Data management center for patient monitoring

• US 20060064323A1
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alexander Tudor, Cruse Energy, Gaurang Mehta, James Rueter, Karyn Grant, Robert Leichner, Ronald Yamada, Thomas Shoup, Todd Alleckson
• Original Assignee: Alexander Tudor, Cruse Energy, Gaurang Mehta, James Rueter, Karyn Grant, Robert Leichner, Ronald Yamada, Thomas Shoup, Todd Alleckson
• Inventors: Shoup, Thomas, Leichner, Robert, Cruse, Energy, Yamada, Ronald, Tudor, Alexander, Grant, Karyn, Alleckson, Todd, Mehta, Gaurang, Rueter, James
• Application Number:
  US11/263,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system for providing users access to information of health parameters on patients. The system includes a modem for receiving digital data from one or more patient sources on the health parameters of the patients and a management computer. The management computer processes the digital data and provides clinical statistics and administrative statistics derived from the digital data. Such clinical statistics and administrative statistics can be accessed via Internet protocol by one or more users such that these users each can access the clinical statistics and the administrative statistics independently.

Claims

1. A method providing users access to information of health parameters on patients, comprising:

(a) receiving digital data from one or more patient sources on the health parameters of the patients;

(b) processing the digital data using a computer and providing clinical statistics and administrative statistics; and

(c) providing access to the clinical statistics and administrative statistics via Internet protocol to one or more users such that the one or more users can each access the clinical statistics and the administrative statistics independently.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing access to the clinical statistics and administrative statistics via hierarchal screens of higher and lower levels wherein a user can access lower levels by selecting from the higher levels to enter the lower levels.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the digital data from the patient sources have data on a relative time scale and the method further comprises computing the absolute time of events in the digital data from the patient sources based on the data on relative time of the events.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the digital data from the patient source contains data of a relative time scale on the patient source and a relative time scale on a health parameter sensing unit and the method further comprises computing the absolute time of events in the digital data from the patient sources using the relative time scales.

5. A method according to claim 3, further comprising receiving digital data from a plurality of patient sources each of which receiving data from a plurality of health parameter sensing units, wherein the digital data from each patient source contain data of a relative time scale on the patient source and a relative time scale on each health parameter sensing unit and the method further comprises computing the absolute time of events in the digital data from the plurality of patient sources using the relative time scales.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising processing statistics from a plurality of patient sources and compiling a flagged list of patients each having at least one health parameter outside a preset range and presenting the flagged list for review by a clinician computer accessing the clinical statistics.

7. A method according to claim 6, further comprising showing a flagged list of patients having a health parameter sensing unit with a functional parameter outside a preset range simultaneously with the flagged list of patients having at least one health parameter outside a preset range.

8. A method according to claim 6, further comprising updating statistics automatically as new data are received from the patient sources.

9. A method according to claim 6, further comprising presenting a list of clinical information when a user selects a patient from the flagged list such that the user can select from the list of clinical information to access statistics thereof.

10. A method according to claim 9, further comprising presenting trends statistics on historical data of a health parameter in the list of clinical information.

11. A method according to claim 9, further comprising simultaneously presenting trends statistics on historical data of a health parameter in the list of clinical information and presenting patient notes.

12. A method according to claim 9, further comprising presenting statistics on devices and flags of health parameters in the list of clinical information.

13. A method according to claim 12, further comprising allowing access to a plurality of users to different statistics with different limitations of access.

14. A system for providing users access to information of health parameters on patients, comprising:

(a) modem for receiving digital data from one or more patient sources on the health parameters of the patients; and

(b) management computer for processing the digital data and providing clinical statistics and administrative statistics and for providing access to the clinical statistics and administrative statistics via Internet protocol to one or more users such that the one or more users can each access the clinical statistics and the administrative statistics independently.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein the digital data from the patient sources have data on a relative time scale and the system includes a timer associated with the management computer to provide absolute time for computing absolute time of the digital data from the patient sources based on the data on relative time of the digital data.

16. A system according to claim 14, wherein the digital data from the patient source contains data of a relative time scale on the patient source and a relative time scale on a health parameter sensing unit and the system includes a timer associated with the management computer to provide absolute time for computing absolute time of digital data associated with the patient source and the health parameter sensing unit using the relative time scales.

17. A system according to claim 14, further comprising memory associated with the management computer for storing statistics for access by users.

18. A system according to claim 14, further comprising means for processing statistics from a plurality of patient sources and compiling a flagged list of patients each having at least one health parameter outside a preset range and present the flagged list to a user accessing the clinical statistics via a clinician computer.

19. A system according to claim 14, further comprising means for processing statistics from a plurality of patient sources and compiling a flagged list of patients each having at least one health parameter outside a preset range and compiling a flagged list of patients each having at least one malfunctioning device which is used for measuring health parameter to present the flagged lists to a user accessing the clinical statistics via a clinician computer.

20. A system according to claim 14, further comprising means for arranging the clinical statistics and administrative statistics into hierarchal screens of higher and lower levels wherein a user can access information in the lower levels by selecting from the higher levels to enter the lower levels.

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