health Score as a Health Score plot over a predetermined time frame, such that a user may identify health trends in a patient by evaluating said Health Score plot.

Claims

1. A system for improving hospital patient care by generating a health score, said system comprising:

an interface module for receiving incoming medical data from a patient;

a transformation module for transforming each of said medical datum into a transformed health score value;

a combination module for combining the transformed health score values corresponding to each of said medical datum into a single health score; and

a presentation and comparison module, for displaying a health score as a health score plot over a predetermined time frame, such that a user may identify health trends in a patient by evaluating said health score plot.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage module, configured to store health scores and related medical data.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a collection module, configured to receive said incoming medical data from said interface module and to collect historical medical data from said storage module, and to send said incoming medical data and historical data to either one of said transformation module or said presentation and comparison module.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an alert module configured to alert a user when said health score falls below a predetermined threshold.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transformation module converts each said medical datum into a scaled number.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said combination module adds said scaled numbers, and applies a predetermined algorithm to said added scaled numbers to generate said health score.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user can modify the algorithm used to generate the health score based on the illness or condition of the patient in order to have said health score more accurately reflect the patients recovery

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presentation and comparison module may include a statistical reference curve on said health score plot, so that said health score can be easily compared to an average patient with similar conditions and circumstances.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies principal corresponding measurements of direct raw medical data on said health score chart.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presentation and comparison module provides a smoothed health score curve, alongside said health score plot that provides a running average of the health score plot over time.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies the slope of the smoothed health score plot.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies the curvature the smoothed health score plot.

13. A method for improving hospital patient care by generating a health score, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving incoming medical data at an interface module from a patient;

transforming at a transformation module each of said medical datum into a transformed health score value;

combining at a combination module the transformed health score values corresponding to each of said medical datum into a single health score; and

displaying a health score as a health score plot over a predetermined time frame, generated by a presentation and comparison module, such that a user may identify health trends in a patient by evaluating said health score plot.

14. The method system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the step of storing health scores and related medical data in a storage module.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, receiving said incoming medical data from said interface module and stored health scores and related medical data at a collection module, and sending said incoming medical data and historical data to either one of said transformation module or said presentation and comparison module.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, alerting a user when said health score falls below a predetermined threshold via an alert module.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13, converting each said medical datum into a scaled number at said transformation module.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, adding said scaled numbers, and applying a predetermined algorithm to said added scaled numbers to generate said health score at said combination module.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the algorithm used to generate the health score is modified based on the illness or condition of the patient in order to have said health score more accurately reflect the patients recovery

20. The method as claimed in claim 13, further including a statistical reference curve on said health score plot via said presentation and comparison module, so that said health score can be easily compared to an average patient with similar conditions and circumstances.

21. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies principal corresponding measurements of direct raw medical data on said health score chart.

22. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said presentation and comparison module provides a smoothed health score curve, alongside said health score plot that provides a running average of the health score plot over time.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies the slope of the smoothed health score plot.

24. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said presentation and comparison module further supplies the curvature the smoothed health score plot.