Notification system of deviation from predefined conditions
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1. A notification system comprising:
- a patient support having a configuration;
a patient support monitoring system;
a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient stored in said patient support monitoring system; and
based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor for the patient, said patient support monitoring system configured to automatically select or determine a set of appropriate patient support configurations or criteria as default configurations or criteria for the patient and to detect and monitor when the patient support'"'"'s configuration or criteria is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient and to generate a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration of the patient support when the patient support'"'"'s configuration is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a healthcare system for capturing and maintaining patient healthcare records and employing information in the records to proactively alert hospital workers to a condition that places patient health at risk.
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1. A notification system comprising:
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a patient support having a configuration; a patient support monitoring system; a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient stored in said patient support monitoring system; and based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor for the patient, said patient support monitoring system configured to automatically select or determine a set of appropriate patient support configurations or criteria as default configurations or criteria for the patient and to detect and monitor when the patient support'"'"'s configuration or criteria is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient and to generate a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration of the patient support when the patient support'"'"'s configuration is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A notification system comprising:
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a patient support having a configuration; a patient support monitoring system; a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient accessible by said patient support monitoring system; and based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor for the patient, said patient support monitoring system configured to automatically select or determine a set of appropriate patient support configurations or criteria as default configurations or criteria for that patient and detect and monitor when the patient support'"'"'s configuration is unsuitable for a given patient based on the default configurations or criteria for that patient and to generate a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration of the patient support when the patient support'"'"'s configuration is unsuitable for a given patient based on the default configurations or criteria for that patient based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of notifying relative to a patient support having a configuration, said method comprising:
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providing a patient support monitoring system; based on a designated patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor for a patient, automatically selecting or determining with the patient support monitoring system a set of appropriate patient support configurations or criteria as default configurations or criteria for that patient; the patient support monitoring system monitoring the patient support'"'"'s configuration; the patient support monitoring system comparing the patient support'"'"'s configuration to the default configurations or criteria for that patient; and generating a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration when the patient support'"'"'s configuration is unsuitable for a given patient based on the default configurations or criteria for that patient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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