Healthcare Information Technology System for Predicting and Preventing Adverse Events
First Claim
1. A method for predicting or preventing medical entity related adverse events, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a patient event for a patient of a medical entity;
triggering application of a predictor of an adverse event in response to the receiving of the indication;
applying, by a processor, the predictor of the adverse event to an electronic medical record of the patient in response to the triggering, the predictor being based on adverse event data of other patients;
predicting, by the processor, a probability of the adverse event of the patient based on the applying of the predictor to the electronic medical record of the patient, the probability being a value greater than 0% and less than 100%; and
outputting as a function of the probability.
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Abstract
An adverse event may be prevented by predicting the probability of a given patient to have or undergo the adverse event. The probability alone may prevent the adverse event by educating the patient or medical professional. The probability may be predicted at any time, such as upon entry of information for the patient, periodic analysis, or at the time of admission. The probability may be used to generate a workflow action item to reduce the probability, to warn, to output appropriate instructions, and/or assist in avoiding adverse event. The probability may be specific to a hospital, physician group, or other medical entity, allowing prevention to focus on past adverse event causes for the given entity.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for predicting or preventing medical entity related adverse events, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a patient event for a patient of a medical entity; triggering application of a predictor of an adverse event in response to the receiving of the indication; applying, by a processor, the predictor of the adverse event to an electronic medical record of the patient in response to the triggering, the predictor being based on adverse event data of other patients; predicting, by the processor, a probability of the adverse event of the patient based on the applying of the predictor to the electronic medical record of the patient, the probability being a value greater than 0% and less than 100%; and outputting as a function of the probability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for predicting or preventing adverse events associated with a first medical entity, the system comprising:
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at least one memory operable to store data for a plurality of patients, whom have had an adverse event of a first type, of the first medical entity; and a first processor configured to; identify variables contributing to the adverse events for the patients of the first medical entity, the identification based on the data for the plurality of the patients of the first medical entity; and incorporate the variables into a predictor of adverse events of the first type for a future patient of the first medical entity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for predicting or preventing adverse events associated with a medical entity, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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predicting a probability of an adverse event to a patient, the predicting occurring during a patient stay; comparing the probability to a threshold; and generating an alert based on the comparing, the generating occurring during the patient stay. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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