Patient risk assessment based on data from multiple sources in healthcare facility

Abstract

An apparatus for assessing patient medical risk includes an analysis engine and a device to provide data to the analysis engine. The analysis engine analyzes the data from the device to determine a septicemia risk score, a fall risk score, and a pressure impairment score. The device also includes a display communicatively coupled to the analysis engine and displaying the septicemia impairment score, the fall risk score and the pressure injury risk score. These displays include a status panel display located at a primary nurse station, an indoor display provided by the room station of a nurse calling system, an electronic medical record (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device assigned to the caregiver of the patient.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to assessing patient risk in a medical facility, and more particularly to assessing patient risk based on data obtained from medical devices. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to assessing various risks to patients in a medical facility and informing caregivers of the various risks to patients. Background technique [0002] Patients in healthcare facilities are vulnerable to several risks during hospitalization. For example, there is a risk of developing sepsis, of developing a pressure injury such as a pressure sore or decubitus ulcer, and of falling while or after leaving the bed. Risk assessment of patients is often performed sporadically, with long intervals between assessments. For example, vital signs are charted into a patient's electronic medical record (EMR) once or twice per shift, so four to eight hours or more can be spent between vital charts. In addition, the results of risk assessments ar...

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For example, vital signs are charted into the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) once or twice per shift, so 4 to 8 hours or more can be spent between vital charts

In addition, the results of the risk assessment are sometimes only available at a limited number of locations in the healthcare facility (for example, on an EMR computer or a computer at the main nurse's station)

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