Monitoring Patient Conditions
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1. A computer implemented method for monitoring patients comprising:
- during a period of time, continuously monitoring a patient released from a healthcare unit,wherein the continuous monitoring occurs at a recovery stage between a first recovery stage of patients remaining at the healthcare unit and a second recovery stage of patients only needing periodic routine examination without continuous monitoring;
evaluating conditions of the released patient being continuously monitored by applying one or more rules to medical information of the released patient; and
sending a message to a healthcare professional based on the evaluated conditions of the released patient, wherein the message prompts the healthcare professional to determinewhether to readmit the released patient to the healthcare unit in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the released patient is in the first recovery stage orwhether to discontinue continuously monitoring the released patient in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the patient is in the second recovery stage.
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Abstract
Among other things, a computer implemented method for monitoring patients released from an intensive care unit in a healthcare environment is described. The method comprises receiving medical information of a patient located at a location different from the intensive care unit, evaluating conditions of the patient by applying one or more rules to the medical information of the patient, and sending a message to the intensive care unit when the conditions of the patient match the one or more rules.
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1. A computer implemented method for monitoring patients comprising:
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during a period of time, continuously monitoring a patient released from a healthcare unit, wherein the continuous monitoring occurs at a recovery stage between a first recovery stage of patients remaining at the healthcare unit and a second recovery stage of patients only needing periodic routine examination without continuous monitoring; evaluating conditions of the released patient being continuously monitored by applying one or more rules to medical information of the released patient; and sending a message to a healthcare professional based on the evaluated conditions of the released patient, wherein the message prompts the healthcare professional to determine whether to readmit the released patient to the healthcare unit in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the released patient is in the first recovery stage or whether to discontinue continuously monitoring the released patient in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the patient is in the second recovery stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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11. A computer-readable medium for storing instructions that are executable by a computer, the execution of the instructions causes the computer to:
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during a period of time, continuously monitor a patient released from a healthcare unit, wherein the continuous monitoring occurs at a recovery stage between a first recovery stage of patients remaining at the healthcare unit and a second recovery stage of patients only needing periodic routine examination without continuous monitoring; evaluate conditions of the released patient being continuously monitored by applying one or more rules to patient information of the released patient; and send a message to a healthcare professional based on the evaluated conditions of the released patient, wherein the message prompts the healthcare professional to determine whether to readmit the released patient to the healthcare unit in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the released patient is in the first recovery stage or whether to discontinue continuously monitoring the released patient in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the patient is in the second recovery stage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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21. A system comprising:
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a computing device comprising a memory; and an engine configured to during a period of time, continuously monitor a patient released from a healthcare unit of a healthcare environment, wherein the continuous monitoring occurs at a recovery stage between a first recovery stage of patients remaining at the healthcare unit and a second recovery stage of patients only needing periodic routine examination without continuous monitoring; evaluate conditions of the released patient being continuously monitored by applying one or more rules to medical information of the patient, and send a message to a healthcare professional based on the evaluated conditions of the released patient, wherein the message prompts the healthcare professional to determine whether to readmit the released patient to the healthcare unit in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the released patient is in the first recovery stage or whether to discontinue continuously monitoring the released patient in response to the evaluated conditions indicating the patient is in the second recovery stage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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