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Risk management system for use with cardiac patients

  • US 5,276,612 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1990
  • Issued: 01/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A risk management system for use in a health care facility which receives patients who may be experiencing cardiac problems, the system comprising;

  • a first input port receiving inputs derived from electrocardiograph measurements of a selected one of said patients;

    a second input port receiving user entered information about the selected patient;

    a predictive instrument using the inputs to compute a probability of the selected patient having a particular heart condition;

    a printer means for generating a risk management form reporting the computed probability as well as other clinical and ECG-related observations for the selected patient, said printer means programmed to also print a set of uncompleted categories on said form, said set of uncompleted categories being the same regardless of what user entered information has been provided prior to generating said form, said uncompleted categories to be filled in with additional information relating to the evaluation of the selected patient by persons who evaluate the selected patient and said set of uncompleted categories selected to enhance medical evaluations of said patients when completed by said persons subsequent to the printing of said form, said predictive instrument automatically triggering said printer means to generate said form when and only when said computed probability falls within a preselected range which is less than the total range of possible values for said computed probability.

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