System and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations
First Claim
1. A portable monitoring system for geographically dispersed health care locations comprising:
- a telecommunication network;
portable monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises instructions for monitoring data elements from patients assigned to geographically dispersed health care locations and for sending the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the telecommunications network, wherein the remote command center comprises instructions for;
receiving the monitored data elements from a patient assigned to a health care location;
accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with the patient;
establishing a patient-specific rule associated with the patient; and
applying the patient-specific rule continuously and simultaneously using a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises instructions for;
selecting data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with the patient;
applying the patient-specific rule to the selected data elements;
determining in an automated fashion at the remote command center whether the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened; and
in the event the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened, issuing an alert from the remote command center.
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Abstract
A system and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations. A portable monitoring station is associated with a patient assigned to a health care location. The portable monitoring station comprises monitoring equipment that monitors physiological measures of the patient. A remote command center receives the monitored data elements, accesses patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with the patient, and applies a patient-specific rule to selected data elements to determine whether the patient-specific rule has been contravened. The monitored equipment may further comprise video and audio equipment that captures patient video data and patient audio data and provides these data to the central command center.
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51 Claims
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1. A portable monitoring system for geographically dispersed health care locations comprising:
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a telecommunication network; portable monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises instructions for monitoring data elements from patients assigned to geographically dispersed health care locations and for sending the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the telecommunications network, wherein the remote command center comprises instructions for; receiving the monitored data elements from a patient assigned to a health care location; accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with the patient; establishing a patient-specific rule associated with the patient; and applying the patient-specific rule continuously and simultaneously using a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises instructions for; selecting data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with the patient; applying the patient-specific rule to the selected data elements; determining in an automated fashion at the remote command center whether the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened; and in the event the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened, issuing an alert from the remote command center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 51)
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27. A method for monitoring patients assigned to geographically dispersed health care locations comprising:
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associating a portable monitoring station with a patient assigned to a health care location;
receiving at a remote command center monitored data elements from the patient and other patients associated with other portable monitoring stations and assigned to other geographically dispersed health care locations via a telecommunications network;accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with the patient and the other patients; establishing patient-specific rules associated with the patient and each of the other patients; selecting data elements from the monitored data elements associated with the patient and the patient data elements associated with the patient; applying the patient-specific rule associated with the patient to the selected data elements continuously and simultaneously with the application of the other patient-specific rules to the patient data elements associated with the other patients; making a determination in an automated fashion at the remote command center whether the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened; and in the event the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened, issuing an alert from the remote command center. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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