Medical information event manager

• US 7,848,935 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2003
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IMD Soft Ltd. (Constellation Software Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: IMD Soft Ltd. (Constellation Software Incorporated)
• Inventors: Schoenberg, Roy, Schoenberg, Ido, Gotlib, Phyllis
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor; Gerald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, LINH GIANG
• Application Number:
  US10/355,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20040152952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,867 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 4, 704/9, 707/1
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

An event management system and method detects the occurrence of events as a function, at least in part, of information and data gathered from monitoring one or more patients with a medical information system. Event detection processes can be defined and then triggered to cover any of a variety of circumstances. For instance, event detection processes can be defined that, when triggered, indicate that a certain patient (or patients) would make a suitable candidate for that clinical trial, a patient is a candidate for a certain type of treatment, or hospital resources are being utilized in a certain manner. That is, such events may relate to the efficiency or inefficiency in use of certain resources, or such events may concern usage under certain circumstances.

Claims

1. An event management system, configured to access or obtain patient data from a medical information system comprising a set of electronic devices including means for monitoring patients, wherein said event management system comprises:

A. an event manager hosted, at least in part, on a set of electronic devices having output devices and input devices, said event manager comprising;

1) a statement customizer configured to define for defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured to test at least one criterion;

2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process, selected from a plurality of event detection processes, and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and means for defining an event test condition, at least one event action, and a time schedule for executing said event detection process, wherein each statement of said set of statements provides information used in said event detection process;

3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and

4) an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action, selected from a plurality of predefined actions, in response to said satisfaction of said test condition.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one event action is the generation of a text message configured for presentation on a display of said event management system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one event action is the generation of a test message configured for presentation on a display of said medical information system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least some of said set of event electronic devices and said medical information system set of electronic devices are electronic devices shared by the event management system and the medical information system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said event management system is accessible by a wireless device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said event management system is configured to couple to said medical information system via a LAN, WAN, virtual network, private network, the world wide web, the Internet, a telephone network, or some combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said event customizer is configured to associate each statement from said one or more statements with more then one event detection process.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

5) an event detection process tester, configured to execute said event detection process using prior patient data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with candidacy requirements for inclusion of a patient in a clinical trial and said event action includes an identification of one or more candidate patients for said clinical trial.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with a medical condition of a patient and said event action includes an identification of a treatment for said medical condition.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with use of one or more medical information system resources and said event action includes an identification of one or more inefficiently used resources.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one event action is transmission of a signal configured to terminate a monitoring process by said medical information system.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one event action is transmission of a signal configured to begin a monitoring process by said medical information system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said event customizer includes means to associate a secondary event detection process with said event detection process, wherein said secondary event detection process is chosen from a set of previously defined event detection processes.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said event manager further includes means to set an event detection process frequency and interval for selectively enabling said analyzer.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the time schedule comprises at least one of a frequency, an interval, a start time, an end time and a duration, for selectively enabling said analyzer.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said event management system is configured for access by a wireless device.

17. An event management system, comprising:

A. a communication network;

B. a plurality of patient monitoring devices coupled to said network, including means for providing dynamically changing patient data;

C. a set of electronic devices coupled to said network and having output means and input means; and

D. an event manager, hosted on said set of electronic devices, said event manager comprising;

1) a statement customizer configured to define one or more statements, each of said statements configured to test at least one criterion;

2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process, selected from a plurality of event detection processes, and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, means for defining an event test condition, at least event action, and a time schedule for executing said event detection process, wherein each statement of said set of statements provides information that is used in said event detection process;

3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and

4) an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action, selected from a plurality of predefined actions, in response to said satisfaction of said test condition.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said network includes a LAN, WAN, virtual network, private network, the world wide web, the Internet, a telephone network, or some combination thereof.

20. A method of establishing event management for use in conjunction with a medical information system, wherein said medical information system is configured for monitoring a plurality of patients and providing dynamically changing patient data, said method comprising:

A. interacting with said medical information system, including receiving said patient data;

B. defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured for testing at least one criterion;

C. defining an event detection process, selected from a plurality of event detection processes, including associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, defining an event test condition, at least one event action, and a time schedule for executing said event detection process, wherein each of the said statements provides information that is used in said event detection process;

D. establishing an analyzer configured for applying said set of statements to receive patient data and for determining satisfaction of said even test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and

E. establishing an activator for initiating said at least one event action, selected from a plurality of predefined actions, in response to said satisfaction of said event test condition.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one event action includes generating a test message configured for presentation on a display of said event management system.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one event action includes generating a test message configured for presentation on a display of said medical information system.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein at least some of said set of event electronic devices and said medical information system set of electronic devices are electronic devices shared by the event management system and the medical information system.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein said interacting includes coupling to said medical information system via a LAN, WAN, virtual network, private network, the world wide web, the Internet, a telephone network, or some combination thereof.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein said each statement from said one or more statements can be associated with more then one event detection process of a plurality of defined event detection processes.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising testing the event detection process by executing said event detection process using prior patient data.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with candidacy requirements for inclusion of a patient in a clinical trial and said at least one event action includes an identifying one or more candidate patients for said clinical trial.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with a medical condition of a patient and said at least one event action includes an identifying a treatment for said medical condition.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one criterion is associated with use of one or more medical information system resources and said at least one event action includes an identifying one or more inefficiently used resources.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein said at least one event action includes transmitting a signal configured to terminate or initiate a monitoring process by said medical information system.

31. The method of claim 20, wherein said defining an event detection process includes associating a secondary event detection process with said event, wherein said secondary event detection process is chosen from a set of previously defined event detection processes.

32. The method of claim 20, further comprising setting an event detection process frequency and interval for selectively enabling said analyzer.

33. A method of providing event management, on a computer-based system comprised of a plurality of networked electronic devices, said method comprising:

A. monitoring a plurality of patients and obtaining patient data, including dynamically changing patient data;

B. defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured for testing at least one criterion;

C. defining an event detection process, selected from a plurality of event detection processes, including associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, defining an event test condition, at least one event action, and a time schedule for executing said event detection process, wherein each statement of said set of statements provides information used in said event detection process;

D. establishing an analyzer configured for applying said set of statements to receive patient data and for determining satisfaction of said even test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements;

E. establishing an activator for initiating said at least one event action, selected from a plurality of predefined actions, in response to said satisfaction of said event test condition; and

F. providing an indication of said event action at one or more of said electronic devices.

34. The method of claim 33, comprising displaying a message on a display of one or more electronic devices representative of said at least one event action.