Sepsis monitoring and control
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented sepsis alerting method, comprising:
- automatically extracting with a computer system, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, information from an electronic medical record;
obtaining with the computer system information about real-time status of the patient;
using the information from the electronic medical record and the information about the real-time status to determine whether the patient is likely to be suffering from dangerous probability of sepsis;
electronically alerting an initial caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists;
using information from the electronic medical record, after a determined time period relating to a time when the initial caregiver was alerted, to determine whether treatment for sepsis is already being provided to the patient and whether a potentially dangerous level of sepsis continues to exist; and
electronically alerting a follow-up caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists and that treatment for sepsis is not already being provided.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented sepsis alerting method is disclosed. The method involves automatically extracting with a computer system, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, information from a electronic medical record, and obtaining with the computer system information about real-time status of the patient. The method also involves using the information from the electronic medical record and the information about the real-time status to determine whether the patient is likely to be suffering from dangerous probability of sepsis, using information from the electronic medical record to determine whether treatment for sepsis is already being provided to the patient, and electronically alerting a caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists and that treatment for sepsis is not already being provided.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented sepsis alerting method, comprising:
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automatically extracting with a computer system, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, information from an electronic medical record; obtaining with the computer system information about real-time status of the patient; using the information from the electronic medical record and the information about the real-time status to determine whether the patient is likely to be suffering from dangerous probability of sepsis; electronically alerting an initial caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists; using information from the electronic medical record, after a determined time period relating to a time when the initial caregiver was alerted, to determine whether treatment for sepsis is already being provided to the patient and whether a potentially dangerous level of sepsis continues to exist; and electronically alerting a follow-up caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists and that treatment for sepsis is not already being provided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory machine-readable tangible medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that when executed on one or more electronic computers, perform actions comprising:
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automatically extracting with a computer system, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, information from an electronic medical record; obtaining with the computer system information about real-time status of the patient; using the information from the electronic medical record and the information about the real-time status to determine whether the patient is likely to be suffering from dangerous probability of sepsis; using information from the electronic medical record to determine whether treatment for sepsis is already being provided to the patient; and electronically alerting a caregiver over a network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists and to provide a follow-up alert over the network if it is determined that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis continues to exist and that treatment for sepsis has not been provided to the patient in a determined time period. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented system to monitor and report on patient condition, the system comprising:
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a computer system that implements a data extractor to automatically extract, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, information from an electronic medical record and obtain information about real-time status of the patient; a patient evaluator programmed to using information extracted by the data extractor to determine whether the patient is likely to be suffering from dangerous probability of sepsis, and to determine whether treatment for sepsis has been provided to the patient; and a contact management system arranged to electronically alert a caregiver over a network if the patient evaluator determines that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis exists, and to provide a follow-up alert over the network if the patient evaluator determines that a potentially dangerous level of sepsis continues to exist and that treatment for sepsis has not been provided to the patient in a determined time period. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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