METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL VIDEO MODELING TO GENERATE A PATIENT RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL

• US 20090005650A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kraemer, James R., Angell, Robert Lee
• Application Number:
  US11/771,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a risk assessment model for an assessment of a patient in a healthcare facility. The process retrieves event data for the patient, wherein the event data is derived from video data, and wherein the event data further comprises metadata describing events affecting the patient in a medical care facility, and parses the event data to form assessment data. The process then generates the risk assessment model using the assessment data.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for generating a risk assessment model for a patient, the computer implemented method comprising:

retrieving event data for the patient, wherein the event data is derived from video data, and wherein the event data further comprises metadata describing events affecting the patient in a medical care environment;

parsing the event data to form assessment data; and

generating the risk assessment model using the assessment data.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

formulating a treatment strategy using the risk assessment model.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the event data describes events directly affecting a patient.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the event data describes events indirectly affecting a patient.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the risk assessment model comprises a set of patient morbidity factors.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the risk assessment model further comprises remedies for the set of patient morbidity factors.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the video data from a set of sensors associated with the healthcare facility; and

analyzing the video data to identify event data, wherein analyzing the video data comprises generating the metadata describing the events affecting the patient.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the set of sensors comprises a set of digital video cameras.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the risk assessment model is further generated using static data elements.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein parsing the event data further comprises:

processing the dynamic data using at least one of a statistical method, a data mining method, a causal model, a mathematical model, a marketing model, a behavioral model, a psychological model, a sociological model, or a simulation model.

11. A computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for generating a risk assessment model for a patient, the computer program product comprising;

computer usable program code for retrieving event data for the patient, wherein the event data is derived from video data, and wherein the event data further comprises metadata describing events affecting the patient in a medical care facility;

computer usable program code for parsing the event data to form assessment data; and

computer usable program code for generating the risk assessment model using the assessment data.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

computer usable program code for formulating a treatment strategy using the risk assessment model.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the event data describes events directly affecting a patient.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the event data describes events indirectly affecting a patient.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the risk assessment model comprises a set of patient morbidity factors.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the risk assessment model further comprises remedies for the set of patient morbidity factors.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

computer usable program code for receiving the video data from a set of sensors associated with the medical care facility; and

computer usable program code for analyzing the video data to identify event data, wherein analyzing the video data comprises generating the metadata describing the events affecting the patient.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the risk assessment model is further generated using static data elements.

19. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for parsing the event data further comprises:

computer usable program code for processing the event data using at least one of a statistical method, a data mining method, a causal model, a mathematical model, a marketing model, a behavioral model, a psychological model, a sociological model, or a simulation model.

20. A system for creating a risk assessment model for a patient, the system comprising:

a database, wherein the database stores event data collected by a set of sensors; and

an analysis server, wherein the analysis server retrieves event data for the patient, wherein the event data is derived from video data, and wherein the event data further comprises metadata describing events affecting the patient in a medical care environment;

parses the event data to form assessment data; and

generates the risk assessment model using the assessment data.