Systems and methods for patient monitoring

Abstract

The present invention discloses systems and methods for monitoring patients with a chronic disease such as heart failure. The system may include a physiological sensor circuit to sense physiological signals and generate signal metrics from the physiological signals. The system may include a health status analyzer circuit to use the signal metrics to generate one or more stability indicators of patient health status, such as stability of heart failure status. The system may additionally generate one or more health status indicators indicating patient health status such as heart failure progression. A patient disposition decision may be generated using the health status indicators and the stability indicators to provide an indication of readiness for patient discharge from or a risk of admission to a hospital.

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[0001] priority claim [0002] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62 / 294,555, filed February 12, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] This document relates generally to medical devices and, more particularly, to systems and methods for monitoring patients with medical devices. Background technique [0004] Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the leading cause of death in the United States. CHF occurs when the heart fails to adequately supply enough blood to maintain a healthy physiological state. CHF may be treated with drug therapy, or with implantable devices (IMDs) such as those used to provide cardiac electrical stimulation therapy, including cardiac desynchronization to correct intraventricular or interventricular cardiac desynchronization. Concurrent Therapy (CRT). [0005] CHF can have a huge economic impact on the healthcare sys...

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Readmission is a major contributor to costs associated with heart failure management

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