SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SEVERITY RANKING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

• US 20080120138A1
• Filed: 11/22/2006
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Mahesh, Prakash, Morita, Mark, Kariathungal, Murali Kumaran
• Application Number:
  US11/562,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for automatic prioritizing and ranking of patients in a medical center. The method includes acquiring medical information associated with a patient, prioritizing and ranking the patient based on the acquired medical information, and routing the patient'"'"'s medical information to an appropriate practitioner based on the priority and rank of the patient.

Claims

1. A method for automatic prioritizing and ranking of patients, the method comprising:

acquiring medical information associated with a patient;

automatically prioritizing and ranking the patient based on the acquired medical information; and

automatically routing the patient'"'"'s medical information to an appropriate practitioner based on the priority and rank of the patient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the medical information comprises selecting a response from a set of responses for each of a plurality of categories.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of categories comprises a set of questions regarding medical conditions.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising assigning a value to each of the selected responses.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a total value associated with the patient based on the assigned values;

updating the ranking of the patient according to the determined total value; and

determining an urgency factor of the patient'"'"'s condition based on the updated ranking.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information comprises results of medical tests.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical information comprises medical images.

8. A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

an input routine configured to acquire medical information associated with a patient;

a prioritizing routine configured to automatically prioritize and rank the patient based on the acquired medical information; and

a routing routine configured to automatically route the patient'"'"'s medical information to an appropriate practitioner based on the priority and rank of the patient.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the input routine comprises a selecting routine configured to allow selecting a response from a set of responses for each of a plurality of categories.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the categories comprise a set of questions regarding medical conditions.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions further comprise at least one routine configured to assign a value to each of the selected responses.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein

the at least one routine is configured to determine a total value associated with the patient based on the assigned values;

the at least one routine is configured to update the ranking of the patient according to the determined total value; and

the at least one routine is configured to determine an urgency factor of the patient'"'"'s condition based on the updated ranking.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the medical information comprises results of medical tests.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the medical information comprises medical images.

15. A system for automatic prioritizing and ranking of patients, the system comprising:

an input device that acquires medical information associated with a patient; and

at least one processor that enables automatic prioritizing and ranking the patient based on the acquired medical information, the at least one processor enabling automatic routing of the patient'"'"'s medical information to an appropriate practitioner based on the priority and rank of the patient.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the medical information is acquired based on the at least one processor enabling selecting a response from a set of responses for each of a plurality of categories.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the categories comprise a set of questions regarding medical conditions.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor enables assigning a value to each of the selected responses.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein

the at least one processor enables determining a total value associated with the patient based on the assigned values;

the at least one processor enables updating the ranking of the patient according to the determined total value; and

the at least one processor enables determining an urgency factor of the patient'"'"'s condition based on the updated ranking.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the medical information comprises results of medical tests.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the medical information comprises medical images.