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System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients

  • US 7,454,359 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2005
  • Issued: 11/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients comprising:

  • a telecommunication network;

    monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises instructions for monitoring data elements from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients 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 the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients;

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

    selectively displaying the monitored data elements and the patient data elements of the hospitalized patients according to display rules using a display module;

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

    applying the patient-specific rules continuously and simultaneously using a rules engine comprising instructions for;

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

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

    determining in an automated fashion 24 hours per day 7 days per week 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, issuing an alert from the remote command center.

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