Method and system for monitoring patient care

• US 8,744,873 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vigilanz Corporation
• Original Assignee: Vigilanz Corporation
• Inventors: Klass, David B., Klass, Adam P., Ring, Dennis J., Goldsteen, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Cobanoglu, Dilek B
• Application Number:
  US13/894,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 600/300, 600/483, 706/45, 706/46, 726/4, 604/503
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• 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 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

The subject invention is a Patient Care Monitoring System which employs a novel method and system for monitoring the care provided to a patient at a health care facility. In one embodiment, the subject invention includes a central processor in communication with a health care facility'"'"'s computer systems, receiving data therefrom. This data is arranged and correlated to enable the subject invention to filter through the data and detect if a particular treatment, diagnostic test, or course of action has been or is in danger of being overlooked.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring care in a computer-implemented system, comprising:

a) accessing a rule criterion, the rule criterion comprising a plurality of conditions;

b) accessing a response criterion, the response criterion comprising a plurality of responses;

c) receiving data comprising at least one target event having a current value;

d) analyzing the data according to the rule criterion and the response criterion;

e) generating a practice interval having a defined length of time that is determined based upon the response criterion and the data;

f) dynamically adjusting the practice interval based on the data;

wherein the practice interval is dynamically adjusted based upon a criticality of the data or based upon one or more trends indicated by the data,

wherein the criticality is determined as a percentage of the distance between a critical value of the target event and a baseline value of the target event and weighted in relation to a predetermined criticality factor pertaining to the target event, and

wherein a trend indicated by the data is determined based upon a value of one or more previously received at least one target event, if any, the critical value of the target event, the baseline value of the target event, and a predetermined trend factor pertaining to the target event; and

g) generating a reminder notification if the data does not satisfy the response criterion within the practice interval,

wherein the accessing, receiving, analyzing, and generating functions are performed by the computer-implemented system.

2. A system for monitoring care, comprising:

a) a first data source, the first data source comprising a rule criteria, the rule criteria comprising a plurality of conditions; and

the first data source further comprising a response criteria, the response criteria comprising a plurality of responses;

b) a second data source for receiving data comprising at least one target event;

c) a central processor configured to communicate with the first data source and the second data source;

wherein the central processor is further configured to analyze the data according to the rule criterion and the response criterion, generate a practice interval having a defined length of time that is determined based upon the response criterion and the data, and generate a reminder notification if the data does not satisfy the response criterion within the practice interval, and

wherein the practice interval is configured to be dynamically adjusted by the central processor based upon a criticality of the data or based upon one or more trends indicated by the data, wherein the criticality is determined as a percentage of the distance between a critical value of the target event and a baseline value of the target event and weighted in relation to a predetermined criticality factor pertaining to the target event, and wherein a trend indicated by the data is determined based upon a value of one or more previously received at least one target event, if any, the critical value of the target event, the baseline value of the target event, and a predetermined trend factor pertaining to the target event.

3. A non-transitory computer program product, comprising:

a) a computer usable medium, the computer usable medium having embodied thereon a computer readable program code comprising instructions to cause a computer to;

1) access a first data source, the first data source comprising a rule criteria, the rule criteria comprising a plurality of conditions, and the first data source further comprising a response criteria, the response criteria comprising a plurality of responses;

2) access a second data source for receiving data comprising at least one target event;

3) analyze the data according to the rule criterion and the response criterion;

4) generate a practice interval having a defined length of time that is determined based upon the response criterion and the data; and

5) generate a reminder notification if the data does not satisfy the response criterion within the practice interval,

wherein the practice interval is dynamically adjustable based upon a criticality of the data or based upon one or more trends indicated by the data, wherein the criticality is determined as a percentage of the distance between a critical value of the target event and a baseline value of the target event and weighted in relation to a predetermined criticality factor pertaining to the target event, and wherein a trend indicated by the data is determined based upon a value of one or more previously received at least one target event, if any, the critical value of the target event, the baseline value of the target event, and a predetermined trend factor pertaining to the target event.