Rules-based system for maternal-fetal care
First Claim
1. A rules-based system for maternal-fetal care of pregnant patients comprising:
- a network;
a plurality of pregnant patient monitoring stations configured to monitor patient data elements from the pregnant patients, wherein the monitored patient data elements comprise data elements indicative of medical conditions of the pregnant patients and fetuses carried by the pregnant patients (hereinafter, “
fetal patients”
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wherein each pregnant patient monitoring station comprises a communications interface that transmits tile monitored patient data elements to a remote command center via the network; and
a remote command center connected to the network, wherein the remote command center comprises a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises rules tailored to the medical condition of a patent, and wherein the rules engine comprises instructions which when executed by the remote command center cause the remote command center to;
receive the pregnant patient data elements;
acquire other patient data elements, wherein the other patient data elements are indicative of the medical conditions of the pregnant patients and their fetal patients, and wherein the monitored patient data elements and the other patient data elements are collectively referred to as “
pregnant patient data elements”
;
utilize the rules engine to apply rules tailored to the medical condition of a patient to at least two pregnant patient data elements;
determine when the conditions of any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied; and
when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied, take an action in accordance with the rule with respect to a particular one of the pregnant patients to whom the rule applies, and wherein the monitoring and determining when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patient has been satisfied occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center according to the rules of the rules engine whenever the rules engine is in operation.
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Abstract
A rules-base patient care method for managing the care of a plurality of pregnant patients from a remote command center for use in healthcare locations using patient-specific rules for each of the plurality of pregnant patients. A patient rules generator creates rules for the patients. Performance measures indicative of the ability of a rule to predict changes in the condition of the patient are acquired by the rules generator. A determination is made from the rules performance measures whether to revise the rule. A rules engine applies a rule to selected data elements stored in the database to produce an output indicative of a change in the medical condition of a pregnant patient and/or a fetal patient. The output from the rules engine is used to determine when intervention is warranted.
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44 Claims
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1. A rules-based system for maternal-fetal care of pregnant patients comprising:
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a network; a plurality of pregnant patient monitoring stations configured to monitor patient data elements from the pregnant patients, wherein the monitored patient data elements comprise data elements indicative of medical conditions of the pregnant patients and fetuses carried by the pregnant patients (hereinafter, “
fetal patients”
);wherein each pregnant patient monitoring station comprises a communications interface that transmits tile monitored patient data elements to a remote command center via the network; and a remote command center connected to the network, wherein the remote command center comprises a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises rules tailored to the medical condition of a patent, and wherein the rules engine comprises instructions which when executed by the remote command center cause the remote command center to; receive the pregnant patient data elements; acquire other patient data elements, wherein the other patient data elements are indicative of the medical conditions of the pregnant patients and their fetal patients, and wherein the monitored patient data elements and the other patient data elements are collectively referred to as “
pregnant patient data elements”
;utilize the rules engine to apply rules tailored to the medical condition of a patient to at least two pregnant patient data elements; determine when the conditions of any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied; and when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied, take an action in accordance with the rule with respect to a particular one of the pregnant patients to whom the rule applies, and wherein the monitoring and determining when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patient has been satisfied occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center according to the rules of the rules engine whenever the rules engine is in operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for managing the care of pregnant patients from a remote command center comprising:
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communicating over a network monitored patient data elements of the pregnant patients to the remote command center, wherein the remote command center comprises rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients; at least one computer processor coupled to a datastore acquiring other patient data elements, wherein the other patient data elements are indicative of the medical conditions of the pregnant patients and their fetal patients, and wherein the monitored patient data elements and the other patient data elements are collectively referred to as “
pregnant patient data elements”
; andthe at least one computer processor using a rules engine to apply rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients rules to at least two pregnant patient data elements; the at least one computer processor determining when the conditions of any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied; and when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied, taking an action in accordance with the rule with respect to a particular one of the pregnant patients to whom the rule applies, and wherein the monitoring and determining when the conditions of the any one rule has been satisfied occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center repeatedly and automatically according to the rules of the rules engine whenever the rules engine is in operation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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