System and method for providing a health score for a patient

• US 8,100,829 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2007
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare LLC (OSI Systems Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Rothman Healthcare
• Inventors: Rothman, Steven I., Rothman, Daniel B., Rothman, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Sam
• Assistant Examiner(s): JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING
• Application Number:
  US11/974,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20090105550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,562 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A system and method for providing an indicator of a patient'"'"'s health. The system may include a data module receiving data relating to a patient'"'"'s health, the data including subjective data, a conversion module generating an output from the data, the output representing the patient'"'"'s health, and a display module displaying the output and a standard output for a user to compare with the output. A method of providing a customizable system for generating an indicator of a patient'"'"'s health, the method including providing a system including a data module, a conversion module generating an output via a first algorithm, and a display module displaying the output and a standard output generated by a second algorithm, and customizing at least one of the first and second algorithms according to preferences of a user.

Claims

1. A method for generating an indicator of a patient'"'"'s health comprising:

continually receiving, on a computer, disparate medical data relating to a patient at a plurality of time points over a period of time, the data including subjective data determined by a nurse after performing a musculoskeletal nursing assessment including a subjective evaluation by the nurse of the patient'"'"'s ability to move all extremities independently;

transforming, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the disparate medical data into number values so that the disparate medical data can be combined;

combining, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the number values to generate a single output value that represents the health of the patient at each of the plurality of time points; and

continually plotting and displaying, on the computer, a graph of each of the single output values for each of the plurality of time points, wherein the graph shows the patient'"'"'s health trajectory over the period of time.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the musculoskeletal nursing assessment includes a subjective evaluation by a nurse after assessing the patient'"'"'s ability to perform functional activities as observed or stated.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the disparate medical data includes objective data selected from the group consisting of diastolic blood pressure, temperature, respiration, systolic blood pressure, and heart rate.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the time points represents a period of time after the patient has undergone a surgical procedure.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the graphical display of the patient'"'"'s health trajectory is viewed by a remote health service provider located remotely from the patient.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising repeating all of the steps for many patients, and presenting a single image showing such graphs, color-coded by the single output value, allowing a nurse or doctor to view and evaluate many patients simultaneously.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein a reference line stored on the computer is added to the graph, the reference line representing an average health trajectory for patients who have had a same procedure or who are being treated for a same disease, so that the patient'"'"'s progress can be compared to average progress.

8. A method for generating an indicator of a patient'"'"'s health comprising:

continually receiving, on a computer, disparate medical data relating to a patient at a plurality of time points over a period of time, the data including subjective data determined by a nurse after performing a gastrointestinal nursing assessment including a subjective evaluation by the nurse of the patient'"'"'s bowel sounds;

transforming, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the disparate medical data into number values so that the disparate medical data can be combined;

combining, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the number values to generate a single output value that represents the health of the patient at each of the plurality of time points; and

continually plotting and displaying, on the computer, a graph of each of the single output values for each of the plurality of time points, wherein the graph shows the patient'"'"'s health trajectory over the period of time.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the gastrointestinal nursing assessment includes a subjective evaluation by a nurse after assessing a factor selected from the group consisting of feel and appearance of the patient'"'"'s abdomen, presence of nausea in the patient, presence of vomiting in the patient, the patient'"'"'s continence and the patient'"'"'s bowel patterns.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the disparate medical data includes objective data selected from the group consisting of diastolic blood pressure, temperature, respiration, systolic blood pressure, and heart rate.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein at least one of the plurality of time points represents a period of time after the patient has undergone a surgical procedure.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the graphical display of the patient'"'"'s health trajectory is viewed by a remote health service provider located remotely from the patient.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising repeating all of the steps for many patients, and presenting a single image showing such graphs, color-coded by the single output value, allowing a nurse or doctor to view and evaluate many patients simultaneously.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein a reference line stored on the computer is added to the graph, the reference line representing an average health trajectory for patients who have had a same procedure or who are being treated for a same disease, so that the patient'"'"'s progress can be compared to average progress.

15. A method for generating an indicator of a patient'"'"'s health comprising:

continually receiving, on a computer, disparate medical data relating to a patient at a plurality of time points over a period of time, the data including subjective data determined by a nurse after performing a nursing assessment including a subjective evaluation by the nurse using a Braden Scale;

transforming, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the disparate medical data into number values so that the disparate medical data can be combined;

combining, on the computer, for each of the plurality of time points, the number values to generate a single output value that represents the health of the patient at each of the plurality of time points; and

continually plotting and displaying, on the computer, a graph of each of the single output values for each of the plurality of time points, wherein the graph shows the patient'"'"'s health trajectory over the period of time.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the disparate medical data includes objective data selected from the group consisting of diastolic blood pressure, temperature, respiration, systolic blood pressure, and heart rate.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the plurality of time points represents a period of time after the patient has undergone a surgical procedure.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the graphical display of the patient'"'"'s health trajectory is viewed by a remote health service provider located remotely from the patient.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising repeating all of the steps for many patients, and presenting a single image showing such graphs, color-coded by the single output value, allowing a nurse or doctor to view and evaluate many patients simultaneously.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein a reference line stored on the computer is added to the graph, the reference line representing an average health trajectory for patients who have had a same procedure or who are being treated for a same disease, so that the patient'"'"'s progress can be compared to average progress.