Infection control management and workflow system
First Claim
1. An infection control and workflow management system, comprising:
- a repository including worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for use in informing healthcare workers of infection control tasks to be performed;
at least one processing device comprising,a detection processor for automatically detecting infection in patients from data in at least one of, (a) a patient medical record accessed upon admission of a patient to a hospital and (b) a laboratory test result; and
a workflow processor includingan event monitor for identifying events comprising detection of infection, using data from a hospital information system, said workflow processorusing said worker information for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed to initiate infection control tasks of an infection control process using communication data in response to at least one of, the detection of an infected patient and the identified event andautomatically tracking different concurrent infection control processes for corresponding different patients and determining steps to be executed next by at least one of said healthcare workers.
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Abstract
A system identifies multiple medical conditions, observations, and laboratory test results using active sensors and predetermined rules to identify infected patients. An infection control and workflow management system includes a repository of worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for use in informing healthcare workers of infection control tasks to be performed. A detection processor automatically detects infection in patients from multiple different sources including from at least one of, (a) a medical record evaluated upon admission of a patient to a hospital and (b) a laboratory test result. A workflow processor uses the worker information for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed to initiate infection control tasks using communication data in response to detection of an infected patient.
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24 Claims
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1. An infection control and workflow management system, comprising:
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a repository including worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for use in informing healthcare workers of infection control tasks to be performed; at least one processing device comprising, a detection processor for automatically detecting infection in patients from data in at least one of, (a) a patient medical record accessed upon admission of a patient to a hospital and (b) a laboratory test result; and a workflow processor including an event monitor for identifying events comprising detection of infection, using data from a hospital information system, said workflow processor using said worker information for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed to initiate infection control tasks of an infection control process using communication data in response to at least one of, the detection of an infected patient and the identified event and automatically tracking different concurrent infection control processes for corresponding different patients and determining steps to be executed next by at least one of said healthcare workers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An infection control and workflow management system, comprising:
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a repository including worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for use in informing healthcare workers of infection control tasks to be performed; at least one processing device comprising, a detection processor for automatically detecting patient infection events comprising (a) generation of a record indicating patient infection upon admission of a patient to a hospital and (b) receiving a laboratory test result indicating patient infection; and a workflow processor for automatically executing in response to predetermined process definitions to determine infection control tasks and using said worker information for communicating messages to add determined infection control tasks to worker task lists, said workflow processor substantially continuously monitoring for events comprising an infection test result identifying a predetermined particular type of infection and including an event monitor for identifying events comprising detection of infection, using data from a hospital information system and using said worker information for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed to initiate infection control tasks of an infection control process using communication data in response to at least one of, the detection of an infected patient and the identified event and automatically tracking different concurrent infection control processes for corresponding different patients and determining steps to be executed next by at least one of said healthcare workers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An infection control and workflow management system, comprising:
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a repository including worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for use in informing healthcare workers of infection control tasks to be performed; at least one processing device comprising, a detection processor for automatically detecting infection in patients from data in (a) a patient medical record and (b) a laboratory test result; and a workflow processor for using said worker information for automatically communicating a message to add a task to a worker task list, said task being to implement an infection control procedure, using communication data in response to detection of an infected patient, said workflow processor substantially continuously monitoring for events comprising an infection test result identifying a predetermined particular type of infection and including an event monitor for identifying events comprising detection of infection, using data from a hospital information system and using said worker information for automatically communicating a message to inform a healthcare worker of a task to be performed to initiate infection control tasks of an infection control process using communication data in response to at least one of, the detection of an infected patient and the identified event and automatically tracking different concurrent infection control processes for corresponding different patients and determining steps to be executed next by at least one of said healthcare workers. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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