Automated system and method for establishing a patient status reference baseline

• US 20030125611A1
• Filed: 12/27/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gust H. Bardy
• Original Assignee: Gust H. Bardy
• Inventors: Bardy, Gust H.
• Granted Patent: US 6,866,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4884 inducing physiological or psychological stress, e.g. applications for stress testing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

A system and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system is described. A set of collected measures is retrieved from a medical device. The collected device measures set includes individual measures, which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device during an initial time period, and is received from the medical device over a communications link, which is interfaced to a network server. The collected device measures set is stored into a patient care record for the patient within a database server organized to store one or more patient care records and is processed into a set of reference measures. Each reference measure is representative of at least one of measured or derived patient information and is stored into the patient care record as data in a reference baseline indicating an initial patient status.

Claims

1. A system for determining a patient wellness status reference baseline, comprising:

a medical device collecting at least one of raw and derived patient measures providing quantitative health care data indicators during an initial observation period, the patient measures comprising at least one of biochemical and physiological measures;

a database periodically storing and processing the collected patient measures; and

a reference baseline generated from the stored patient measures upon completion of the initial observation period indicating an initial patient wellness status.