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, the patient support monitoring system operable to generate multiple notification levels; and
a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient stored in said patient support monitoring system;
wherein, based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor, said patient support monitoring system is 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 configuration or criteria is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria and to generate a notification at one of the notification levels of an unsatisfactory configuration or criteria of the patient support when the patient support is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configuration or criteria 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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23 Claims
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1. A notification system comprising:
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a patient support having a configuration; a patient support monitoring system, the patient support monitoring system operable to generate multiple notification levels; and a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient stored in said patient support monitoring system; wherein, based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor, said patient support monitoring system is 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 configuration or criteria is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria and to generate a notification at one of the notification levels of an unsatisfactory configuration or criteria of the patient support when the patient support is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configuration or criteria based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A notification system comprising:
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a patient support having a configuration; a patient support monitoring system, the patient support monitoring system comprising one or more sensors for detecting the patient support configuration or an event at the patient support, the patient support monitoring system being operable to send information from the one or more sensors to a network or system remote from the patient support; and a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor associated with a patient, the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor accessible by the patient support monitoring system; wherein, based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor, the patient support monitoring system is configured to automatically select or determine a set of appropriate patient support configuration as a default configuration for the patient and detect and monitor when the patient support configuration is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configuration and to generate a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration of the patient support when the patient support configuration is unsuitable for a given patient based on the default configuration based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 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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monitoring a patient support, the patient support having a configuration; providing a patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor; based on the patient'"'"'s condition or risk factor, automatically selecting or determining an appropriate patient support configuration as a default configuration; comparing the patient support'"'"'s configuration or an event at the patient support to the default configuration; and generating a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration when the patient support configuration is unsuitable for a given patient based on the default configuration, wherein the generating the notification includes generating a notification level. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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