Medical Information Event Manager
First Claim
1. An event management system, configured to access or obtain patient data from a medical information system comprising a set of electronic devices including means for monitoring patients, wherein said event management system comprises:
- A. an event manager is hosted, at least in part, on a set of electronic devices having output devices and input devices, said event manager comprising;
1) a statement customizer for defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured to test at least one criterion;
2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and means for defining an event test condition and at least one event action;
3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and
4) an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said test condition.
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Abstract
An event management system and method detects the occurrence of events as a function, at least in part, of information and data gathered from monitoring one or more patients with a medical information system. Event detection processes can be defined and then triggered to cover any of a variety of circumstances. For instance, event detection processes can be defined that, when triggered, indicate that a certain patient (or patients) would make a suitable candidate for that clinical trial, a patient is a candidate for a certain type of treatment, or hospital resources are being utilized in a certain manner. That is, such events may relate to the efficiency or inefficiency in use of certain resources, or such events may concern usage under certain circumstances.
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33 Claims
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1. An event management system, configured to access or obtain patient data from a medical information system comprising a set of electronic devices including means for monitoring patients, wherein said event management system comprises:
A. an event manager is hosted, at least in part, on a set of electronic devices having output devices and input devices, said event manager comprising; 1) a statement customizer for defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured to test at least one criterion; 2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and means for defining an event test condition and at least one event action; 3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and 4) an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said test condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An event management system, comprising:
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A. a communications network; B. a plurality of patient monitoring devices coupled to said network, including means for providing dynamically changing patient data; C. a set of electronic devices coupled to said network and having output means and input means; and D. an event manager, hosted on said set of electronic devices, said event manager comprising; 1) a statement customizer for defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured for testing at least one criterion; 2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and means for defining an event test condition and at least one event action; 3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said event test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and 4) an activator configured to initiate said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said test condition. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of establishing event management for use in conjunction with a medical information system, wherein said medical information system is configured for monitoring a plurality of patients and providing dynamically changing patient data, said method comprising:
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A. interacting with said medical information system, including receiving said patient data; B. defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured for testing at least one criterion; C. defining an event detection process, including associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and defining an event test condition and at least one event action; D. establishing an analyzer configured for applying said set of statements to received patient data and for determining satisfaction of said event test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and E. establishing an activator for initiating said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said event test condition. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of providing event management, on a computer-based system comprised of a plurality of networked electronic devices, said method comprising:
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A. monitoring a plurality of patients and obtaining patient data, including dynamically changing patient data; B. defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured for testing at least one criterion; C. defining an event detection process, including associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and defining an event test condition and at least one event action; D. establishing an analyzer configured for applying said set of statements to received patient data and for determining satisfaction of said event test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; E. establishing, an activator for initiating said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said event test condition; and F. providing an indication of said event action at one or more of said electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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