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Telecommunications network for remote patient monitoring

DC CAFC
  • US 7,256,708 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2004
  • Issued: 08/14/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hospitalized patient care system comprising:

  • a telecommunication network;

    monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment adapted to monitor data elements from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients and to send the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the telecommunications network, wherein the remote command center is adapted to;

    receive the monitored data elements from the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;

    access patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;

    establish patient-specific rules associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients; and

    apply the patient-specific rules continuously and simultaneously using a rules engine adapted to;

    select data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with a hospitalized patient;

    apply a patient-specific rule associated with the hospitalized patient to the selected data elements;

    determine in an automated fashion at the remote command center whether the patient-specific rule for the hospitalized patient has been contravened; and

    in the event the patient-specific rule for the hospitalized patient has been contravened, issue an alert from the remote command center.

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