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Queue for patient monitoring

A patient, cohort technology used in data processing applications, telemetry patient monitoring, healthcare resources or facilities

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-06-28
KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV
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It is common for patients to deteriorate while waiting, and medical staff cannot always notice deterioration in a timely manner

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[0021] When patients visit a hospital, they are typically registered and triaged to determine various information about the patient, such as their name, age, height, weight, vital signs, reason for the visit, and other similar information. Once triaged, the patient is sent to an area, such as a waiting room, to wait for hospital resources, such as physicians, to become available to examine and / or treat the patient. Depending on the availability of hospital resources, patient waits can be significant. Sometimes patients deteriorate while waiting, and medical staff cannot always notice the deterioration in a timely manner. Accordingly, the techniques described herein facilitate monitoring the status of patients in areas such as waiting rooms, prioritizing more critical patients while ensuring that all patients, no matter how critical, are periodically monitored.

[0022] The following are definitions of terms as used in various embodiments of the invention. The term "database"...

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Techniques disclosed herein relate to organizing individuals into a patient monitoring queue to monitor changes in their conditions. In various embodiments, a patient acuity indicator based on initialvital sign(s) acquired from each of a plurality of patients may be received (502). A patient monitoring queue may be established (504, 902) that includes the patients prioritized based next scheduledtimes for the patients to be monitored. The next scheduled times may be determined (1106) based at least in part on the patient acuity indicators. A selected patient at a head of the patient monitoring queue may be dispatched (506, 1076) for monitoring, and updated vital sign(s) may be unobtrusively acquired (510) from the selected patient using vital sign acquisition camera(s) (276, 376, 476, 776, 876). The patient monitoring queue may be altered (1034, 1038, 1042, 1046) in response to an outcome of the unobtrusive acquiring.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to healthcare. More specifically, but not exclusively, various methods and apparatus disclosed herein relate to organizing a plurality of individuals, such as patients, in an area such as a waiting room into a patient monitoring queue to monitor changes in their condition. Background technique [0002] When patients visit a hospital, they are typically triaged to determine various information about the patient, such as their name, age, height, weight, vital signs, reason for the visit, and other similar information. Once triaged, the patient is sent to an area, such as a waiting room, to wait for hospital resources, such as physicians, to become available to examine and / or treat the patient. Depending on the availability of hospital resources, patient waits can be significant. It is common for patients to deteriorate while waiting, and medical staff cannot always notice deterioration in a timely manner. Cont...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G16H40/67G16H40/20
CPCG16H40/67G16H40/20A61B5/002G06F9/546G06Q50/22
Inventor W·P·洛德C·C·A·M·范宗
Owner KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV