SMART HOSPITAL CARE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for automatically controlling a hospital equipment of in-patient care environment, said method comprising:
- configuring, by a processor of a computer system running a module for the in-patient care environment, wherein the in-patient care environment comprises the hospital equipment, the module, a classification database (CDB), an Inference Engine (IE) and a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), event data from data sources for the module, wherein the data sources comprises patient registration, caretaker recordation, and sensor measurement, wherein the hospital equipment performs the sensor measurement;
generating at least one inferred event data by running the IE over the configured event data pursuant to predefined inference rules of the IE;
storing said at least one inferred event data from said generating as a respective inference data node of the TMS such that a respective belief associated with said at least one inferred event data varies logically dependent to other data nodes within the TMS;
producing control data by applying a respective non-monotonic logic (NML) to content of the respective inference data node of the TMS from said storing;
updating the TMS by adding a control data node corresponding to the control data from said producing; and
sending content of the control data node of the TMS from said updating to the hospital equipment such that the hospital equipment operates pursuant to the content of the control data node.
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Abstract
A system and associated method for automatically controlling a hospital equipment of in-patient care environment is performed by a module coupled to a classification database, an Inference Engine (IE), a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), and the hospital equipment. Upon admitting a patient, a patient record related to the patient is created and events for the patient are recorded. Based on inference rules of the IE, inferred event data is generated and subsequently control data to manipulate the hospital equipment is generated. Pursuant to new event affecting truth of the inferred event data, the inferred event data may be renewed and new control data based on the renewed inferred event data is created to ensure that the control data is based on the latest event related to the patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically controlling a hospital equipment of in-patient care environment, said method comprising:
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configuring, by a processor of a computer system running a module for the in-patient care environment, wherein the in-patient care environment comprises the hospital equipment, the module, a classification database (CDB), an Inference Engine (IE) and a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), event data from data sources for the module, wherein the data sources comprises patient registration, caretaker recordation, and sensor measurement, wherein the hospital equipment performs the sensor measurement; generating at least one inferred event data by running the IE over the configured event data pursuant to predefined inference rules of the IE; storing said at least one inferred event data from said generating as a respective inference data node of the TMS such that a respective belief associated with said at least one inferred event data varies logically dependent to other data nodes within the TMS; producing control data by applying a respective non-monotonic logic (NML) to content of the respective inference data node of the TMS from said storing; updating the TMS by adding a control data node corresponding to the control data from said producing; and sending content of the control data node of the TMS from said updating to the hospital equipment such that the hospital equipment operates pursuant to the content of the control data node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code containing instructions that perform a method for verifying a signature of a signed message, said method comprising; configuring, by a processor of a computer system running a module for the in-patient care environment, wherein the in-patient care environment comprises the hospital equipment, the module, a classification database (CDB), an Inference Engine (IE) and a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), event data from data sources for the module, wherein the data sources comprises patient registration, caretaker recordation, and sensor measurement, wherein the hospital equipment performs the sensor measurement; generating at least one inferred event data by running the IE over the configured event data pursuant to predefined inference rules of the IE; storing said at least one inferred event data from said generating as a respective inference data node of the TMS such that a respective belief associated with said at least one inferred event data varies logically dependent to other data nodes within the TMS; producing control data by applying a respective non-monotonic logic (NML) to content of the respective inference data node of the TMS from said storing; updating the TMS by adding a control data node corresponding to the control data from said producing; and sending content of the control data node of the TMS from said updating to the hospital equipment such that the hospital equipment operates pursuant to the content of the control data node. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for automatically controlling a hospital equipment of in-patient care environment, said method comprising:
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configuring, by the processor of the computer system running a module for the in-patient care environment, wherein the in-patient care environment comprises the hospital equipment, the module, a classification database (CDB), an Inference Engine (IE) and a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), event data from data sources for the module, wherein the data sources comprises patient registration, caretaker recordation, and sensor measurement, wherein the hospital equipment performs the sensor measurement; generating at least one inferred event data by running the IE over the configured event data pursuant to predefined inference rules of the IE; storing said at least one inferred event data from said generating as a respective inference data node of the TMS such that a respective belief associated with said at least one inferred event data varies logically dependent to other data nodes within the TMS; producing control data by applying a respective non-monotonic logic (NML) to content of the respective inference data node of the TMS from said storing; updating the TMS by adding a control data node corresponding to the control data from said producing; and sending content of the control data node of the TMS from said updating to the hospital equipment such that the hospital equipment operates pursuant to the content of the control data node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a method for automatically controlling a hospital equipment of in-patient care environment, said method comprising:
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configuring, by a processor of a computer system running a module for the in-patient care environment, wherein the in-patient care environment comprises the hospital equipment, the module, a classification database (CDB), an Inference Engine (IE) and a Truth Maintenance System (TMS), event data from data sources for the module, wherein the data sources comprises patient registration, caretaker recordation, and sensor measurement, wherein the hospital equipment performs the sensor measurement; generating at least one inferred event data by running the IE over the configured event data pursuant to predefined inference rules of the IE; storing said at least one inferred event data from said generating as a respective inference data node of the TMS such that a respective belief associated with said at least one inferred event data varies logically dependent to other data nodes within the TMS; producing control data by applying a respective non-monotonic logic (NML) to content of the respective inference data node of the TMS from said storing; updating the TMS by adding a control data node corresponding to the control data from said producing; and sending content of the control data node of the TMS from said updating to the hospital equipment such that the hospital equipment operates pursuant to the content of the control data node. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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