Patient risk assessment based on data from multiple sources in a care facility

DE602019085359T2Active Publication Date: 2026-06-03HILL ROM SERVICES INC

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Authority / Receiving Office
DE · DE
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
HILL ROM SERVICES INC
Filing Date
2019-04-09
Publication Date
2026-06-03

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Technical Problem

Patients in healthcare facilities face risks such as sepsis, pressure injuries, and falls, with current risk assessments being sporadic and not timely, leading to inadequate caregiver awareness and response.

Method used

A system with an analytics engine that processes data from various medical equipment to assess patient risks in real-time, adjusting caregiver rounding intervals and initiating alerts or protocols based on changing risk scores, using equipment like patient beds, monitors, and incontinence detection pads.

Benefits of technology

Enhances timely risk assessment and caregiver response by dynamically adjusting protocols and alerts based on real-time data, improving patient outcomes through proactive interventions.

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Description

[0001] The present disclosure relates to assessing patient risk in a healthcare facility and particularly, to assessing patient risk based on data obtained from medical equipment including locations of the plurality of medical equipment relative to the patient. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to assessing multiple risks of a patient in a healthcare facility and notifying caregivers of the patient's multiple risks.

[0002] Patients in healthcare facilities are susceptible to multiple risks during their stays. For example, there is a risk of developing sepsis, a risk of developing pressure injuries such as pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, and a risk of falling while exiting a bed or after having exited the bed. Risk assessments of patients oftentimes take place on a sporadic basis with prolonged periods transpiring between the assessments. For example, vital signs may be charted into a patient's electronic medical record (EMR) once or twice per shift and so, four to eight hours or more may transpire between vitals charting. Furthermore, the results of risk assessments are sometimes only available at a limited number of locations in the healthcare facility such as at an EMR computer or at a computer of a master nurse station. Accordingly, there is a need in the healthcare field to have more timely information regarding risk assessments of patients and there is a need for the risk assessment information to be more readily available to caregivers.

[0003] WO 2015 / 157573 describes a holistic hospital patient care and management system comprising a data store operable to receive and store patient data including clinical and non-clinical data; a plurality of presence sensors to detect a plurality of tags associated with medical staff to enable real-time tracking of location and availability status; a risk logic module to apply at least one predictive model to the patient clinical and non-clinical data to determine a risk score associated with patients, and to stratify the risks associated with the patients in response to the risk scores; a medical staff monitoring logic module to receive location data from the presence sensors, analyze medical staff real-time location and availability status, automatically assign a medical staff to attend to the patients in response to the patient stratified risks, at least one medical condition, and availability of the medical staff, and generate an alert about the assignment.

[0004] The invention is defined in the independent claims to which the reader is now directed. Preferred or advantageous embodiments can be found in the dependent claims. The examples, aspects and embodiments not falling within the scope of the claims are for reference only.

[0005] According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a system for use in a healthcare facility may be provided. The system includes an analytics engine and a plurality of equipment, each having a locating tag attached, and that provide data to the analytics engine. The data pertains to locations of the plurality of equipment determined based on the locating tags and a patient in the healthcare facility. The plurality of equipment includes at least one of the following: a patient support apparatus, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the plurality of equipment to determine in substantially real time at least one of the following: a first score relating to a risk of the patient developing sepsis, a second score relating to a risk of the patient falling, and a third score relating to a risk of the patient developing a pressure injury. The first, second and third scores are based, in part, on the locations of the plurality of equipment relative to the patient. The system may further include a computer that may be coupled to the analytics engine and that may coordinate a caregiver rounding interval at which at least one caregiver assigned to the patient may be required to check in on the patient. The computer may automatically decrease the caregiver rounding interval in response to the at least one of the first, second, or third scores increasing from a first value to a second value and the computer may automatically increase the caregiver rounding interval in response to the at least one of the first, second, or third scores decreasing from the second value to the first value. In response to the first score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates an infusion pump for the delivery of IV antibiotics and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval. In response to the second score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to the one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates a bed exit or patient position monitoring function and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval. In response to the third score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to the one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates an alternating pressure function of a mattress and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval.

[0006] In some embodiments, the system of the first aspect may further include a plurality of displays that may be communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that may be operable to display the at least two first, second, and third scores. For example, the plurality of displays may include at least two of the following: a status board display that may be located at a master nurse station, an in-room display that may be provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver that may be assigned to the patient.

[0007] If desired, the plurality of equipment of the first aspect may include at least three of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad. Alternatively, the plurality of equipment of the first aspect may include at least four of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad. Further alternatively, the plurality of equipment of the fist aspect may include at least five of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad. Still further alternatively, the plurality of equipment of the first aspect may include all six of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad.

[0008] Optionally, each of the first, second, and third scores of the first aspect may be normalized by the analytics engine so as to have a minimum value and a maximum value that may be common to each of the other first, second, and third scores. For example, the minimum value may be 0 for each of the first, second, and third scores. Alternatively, the minimum value may be 1 for each of the first, second, and third scores. Also, the maximum value may be 5 for each of the first, second, and third scores. It is within the scope of this disclosure for other minimum values, less than 0 (e.g., negative numbers), and greater than 5, to be used in connection with the first, second, and third scores.

[0009] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the analytics engine also may receive additional data from an international pressure ulcer prevalence (IPUP) survey for the patient and may analyze the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores. The analytics engine may communicate the at least two first, second, and third scores to at least one piece of equipment of the plurality of equipment. Optionally, the at least one piece of equipment of the plurality of equipment may include a device display and, if desired, steps for lowering at least one of the first, second, and third scores may be displayed on the device display.

[0010] According to the system of the first aspect, data from the patient support apparatus may include at least one patient vital sign that may be sensed by at least one vital sign sensor that may be integrated into the patient support apparatus. For example, the at least one patient vital sign that may be sensed by the at least one vital sign sensor may include heart rate or respiration rate. Data from the patient support apparatus further may include patient weight. Alternatively or additionally, data from the patient support apparatus may include patient weight and a position of the patient on the patient support apparatus. Further alternatively or additionally, data from the patient support apparatus may include data indicative of an amount of motion by the patient while supported on the patient support apparatus.

[0011] In some embodiments of the first aspect, data from the physiological monitor may include one or more of the following: heart rate data, electrocardiograph (EKG) data, respiration rate data, patient temperature data, pulse oximetry data, and blood pressure data. The system of the first aspect may be configured such that the first score may be at or near a maximum value if the following criteria exist: i) the patient's temperature is greater than about 38.3° Celsius (C) (about 101° Fahrenheit (F)) or less than about 35.6° C (about 96° F.), ii) the patient's heart rate is greater than 90 beats per minute; and iii) the patient's respiration rate is greater than 20 respirations per minute.

[0012] If desired, the analytics engine of the first aspect may initiate a message to a mobile device of the at least one caregiver assigned to the patient if the first, second, or third score increases from a previous value. Alternatively or additionally, the analytics engine of the first aspect may initiate a message to a mobile device of the at least one caregiver assigned to the patient if the first, second, or third score reaches a threshold value. Optionally, the analytics engine of the also may receive additional data relating to at least one wound of the patient and may analyze the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores. For example, the additional data relating to the at least one wound may include an image of the at least one wound.

[0013] In some embodiments, the patient support apparatus of the first aspect may include a patient bed or a stretcher. The analytics engine also may receive additional data relating to at least one of the following: fluid input and output, cardiac output, comorbidities, and bloodwork, and wherein the analytics engine may analyze the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores. The physiological monitor of the first aspect may include at least one of the following: a wireless patch sensor that may be attached to the patient, an ambulatory cardiac monitor, an EKG, a respiration rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, and a thermometer. The plurality of equipment of the first aspect may further include a chair monitor to monitor patient movement while the patient is seated on a chair. Alternatively or additionally, the plurality of equipment of the first aspect may further include a toilet monitor to monitor patient movement while the patient is seated on a toilet.

[0014] The invention will now be further described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0015] Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a system showing bed data, incontinence detection system data, vital signs data, and data from an international pressure ulcer prevalence (IPUP) survey being provided to an analytics engine and showing the analytics engine initiating real-time clinical communication to caregivers based on an analysis of the received data;

[0016] Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of a system, similar to Fig. 1, showing in a top row, from left to right, a patient supported on a patient bed, an analytics engine (labeled as "DSN platform" in Fig. 2) receiving data from the patient bed, the analytics engine communicating risk assessment messages back to the patient bed and to a vital signs monitor, and showing in a second row, from right to left, the patient bed monitoring patient position, and a caregiver taking a picture of a pressure injury of the patient;

[0017] Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a system, similar to Figs. 1 and 2, showing a router located in a center of the view receiving data from a plurality of data source equipment situated to the left of the router and communicating to a plurality of data receiving equipment to the right of the router, the data source equipment including a patient bed, a graphical room station of a nurse call system, a vital signs monitor, a patient lift, a locating system, and an incontinence detection system, and the data receiving equipment including a status board, an in-room display, an analytics engine, an electronic medical records (EMR) or health information systems (HIS) server, and a set of mobile devices;

[0018] Figs. 4A-4C form a flow chart showing an example of a patient's journey through an emergency department (ED), an intensive care unit (ICU) and a medical / surgical (MED / SURG) unit, and then home or to a long term care (LTC) facility and showing locations within the patient flow at which the analytics engine operates to determine the patient's risk of having or developing sepsis;

[0019] Figs. 5A and 5B form a flow chart showing an example of a patient's admission and stay at a healthcare facility including use of equipment in the patient's room to move the patient to a chair or into a bathroom, and showing locations within the patient flow at which the analytics engine operates to make a risk assessment for the patient;

[0020] Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of an alternative system, similar to Fig. 3, showing hospital on-premises equipment at the left side of the page including in-room devices, a device gateway, and a status board; cloud devices at a center of the page including an enterprise gateway (HL7), a clinical data repository, a risk engine, and an analytics artificial intelligence (AI) platform; and additional on-premises equipment at the right side of the page including a mobile device and 3 rd< party solutions including EMR, ADT, and Labs servers;

[0021] Fig. 7 is a screen shot example of a Patient screen of a mobile application of the mobile devices of Figs. 3 and 6, showing the Patient screen including a list of patient names assigned to a caregiver that carries the mobile device, a room number to the left of each patient name, and risk scores including, when applicable, a system inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) value and a modified early warning score (MEWS) value, beneath each of the patient names;

[0022] Fig. 8 is a screen shot example of a Risk Details screen that, beneath the patient's name, includes a MEWS window having additional information pertaining to the MEWS value, a Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) window having additional information pertaining to a SOFA score, and a MORSE window having additional information pertaining to a MORSE Fall Scale (MFS) value, and that also includes a pair of Risk Contributors windows including a respiratory distress window listing factors contributing to a risk that the patient will experience respiratory distress and a sepsis window listing factors contributing to the patient's risk of developing sepsis;

[0023] Fig. 9 is a screen shot example of an alternative Risk Details screen that, beneath the patient's name, includes MEWS, SIRS, and SOFA windows having sub-scores information, where applicable, that contribute to the overall score, and that also includes the pair of Risk Contributors windows similar to those of Fig. 8; and

[0024] Fig. 10 is a screen shot example of a MEWS Details screen that provides greater details relating to the MEWS value including showing which vital signs or other information corresponds with each of the sub-score values that contribute to the overall MEWS value, the MEWS Details screen appearing on the caregiver's mobile device in response to selection of the MEWS window on the Risk Details screen of Figs. 8 or 9.

[0025] An apparatus or system 10 includes sources 12 of patient data that communicate with an analytics engine 20 in substantially real time for real-time clinical data aggregation as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. In the illustrative example of Fig. 1, the sources 12 of patient data include a patient bed 14, an incontinence detection system 16, a vital signs monitor 18, and an international pressure ulcer prevalence (IPUP) survey 22. Bed data from patient bed 14 includes, for example, data indicating whether bed siderails are up or down, data indicating whether caster brakes are set, data indicating an angle at which a head section of a mattress support deck is elevated, data indicating whether or not an upper frame of the patient bed 14 is at its lowest height relative to a base frame of the bed 14, and other bed data as is known to those skilled in the art. See U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012 / 0316892 A1, particularly with regard to Table 1, for additional examples of bed data.

[0026] Some embodiments of patient bed 14 have a weigh scale system that senses patient weight and that, in some embodiments, also monitors a position of a patient while supported on bed 14. See, for example, U.S. Patent No. 7,253,366. Some embodiments of patient bed 14 also include integrated vital signs sensors to sense the patient's heart rate or respiration rate. See, for example, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2018 / 0184984 A1. Thus, patient weight data, patient position data, and vital signs data sensed by one or more on-bed sensors is also among the data that bed 14 transmits to analytics engine 20 in some embodiments.

[0027] In some embodiments, the incontinence detection system 16 is the WATCHCARE ™< incontinence detection system available from Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Additional details of suitable incontinence detection systems 16 can be found in U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2017 / 0065464 A1; 2017 / 0246063 A1; 2018 / 0021184 A1; 2018 / 0325744 A1 and 2019 / 0060137 A1. The incontinence detection system 16 communicates to analytics engine 20 data indicating whether an incontinence detection pad of system 16 that is placed underneath the patient is wet or dry.

[0028] In some embodiments, the incontinence detection pad of system 16 has a passive RFID tag that is activated by energy transmitted from one or more antennae that are situated beneath a mattress of patient bed 14 and on top of a mattress support deck of patient bed 14. Backscattered data from the passive RFID tag is read by one or more of these same antennae. A reader is provided to control which antenna of a plurality of antennae is the transmit antenna at any given instance, with the remaining antennae being receive antennae. The backscattered data received by the reader via the receive antennae is communicated to the analytics engine 20 via the reader, such as via a wireless transmission from the reader to a wireless access point of an Ethernet of the healthcare facility, or via the circuitry of bed 14 in those embodiments in which the reader is communicatively coupled to the bed circuitry such as via a wired connection.

[0029] Vital signs monitors 18 include, for example, electrocardiographs (ECG's or EKG's), electroencephalographs (EEG's), heart rate monitors, respiration rate monitors, temperature monitors, pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, and the like. Monitors 18 are standalone devices in some embodiments that are separate from bed 14. In some embodiments, at least one of the vital sign monitors 18 is the CONNEX ®< Spot Monitor available from Welch Allyn, Inc. of Skaneateles Falls, New York. As noted above, bed 14 includes its own integrated vital signs sensors in some embodiments. Thus, vital signs data provided to analytics engine 20 from vital signs monitors 18 or from bed 14 includes any one or more of the following: heart rate data, respiration rate data, temperature data, pulse oximetry data, blood pressure data, and the like.

[0030] The IPUP survey 22 includes information such as the following: 1) unit in which the patient is located, 2) patient age, 3) sex of the patient, 4) whether the patient is incontinent, 5) whether the patient has incontinence associated dermatitis, 6) whether an incontinence detection pad of system 16 is being used, 7) length of the patient's stay since admission to the healthcare facility, 8) the type of surface (e.g., mattress) on the patient's bed 14, 9) number of layers of linen (including diapers and briefs) between the patient and the support surface, 10) the type of linen used, 11) the patient's mobility status (e.g., completely immobile, makes small weight shifts but unable to turn to side, turns to side on own but requires help to stand, or independent), 12) observed position (e.g., on back, on side, prone, chair, or standing), 13) whether a patient lift has been used during the patient's stay, 14) whether the patient's heels are elevated when in bed, 15) patient's height (or length for infants), 16) patient's weight, 17) neonatal weight (in grams), 18) time spent in the emergency room (ER), 19) time spent in the operating room (OR), 20) whether the patient's skin was assessed within 24 hours of admission, 21) whether a pressure injury assessment was documented within 24 hours of admission, 22) the risk methodology used at admission, 23) the risk score(s) determined during admission, 24) the most recent or current risk methodology used, 25) the most recent or current risk score(s), 26) documentation of last risk assessment (e.g., time since last pressure ulcer / injury risk assessment prior to the current survey and whether the last risk assessment was documented), 27) whether the patient was determined to be at risk for pressure injuries, 28) whether pressure injury prevention protocols have been in effect for the last 24 hours for an at risk patient, 29) whether a skin assessment was documented within the past 24 hours, 30) whether a pressure redistribution surface was used within the past 24 hours, 31) whether patient repositioning as prescribed has occurred within the past 24 hours, 32) whether the patient has received nutritional support within the past 24 hours, 33) moisture management has been used for the patient in the past 24 hours (e.g., used of a low airloss feature or microclimate management feature of a surface), 34) whether patient restraints are in use, 35) the type of restraint being used, 36) the category of restraint being used, 37) the justification for use of the restraint, 38) whether Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration (CVVH) / Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration (CVHD) / Femoral Lines are being used with the patient, 39) whether the patient has diabetes, 40) whether Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is being used with the patient, 41) whether the patient has sepsis, 42) whether the patient has vascular disease, 43) whether vasopressors are being used for the patient or whether the patient has low mean arterial pressure (MAP), 44) whether the patient is ventilated, 45) whether the patient has a pressure injury, 46) pressure injury detail (e.g., location of wound such as right or left heel, sacrum, scapula, etc.; the stage of each wound; whether each wound was present at admission; whether each wound was present on arrival at the unit; and wound documentation), 47) whether any pressure injury is device related, 48) the type of device (if answer to 47 was "yes"), and 49) number of days from admission until the pressure injury was documented (if pressure injury was facility-acquired). The data from the IPUP survey is among the data communicated to the analytics engine 20. It should be appreciated that the IPUP survey data is input by a caregiver using a PC or tablet computer or some other computer device.

[0031] According to the present disclosure, the analytics engine 20 processes the data received from sources 12 and performs risk assessments for the associated patent. As discussed in further detail below, the risk assessments include determining the risk of the patient developing sepsis, the risk of the patient developing a pressure injury (e.g., a pressure sore or decubitus ulcer), and the risk that the patient may fall. These are referred to herein as a sepsis risk assessment, a pressure injury risk assessment, and a falls risk assessment. This disclosure contemplates that the analytics engine 20 is able to make other risk assessments for the patient based on the data received from sources 12. Such risk assessments are dependent upon the type of sources 12 providing the data and the identification of a relatively close correlation between the data from the multiple sources 12 and a particular patient risk.

[0032] Still referring to Fig. 1, the risk assessments are provided to caregivers or clinicians who may adjust or override the risk assessments based on clinical insights 24. The terms "caregiver" and "clinician" are used interchangeably herein. The adjustments to or overriding of the risk assessments based on the clinical insights 24 are implemented using a computer (not shown) such as a personal computer at a work station, a master nurse computer at a master nurse station, a mobile device such as a smart phone or tablet computer carried by a caregiver, and so forth. In some embodiments, each of the risk assessments results in a numerical score within a range of values between, and including, an upper limit and a lower limit. Thus, a caregiver is able to change the risk assessment scores output from the analytics engine 20 if, based on the caregiver's information about the patient and the caregiver's experience, such adjustment is warranted or otherwise desirable.

[0033] Based on the risk assessments made by analytics engine 20 and the adjustments made by caregivers due to clinical insights 24, if any, the risk assessments are used to determine clinical services and actions 26 as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 1. The ultimate goal of the risk assessments made by the analytics engine 20 and the implemented clinical services and actions 26 is to improve patient outcomes as indicated by the breakthrough outcomes block 28 of Fig. 1. For example, if the patient has sepsis or a high risk assessment for sepsis, clinicians may implement one or more of the following services and actions 26 (aka sepsis protocols): providing high-flow oxygen to the patient, drawing blood for laboratory testing such as testing the levels of lactates and hemoglobin, providing intravenous (IV) antibiotics, providing IV fluids, and performing an hourly urine output measurement.

[0034] If the patient has a pressure injury or a high risk assessment for a pressure injury, clinicians may implement one or more of the following services and actions 26 (aka pressure injury protocols): a patient support surface therapy such as continuous lateral rotation therapy (CLRT) or alternating pressure therapy, applying a vacuum wound bandage to any pressure ulcer or wound of the patient, capturing an image of the wound(s) for a separate wound assessment, and monitoring the patient movement to assure the patient is repositioning themselves in bed 14 on a suitably frequent basis.

[0035] If the patient is a falls risk or has a high risk assessment for falling clinicians may implement one or more of the following services and actions 26 (aka falls protocols): enabling a falls risk protocol on bed 14 which results in the bed circuitry and / or a remote computer (e.g., a bed status computer or nurse call computer) monitoring patient position on the bed 14, monitoring siderail position to confirm that designated siderails are in their raised positions, monitoring caster brake status to confirm that the casters are braked, and monitoring a position of an upper frame of the bed 14 to confirm that it is in a low position relative to a base frame of the bed 14; providing an incontinence detection pad of incontinence detection system 16 between the patient and a mattress of bed 14; providing a walker adjacent to the bed; and providing adequate food and / or water near the patient.

[0036] Referring now to Fig. 2, a diagrammatic view shows various activities occurring around the patient bed 14 and also discloses aspects of a digital safety net (DSN) platform 30 based on the activities, the DSN platform including the analytics engine 20. The DSN platform also includes a Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch, router or gateway 32 (these terms are used interchangeably herein) that receives data from a multitude of sources 12, including bed 14, and routes risk assessment information to a plurality of output devices 34 which include graphical displays 36 and an indicator 38 (aka a dome light ) of a nurse call system which provides visual information regarding the risk assessments performed by the analytics engine 20.

[0037] Beneath the upper left image of Fig. 2, the bullet points indicate that there is an admitted patient in bed 14 and that an initial assessment of the patient has been conducted. In connection with initial assessment, the patient's medical history is taken, the patient's initial vital signs and weight are captured, a baseline pressure injury risk is assessed, and a photo of a suspected pressure injury is taken with a camera 40, illustratively a WOUNDVUE ™< camera 40 available from LBT Innovations Ltd. of Adelaide, Australia, and uploaded to the analytics engine 20 for a wound assessment. An arrow 42 situated between the upper left image and the upper center image of Fig. 2 indicates that the data associated with the bullet points beneath the upper right image are communicated to the analytics engine of the DSN platform 30 of the upper center image.

[0038] Beneath the upper center image of Fig. 2, the bullet points indicate that the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 has engaged a sepsis protocol in connection with assessing the patient's risk of developing sepsis; the patient's sepsis risk has been stratified or normalized into a score range of 1 to 5; the patient's condition is being monitored including monitoring the patient's temperature, the patient's motion, and a surface status of a patient support surface (aka a mattress) of bed 14. According to this disclosure, DSN platform 30 also engages a falls protocol in connection with assessing the patient's falls risk and engages a pressure injury protocol in connection with assessing the patient's pressure injury risk. The falls risk and pressure injury risk are also stratified or normalized by the analytics engine 20 into a score range of 1 to 5 in the illustrative example. In other embodiments, the risk ranges for each of the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risks is 0 to 5. Thus, each of the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risks has the same maximum value (e.g., 5 in the illustrative examples) and the same minimum value (0 or 1 in the illustrative examples). In other embodiments, different risk ranges are used such as those having upper limits greater than 5 including 10, 20, 25, 30, etc.

[0039] Also beneath the upper center image of Fig. 2 are bullet points indicating that the risk levels or scores determined by the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 are displayed on the output devices 34 across the DSN platform 30 (i.e., at multiple locations throughout the healthcare facility) and that a rounding protocol is adjusted based on one or more of the determined risk scores for the patient's sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risks. With regard to graphical displays 36, the actual values of the scores are displayed in some embodiments, whereas with regard to the dome light 38, a portion of the dome light is illuminated in a particular manner based on the risk scores. For example, if any of the risk scores are 4 or 5, then a red light may be illuminated on the dome light 38 but if each of the risk scores is only 2 or 3, then a yellow or amber light may be illuminated on the dome light 38. If the risk scores are all at a lower level (e.g., 0 or 1 as the case may be), then the portion of the dome light relating to patient risk remains unlit. This lighting scheme for dome light 38 is given as one illustrative example and other lighting schemes are within the scope of the present disclosure, including having a portion or section of dome light 38 allocated to each risk score such that there are three risk light regions of dome light 38 corresponding to the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risks, with each risk light region being illuminated red, yellow / amber, or unlit for different risk level scores of the associated risk. Other zones on the dome light indicate, for example, whether a caregiver is in the room, whether a patient in the room has placed a nurse call, or whether an equipment alarm in the room is active, including for semi-private rooms, which of two patients has placed the nurse call or which patient is associated with the equipment that is alarming. Dome lights that have portions that illuminate in colors other than red and yellow / amber, such as white, green, blue, purple, etc., are within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0040] With regard to adjusting a rounding protocol, the rounding interval or time between caregiver rounds (i.e., the time between when an assigned caregiver is required to check on the patient) is shortened in some embodiments if one or more of the risk scores is high (e.g., level 4 or 5) or if a risk score increases from one level to the next (e.g., increasing from level 2 to level 3). It is contemplated by this disclosure that the higher a risk score is, the shorter the rounding interval will be. The correlation between rounding interval times and risk score levels, including summing two or three of the risk scores together for determining a rounding interval, is at the discretion of the system programmer or administrator. An arrow 44 situated between the upper center image and the upper right image of Fig. 2 indicates that after the activities associated with the bullet points beneath the upper center image are performed by the DSN platform 30, the bed 14 and vital signs equipment 18 (and other equipment as disclosed herein) continue to provide data to the analytics engine 20 for dynamic, real-time risk assessment.

[0041] Adjustment of the rounding interval occurs dynamically, automatically, and substantially in real time as the risk scores increase and decrease. Thus, a rounding interval is decreased automatically from four hours to two hours if a risk score increases from, for example, a level 3 to level 4, and the rounding interval is increased from two hours to four hours, for example, if a risk score decreases from a level 4 to a level 3, just to give one arbitrary example to illustrate the concept. The rounding intervals are tracked and changed by an EMR computer or server or a nurse call computer or server in some embodiments. The rounding interval adjustments are made without human input or involvement at the computer or server that controls the rounding intervals in some embodiments. A rounding interval change notification is transmitted to the mobile device or devices of the affected caregiver(s) in some embodiments.

[0042] The phrase "substantially in real time" as used herein means the amount of time that data measurements or values which contribute to the risk scores are received and are processed for re-calculation of the risk scores. Some equipment 12 may provide readings only once every minute or once everty second and other equipment may provide readings 100 time per second, just to give some arbitrary examples. The present disclosure contemplates that the analytics engine 20 re-calculates risk scores each time a new data point is received and such is considered to be "substantially in real time" according to the present disclosure. The present disclosure also contemplates that the analytics engine 20 re-calculates risk scores only if a received measurement or value changes from a previous measurement or value. Thus, if a constant value is transmitted over and over again, the analytics engine does not re-calculate the risk score until one of the contributing measurements or values changes and this is also considered to be "substantially in real time" according to the present disclosure.

[0043] Beneath the upper right image of Fig. 2, the bullet points indicate that the dynamic patient risk assessment by the analytics engine 20 includes monitoring, on an ongoing basis, whether patient support surface status is consistent with reduced pressure injury risk or whether the patient support surface status has changed in such a manner as to create an increased pressure injury risk. For example, if a bladder of the mattress of bed 14 has a leak and a sufficient amount of air is lost, the bladder pressure may decrease enough to permit a patient to bottom out through the mattress so as to be supported on the underlying mattress support deck rather than being supported by the bladder. Such a situation increases the risk that the patient may develop a pressure injury. According to this disclosure, the dynamic risk assessment by the analytics engine 20 also includes monitoring whether the patient's vital signs sensed by monitors 18 or by the on-bed vital sign sensors, are consistent and within desirable limits or whether the vital signs are changing in a manner indicative of declining health of the patient. If the latter scenario is detected, the patient's sepsis risk score is increased. Further according to this disclosure, the dynamic risk assessment by the analytics engine 20 also includes determining whether the patient is sleeping or not in the room, in which case the patient's falls risk score is decreased, or whether the patient is moving, agitated, or in pain, in which case the patient's falls risk score is increased. As the patient's risks scores increase or decrease, the clinical protocols for the patient are adjusted in a commensurate manner to match the changing risk level.

[0044] An arrow 46 situated between the upper right image and the lower right image of Fig. 2 indicates that after a period of time, other conditions of the patient on bed 14 may be detected. As indicated by the bullet points beneath the lower right image of Fig. 2, if a patient change is detected by bed 14, such as lack of patient motion or patient motion below a threshold, for a prolonged period of time, and / or if a problematic surface change is detected, then a pressure injury algorithm executed by the analytics engine 20 determines that there is an increased risk of a pressure injury and the patient's pressure injury score is increased. Furthermore, in response to the increased pressure injury score, the analytics engine 20 initiates one or more alerts to one or more caregivers of the increased pressure injury risk and, in some embodiments, automatically activates a pressure injury prevention protocol such as reducing the rounding time automatically and / or implementing a surface therapy protocol such as sending reminder messages to a caregiver to turn the patient, to activate a turn assist function of bed 14 at regular intervals (e.g., every hour or every two hours), to activate an alternating pressure therapy of the mattress of bed 14, or to activate a CLRT therapy of the mattress of bed 14.

[0045] If the analytics engine 20 receives data from bed 14 or vital signs monitors 18 resulting in an increased falls risk score or sepsis risk score, then the DSN platform 30 responds in a similar manner to alert caregivers of the increased score. For example, an increased patient heart rate coupled with increased patient movement may indicate that the patient is preparing to exit the bed 14 and the falls risk score may be increased accordingly. As another example, if the patient's heart rate or respiration increases but there is a lack of patient motion or patient movement below a threshold, thereby indicating a lethargic patient, then this may indicate an increased sepsis risk and the sepsis risk score may be increased accordingly.

[0046] In each of these cases of increasing risk score, the analytics engine 20 initiates an alert to one or more caregivers assigned to the patient. Such alerts may be sent to a mobile device (e.g., pager, personal digital assistant (PDA), smart phone, or tablet computer) carried by the respective one or more caregivers. Such alerts may also be displayed on graphical displays 36 and dome lights 38 of system 10. As was the case for the increasing pressure injury score, a falls risk protocol or a sepsis protocol may be initiated automatically by the analytics engine 20 in response to an increasing falls risk score or increasing sepsis risk score, respectively.

[0047] According to this disclosure, analytics engine 20 also provides risk score data or messages to sources 12, such as beds 14 and monitors 18 that are equipped with communications circuitry configured for bidirectional communication with analytics engine 20. Thus, a message received by one or more of sources 12 from analytics engine 20 results in a risk reduction protocol or function of the source 12 being activated automatically (e.g., an alternating pressure function of a mattress being turned on automatically or an infusion pump for delivery of IV antibiotics being turned on automatically or a bed exit / patient position monitoring function of a bed being turned on automatically). In some embodiments, graphical displays of the sources 12, such as beds 14 and monitors 18, receiving such messages from analytics engine 20 display a message indicating that one or more of the pressure injury, falls, and sepsis risk scores have increased and, in appropriate circumstances, that a risk reduction protocol or function of the source 12 has been turned on or activated automatically.

[0048] An arrow 48 situated between the lower right image and the lower left image of Fig. 2 indicates that a caregiver has been dispatched to the patient room of the patient whose risk score has increased. Thus, as indicated by the bullet points beneath the lower left image of Fig. 2, in response to an increasing pressure injury score, falls risk score, or sepsis risk score, the analytics engine 20 initiates an alert or notification to one or more assigned caregivers to immediately go to the patient's room and engage the patient. When the caregiver reaches the patient room, some of the risk factors resulting in the increased risk score may be addressed at that time. For example, the caregiver may assist a patient in going to the bathroom in response to an increase falls risk score or the caregiver may turn on a mattress turn assist function or therapy function for a patient having an increased pressure injury risk score or the caregiver may initiate delivery of IV antibiotics for a patient having an increased sepsis risk score.

[0049] After the caregiver addresses the patients falls risk, pressure injury, and / or sepsis needs, the data provided to analytics engine 20, in some cases, will result in the respective risk score being decreased automatically. In some cases, however, the caregiver provides clinical insights 24 to the analytics engine 20 that result in a decreased risk score after the caregiver has addresses the patient's needs. In the case of an increased pressure injury score, the caregiver dispatched to the patient's room may be required, in some embodiments, to take a picture of any of the patient's pressure injuries using camera 40 for upload to analytics engine 20 so that the most recent pressure injury data is used in connection with determining the patient's pressure injury score.

[0050] Referring now to Fig. 3, additional sources 12 of system 10 that provide data to analytics engine 20 via router or PoE switch 32 are shown. The additional sources 12 of Fig. 3 include a graphical room stations 50, patient lifts 52, and a locating system 54. Graphical room station 50 is included as part of a nurse call system such as the NAVICARE ®< Nurse Call system available from Hill-Rom Company, Inc. of Batesville, IN. Additional details of suitable nurse call systems in which room stations 50 are included can be found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,746,218; 7,538,659; 7,319,386; 7,242,308; 6,897,780; 6,362,725; 6,147,592; 5,838,223; 5,699,038 and 5,561,412 and in U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2009 / 0217080 A1; 2009 / 0214009 A1; 2009 / 0212956 A1; and 2009 / 0212925 A1. Room stations 50 are among the sources 12 that caregivers use to provide clinical insights 24 into system 10 for analysis by analytics engine 20.

[0051] Patient lifts 52 provide data to analytics engine 20 via router 32 in response to being used to lift a patient out of bed 12 for transfer to a stretcher, chair, or wheelchair, for example. The fact that a patient lift 52 needs to be used to move a patient to or from bed 14 is indicative that the patient is a falls risk because the patient is not able to exit from bed 14 and walk on their own or to get back onto bed 14 on their own. Thus, the falls risk score is increased by the analytics engine 20 in response to the patient lift 52 being used to move the patient. Furthermore, use of the patient lift 52 to move a patient to or from bed 14 also may be indicative that the patient is at higher risk of developing a pressure injury than an ambulatory patient. For example, lifts 52 are oftentimes used to transfer paraplegic or quadriplegic patients and such patients, while in bed, have limited ability to shift their weight to reduce the chances of developing pressure injuries. Also, slings used with patient lifts sometimes produce high interface pressures on portions of the patient, such as the patient's hips or sacral region, which also may increase the risk of developing a pressure injury. Thus, in some embodiments, use of lift 52 not only results in an increase in the patient's falls risk score but also an increase in the patient's pressure injury score.

[0052] The illustrative image of patient lift 52 in Fig. 3 is an overhead lift 52 that is attached to a framework installed in the patient room. Other types of patient lifts 52 include mobile patient lifts which are wheeled into a patient room for use. A set of wireless communication icons 56 are included in Fig. 3 to indicate that some of sources 12 of network 10 communicate wirelessly with the gateway 32, such as via one or more wireless access points (not shown) for example. In particular, icons 56 of Fig. 3 indicate that beds 14, monitors 18, patient lifts 52, components of locating system 56, and components of incontinence detection system 16 communicate wirelessly with gateway 32. The lines extending from sources 12 to gateway 32 in Fig. 3 indicate that the sources may communicate via wired connections with gateway 32 in addition to, or in lieu of, the wireless communication.

[0053] Locating tags of locating system 54 are attached to sources 12, such as beds 14, monitors 18, patient lifts 52, and components of incontinence detection system 16. Locating tags of system 54 are also attached to caregivers and / or patients in some embodiments. The locating tags include transmitters to transmit wireless signals to receivers or transceivers installed at various fixed locations throughout a healthcare facility. In some embodiments, the tags have receivers or transceivers that receive wireless signals from the fixed transceivers. For example, to conserver battery power, the locating tags may transmit information, including tag identification (ID) data, only in response to having received a wireless signal from one of the fixed transceivers. The fixed receivers or transceivers communicate a location ID (or a fixed receiver / transceiver ID that correlates to a location of a healthcare facility) to a locating server that is remote from the various fixed transceivers. Based on the tag ID and location ID received by the locating server, the locations of the various tagged equipment of sources 12, the tag wearing caregivers, and the tag wearing patients is determined by the locating server.

[0054] With the foregoing discussion in mind, if a mobile patient lift 52 is determined by the locating system 54 to be in the room of a patient, analytics engine increases the pressure injury risk score and / or the falls risk score for the patient in some embodiments. A similar increase in the sepsis risk score may be made by the analytics engine 20 if certain equipment is determined by locating system 54 to be in the patient room. For example, if a heart rate monitor, respiration rate monitor, and blood pressure monitor are all locating in the patient room for a threshold period of time, then the sepsis risk score is increased by the analytics engine 20 in some embodiments. If a bag or bottle of IV antibiotics in the patient room has a locating tag attached, then the sepsis risk score is increased by the analytics engine 20 in some embodiments.

[0055] If an incontinence detection pad of incontinence detection system 16 is determined to be in the patient room, either due to detection of a locating tag attached to the pad by locating system 54 or due to detection of the incontinence detection pad by the circuitry of bed 14 or due to a reader of incontinence detection system 16 providing data to analytics engine 20, possibly via the nurse call system in some embodiments, then the patient's falls risk score and / or the patient's pressure injury score is increased by the analytics engine in some embodiments. Use of an incontinence detection pad with the patient is indicative that the patient is not sufficiently ambulatory to get out of bed 14 and go to the bathroom on their own, and therefore, the patient is a falls risk patient. Furthermore, use of an incontinence detection pad with the patient is indicative that the patient may be confined to their bed 14 which increases the risk of developing a pressure injury. In some embodiments, in response to incontinence detection system 16 detecting that the patient has soiled the incontinence detection pad and that the pad has remained beneath the patient for a threshold amount of time thereafter before being replaced with an unsoiled pad, then the pressure injury risk score is increased by the analytics engine because prolonged exposure to moisture or wetness increases the chance that the patient will develop a pressure injury.

[0056] In some embodiments, locating system 54 operates as a high-accuracy locating system 54 which is able to determine the location of each locating tag in communication with at least three fixed transceivers within one foot (30.48 cm) or less of the tag's actual location. One example of a high-accuracy locating system 54 contemplated by this disclosure is an ultrawideband (UWB) locating system. UWB locating systems operate within the 3.1 gigahertz (GHz) to 10.6 GHz frequency range. Suitable fixed transceivers in this regard include WISER Mesh Antenna Nodes and suitable locating tags in this regard include Mini tracker tags, all of which are available from Wiser Systems, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina and marketed as the WISER LOCATOR ™< system. UWB locating systems available from other manufacturers may be used just as well. In some embodiments, the high-accuracy locating system 54 uses 2-way ranging, clock synchronization, and time difference of arrival (TDoA) techniques to determine the locations of the locating tags. See, for example, International Publication No. WO 2017 / 083353 A1 for a detailed discussion of the use of these techniques in a UWB locating system.

[0057] In those embodiments in which locating system 54 is a high-accuracy locating system 54, a more granular set of rules for determining whether to increment or decrement a particular risk score may be implemented by analytics engine 20. For example, rather than increasing the falls risk score and / or pressure injury score in response to detection of a patient lift 52 in the room or detection of an incontinence detection pad in the room, the particular risk score is only incremented if the relative position between the lift 52 or incontinence detection pad and the patient bed 14 meets certain criteria. For example, the falls risk and / or pressure injury risk score is not incremented until a motorized lift housing and / or sling bar of the overhead lift 52 are determined to be located over a footprint of the hospital bed 14. This prevents the risk score(s) from being increased or incremented if the overhead lift 52 is not in use with the particular patient but is simply stored off to the side of the bed 14 or in a corner of the room. In a similar way, the falls risk and / or pressure injury risk score is not incremented until a mobile lift 52 is determined to be within a threshold distance, such as 1 or 2 feet of the bed 14 or patient just to give a couple arbitrary examples. Further similarly, the falls risk and / or pressure injury risk score is not incremented until the incontinence detection pad is determined to be within a footprint of the hospital bed 14.

[0058] Still referring to Fig. 3, the graphical displays 36 of output devices 34 include status boards 58, graphical audio stations 50, and mobile devices 60 of caregivers. The illustrative mobile devices 60 of Fig. 3 are smart phones, but as indicated above, mobile devices 60 also include pagers, PDA's, tablet computers, and the like. Status boards 58 are oftentimes located at master nurse stations in healthcare facilities but these can be located elsewhere if desired, such as in staff breakrooms, hallways, and so forth. In some embodiments, the status boards 58 are included as part of the nurse call system. In this regard, see, for example, U.S. Patent No. 8,779,924. This disclosure contemplates that the status board has additional fields for displaying the falls risk, pressure injury risk, and sepsis risk scores for each of the listed patients on the status board.

[0059] As is apparent in Fig. 3, graphical room stations 50 serve as both sources 12 for providing data to the analytics engine 20 and as output devices 34 for displaying data from the analytics engine 20. Thus, graphical room stations 50 also have display screens with fields for displaying the falls risk, pressure injury risk, and sepsis risk scores for the patients located in the rooms having the room stations 50. In some embodiments, stations 50 are operable to obtain and display the risk scores of patients located in other rooms. Thus, a caregiver using the room station 50 in one room may be communicating with another caregiver, such as a nurse at a master nurse station, about a patient located in another room and can pull up information, including the risk scores, pertaining to the other patient being discussed.

[0060] Mobile devices 60 also have screens with fields to display the risk scores of patients. In some embodiments, a mobile software application is provided on the mobile devices 60 of caregivers and operates to limit the caregiver's ability access to information, such as only being able to see the risk scores for their assigned patients and not those of patients assigned other caregivers. Furthermore, it is contemplated by this disclosure that a pop-up window may appear on the caregiver's mobile device each time a risk score changes for any of the caregiver's assigned patients. Examples of screens that appear on mobile devices 60 in some embodiments are discussed below in connection with Figs. 7-10.

[0061] An electronic medical records (EMR) or health information systems (HIS) server 62 is also communicatively coupled to the analytics engine 20 via PoE switch 32 as shown in the illustrative example of Fig. 3. Server 62 is coupled to one or more EMR or HIS computers (not shown) that have display screens for showing the risk scores of the various patients of the healthcare facility. In some embodiments, server 62 is also a source 12 of data for analytics engine 20 to use in connection with determining the risk scores of the various patients. Analytics engine 20 is also communicatively coupled to an Internet of Things (IoT) network or platform 64 via gateway 32 as shown in Fig. 3. Platform 64 receives information from multiple healthcare facilities and operates to analyze the incoming information to identify best practices for risk reduction protocols that, in turn, may be shared with other healthcare facilities that may subscribe to receive such best practice information. The best practice information may include relevant thresholds to use in risk assessment algorithms, steps to implement in a standard of care to keep patient risks to a minimum, and corrective actions to take in response to elevated patient risk scores, for example. Platform 64 also may implement analytics for predicting patient outcomes and communicate the predictions to subscribing healthcare facilities, for example.

[0062] As indicated in Fig. 3, analytics engine 20 communicates bidirectionally with some or all of sources 12, output devices 34, server 62, and platform 64. Analytics engine 20 comprises one or more servers or other computers that implement analytics software that is configured in accordance with the various algorithms and rules discussed above. It should be appreciated that Figs. 1-3 are diagrammatic in nature and that other network infrastructure communicatively interconnects each of the devices of system 10 discussed above in each healthcare facility in which system or apparatus 10 is implemented. Another diagrammatic example of network infrastructure is discussed below in connection with Fig. 6.

[0063] Referring now to Figs. 4A-4C, a flow chart 70 shows an example of a patient's journey beginning at an emergency department (ED) indicated by block 72 or Surgical unit indicated by block 74, then moving on to an intensive care unit (ICU) or a medical / surgical (MED / SURG) unit indicated by block 76, and then home or to a long term care (LTC) facility or a skilled nursing facility (SNF) as indicated by block 78. Flow chart 70 shows locations within the patient flow at which the analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30 operates to determine the patient's risk of having or developing sepsis. Wherever in flow chart 70 the DSN platform 30 is invoked for patient risk assessment of sepsis, a DSN platform block 80 is shown.

[0064] Referring now to Fig. 4A, a patient arrives in a hospital at the ED 72 as indicated at block 82 and is triaged and screened for sepsis as indicated at block 84. This initial screening is for the purpose of early detection of sepsis as indicated by Early Detection cloud 86 above ED 72. The information from the screening at block 84 is provided to DSN platform 30 as indicated by the associated block 80 and then a determination is made as to whether it is suspected that the patient has sepsis as indicated at block 88. The determination at block 88 is made by analytics engine 20 based on information communicated from DSN 30 as indicated by Communication cloud 90 above block 88.

[0065] If it is determined at block 88 that sepsis is suspected, then the patient gets Lactic Acid Culture (LAC) and Complete Blood Count (CBC) tests ordered as indicated at block 92. Lactic acid (aka lactate) in the blood greater than 2 millimoles per liter (mmol / L) is one of the indicators that the patient has sepsis. According to some sepsis determination protocols, this level of lactate in the blood is considered in combination with other sepsis risk factors including one or more of the following: i) systolic blood pressure being less than 90 millimeters of Mercury (mmHg) or a mean arterial blood pressure being less than 65 mmHg; ii) heart rate being greater than 130 beats per minute, iii) respiratory rate being greater than 25 breaths per minute, iv) oxygen saturation (e.g., SpO2) being less than 91%, v) the patient being unresponsive or responds only to voice or pain, and / or vi) the presence of a purpuric rash. According to other sepsis determination protocols, sepsis is determined to be likely if the following criteria are met: i) the patient's temperature is greater than about 38.3° Celsius (C) (about 101° Fahrenheit (F)) or less than about 35.6° C (about 96° F.), ii) the patient's heart rate is greater than 90 beats per minute; and iii) the patient's respiration rate is greater than 20 respirations per minute. Thus, different healthcare facility have different sepsis determination protocols and all such protocols are within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0066] After the blood test of block 92, a determination is made as to whether or not the patient has sepsis as indicated at block 94. If the patient has sepsis, as determined at block 94, then a 3 hour (Hr) bundle is kicked-off as indicated at block 96. A 3 Hr bundle includes, for example, administration of broad spectrum antibiotics and administering 30 milliliters per kilogram (mL / kg) of Crystalloid for Hypotension or Lactate greater than or equal to 4 mmol / L. The 3 Hr bundle also may include measuring Lactate level and obtaining blood cultures at some healthcare facilities, but in Fig. 4A, these were done at block 92 prior to kicking off the 3 Hr bundle at block 96. Above block 96 are a Correct Billing Code cloud 97 and a Bundle Compliance Cloud 98 which, in some embodiments, may invoke monitoring and feedback to caregivers by the DSN platform 30 or the HIS server 62.

[0067] A box 100 at the top of Fig. 4A includes bullet points indicative of equipment and systems used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Fig. 4A. In particular, box 100 lists multi-parameter vitals devices, physical assessment devices, beds, ECG carts, and clinical workflow (nurse call) systems. These systems and equipment are sources 12 to analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30 in some embodiments. A box 102 at the bottom of Fig. 4A includes bullet points indicative of aspects of the DSN platform 30 used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Fig. 4A. In particular, box 102 lists advanced analytics to augment clinical decision making and early detection of conditions (e.g., analytics engine 20), smart sensing beds or stretchers (e.g., beds 14 having vital signs sensors or integrated incontinence detection system 16), wearable or contact free parameter sensing (e.g., some embodiments of monitors 18), integration of parameters from sources of multiple companies (e.g., vitals monitors 18 of various companies), and mobile communication platform to optimize workflow (e.g., caregiver mobile devices 60).

[0068] If at block 88 of Fig. 4A sepsis is not suspected, or if at block 94 of Fig. 4A it is determined that the patient does not have sepsis, then the patient is admitted to the healthcare facility and is sent to a Med / Surg unit as indicated at block 76 of Fig. 4B (Cont.). The information regarding a negative sepsis suspicion or determination at blocks 88, 94 may be communicated to the analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30 in connection with the patient being sent to the Med / Surg unit in some embodiments. Thus, two out of the three flow paths exiting from the right hand side of Fig. 4A, lead to the patient being admitted and sent to the Med / Surg unit as indicated at block 76 of Fig. 4B (Cont.). As shown in Fig. 4B, instead of arriving at the emergency department, it is contemplated that a patient arrives at the Surgical unit 74 of the hospital for surgery as indicated at block 104 within surgical unit 74. Thereafter, the patient has surgery as indicated at block 106. During or after surgery, the patient's vitals (i.e., vital signs) are measured and the patient is screened for sepsis while in the Surgical unit 74 as indicated at block 108 of Fig. 4B. In this regard, Early detection cloud 86 is also shown in Fig. 4B above the Sugical unit 74.

[0069] After surgery, the patient's vitals information and sepsis screening information from block 108 is provided to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 80 and then the patient is admitted to the healthcare facility and is sent to the Med / Surg unit as indicated at block 76 of Fig. 4B (Cont.). After the patient is admitted to the Med / Surg unit at block 76, Q4 vitals and Best Practice Alerts (BPA) for sepsis are implemented as indicated at block 110 and the associated data is provided to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform as indicated by block 80 adjacent to block 110. Q4 vitals are vitals that are taken 4 hours apart, such as 8 am, noon, 4 pm, 8pm, midnight, 4 am, etc. Early Detection cloud 86 is shown above block 110 in Fig. 4B as is a Frequency of Data cloud 112. Thus, cloud 112 above block 110, indicates that caregivers may change the frequency of taking the patient's vital signs to Q1, Q2, or Q8 (i.e., one, two or eight hours apart, respectively, instead of four hours apart) based on clinical insights 24.

[0070] Based on the data obtained in connection with block 110, a determination is made as to whether it is suspected that the patient has sepsis as indicated at block 114. If it is determined at block 114 that sepsis is not suspected, the work flow 70 returns back to block 110 and proceeds from block 110. If it is determined at block 114 that sepsis is suspected, then the patient gets LAC and CBC tests ordered as indicated at block 116. The LAC and CBC tests were discussed above in connection block 92 of Fig. 4A and the same discussion is applicable to block 116 of Fig. 4B (Cont.). The results of the LAC and CBC are communicated to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 as indicated by the block 80 that is situated above block 116 in Fig. 4B (Cont.).

[0071] Based on the results of the LAC and CBS tests at block 116, a determination is made as to whether the patient has sepsis as indicated at block 118. If at block 118 it is determined that the patient does not have sepsis, the workflow 70 returns back to block 110 and proceeds from block 110. If the patient has sepsis, as determined at block 118, then a 3 Hr bundle is kicked-off as indicated at block 120. The 3 Hr bundle was discussed above in connection with block 96 of Fig. 4A and the same description is applicable to block 120 of Fig. 4B (Cont.). Above block 120 are Correct Billing Code cloud 97 and Bundle Compliance cloud 98 which, in some embodiments, may invoke monitoring and feedback to caregivers by the DSN platform 30, as indicated by block 80 to the right of block 120, or by the HIS server 62. After the 3 Hr bundle is kicked-off at block 120 of Fig. 4B, the patient is evaluated as indicated at block 122 of Fig. 4B (Cont.).

[0072] A box 124 at the top of Fig. 4B includes bullet points indicative of equipment and systems used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Figs. 4B and 4B (Cont.). In particular, box 124 lists multi-parameter vitals devices, physical assessment devices, beds, clinical workflow (nurse call) systems, real time locating solutions (RTLS's), patient monitoring solutions, clinical consulting services, ECG carts, and patient mobility solutions. These systems (or solutions) and equipment of block 124 are sources 12 to analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30 in some embodiments. A box 126 at the bottom of Fig. 4B (Cont.) includes bullet points indicative of aspects of the DSN platform 30 used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Figs. 4B and 4B (Cont.). In particular, box 126 lists advanced analytics to augment clinical decision making and early detection of patient deterioration (e.g., analytics engine 20), wearable or contact free parameter sensing (e.g., some embodiments of monitors 18), smart sensing beds (e.g., beds 14 having vital signs sensors or integrated incontinence detection system 16), integration of parameters from sources of multiple companies (e.g., vitals monitors 18 of various companies that output vital signs, including cardiac output), and mobile communication platforms (e.g., caregiver mobile devices 60).

[0073] After the 3 Hr bundle of block 96 of Fig. 4A is kicked off, the patient is evaluated as indicated at block 128 of Fig. 4B and data regarding the 3 Hr bundle is provided to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 as indicated by the block 80 in Fig. 4B which is situated to the left of block 128. The data obtained during the evaluation of the patient at block 128 is provided to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform as indicated by the block 80 to the right of block 128. In the illustrative example, a 6 Hr bundle is kicked off as indicated at block 130 after the data from the patient evaluation of block 128 has been analyzed by the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform. The 6 Hr bundle, in some embodiments, includes applying vasopressors to maintain MAP greater than or equal to 65 mmHg, measuring central venous pressure (CVP), measuring central venous oxygen saturation (S CVO2 ), and re-measuring lactate if initial lactate level was elevated. The 6 Hr bundle may vary from healthcare facility to healthcare facility. After the 6 Hr bundle of block 130, the patient is evaluated once more as indicated at block 132 and the data from the evaluation, including information regarding the steps of the 6 Hr bundle of block 130, is provided to the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 as indicated by the block 80 to the right of block 132 in Fig. 4B.

[0074] If the patient evaluation at block 122 or at block 132, as the case may be, indicates that the patient no longer has sepsis, as is the case in the illustrative example of flow chart 70, then the patient is discharged to return home or to an LTC facility or to an SNF as indicated at block 78 of Fig. 4C. A Home Monitoring Readmission cloud 134 is situated above block 78 to indicate that continued monitoring of the patient's condition while at home is contemplated. In this regard, a box 136 at the top of Fig. 4C includes bullet points indicative of equipment and systems used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Fig. 4C. In particular, box 136 lists home health monitoring (BP and weighing scales), ambulatory cardiac monitoring (including vitals monitoring equipment 18 such as an ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM), a Holter monitor, and / or a TAGecg device), and an airway clearance device. These at-home devices and equipment of block 136 are also sources 12 to analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30 in some embodiments. Thus, such at-home sources 12 communicate with analytics engine 20 via the Internet in some embodiments.

[0075] A box 138 at the bottom of Fig. 4C includes bullet points indicative of aspects of the DSN platform 30 used in connection with the portion of flow chart 70 shown in Fig. 4C. In particular, box 138 lists advanced analytics for early detection of patient conditions at home (e.g., analytics engine 20), remote patient monitoring of multiple parameters and related communication platforms, wearable or contact free parameter sensing (e.g., some embodiments of monitors 18), smart sensing beds (e.g., beds 14 having vital signs sensors or integrated incontinence detection system 16), and integration of parameters from sources of multiple companies (e.g., vitals monitors 18 of various companies that output vital signs).

[0076] Referring now to Figs. 5A and 5B, a flow chart 140 is provided showing an example of a patient's admission and stay at a healthcare facility including use of equipment in the patient's room to move the patient and showing locations within the patient flow at which the analytics engine 20 operates to make a risk assessment for the patient. At block 142 of Fig. 5A of flow chart 140, a patient is transported to a patient room on a stretcher. Thereafter, the patient is transferred from the stretcher to the patient bed 14 in the room as indicated at block 144. At this point, the patient is admitted to the healthcare facility as indicated at block 146. In some embodiments, the patient is admitted prior to being transported to the patient room.

[0077] Once in the room, a nurse assesses the patient as indicated at block 148 of Fig. 5A. As shown in block 148, if a real time locating system (RTLS) determines that a caregiver is located in the patient room, then information on a display board, displays of mobile devices 60, displays 50 of the nurse call system, and status board 58 are updated to indicate the caregiver's presence in the room. Block 148 also indicates that the nurse assesses the bed condition (e.g., siderails in proper position, caster brakes are set, etc.), assesses the patient, conducts an assessment of monitors 18, checks patient temperature, documents patient anxiety level in connection with a heart rate assessment, activates a Patient Safety Application (PSA) (e.g., enables or arms a bed exit / patient position monitoring (PPM) system), and arms bed rails (e.g., indicates which siderails should be in the raised position in connection with the bed exit / PPM system).

[0078] As indicated at block 150 to the right of block 148, a feed from an admission / discharge / transfer (ADT) system is received by the nurse call system of the healthcare facility and, if the ADT feed indicates the patient is a falls risk, the nurse call system sends a message to the bed 14 associated with the patient to arm systems on bed 14 (e.g., arm the bed exit / PPM system and monitor bed siderail position, caster brake status, etc.) as indicated at block 152. In the illustrative example of Fig. 5A, bed pressure sensors are used to monitor patient movement as indicated at block 154 to the right of block 152. Alternatively or additionally, load cells of a weigh scale system of the bed 14 monitors patient movement.

[0079] As indicated at block 156 of Fig. 5A beneath block 154, some or all of the information obtained in the nurse assessment of block 148 is displayed on one or more display devices such as output devices 34 discussed above. Furthermore, as indicated in block 158 down and to the left of block 156, bed 14 sends patient safety status information for displays such as a display at a foot end of the bed, a display board (e.g., status board 58), one or more patient monitoring devices 18, and mobile devices 60 (the "Clarion application" listed in block 158 is software used by mobile devices 60 for caregiver-to-caregiver communication and for communication of alerts (aka alarms) and device data). In some embodiments, the "Clarion application" is the LINQ ™< mobile application available from Hill-Rom Company, Inc.

[0080] The data associated with blocks 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158 is also captured for predictive analysis by analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform as indicated by block 160 to the left of block 158. In this regard, the analytics engine 20 receives patient movement data as monitored by load cells of bed 14 as indicated at block 162 to the left of block 160, and then communicates messages indicative of patient probability of bed exit and notifies one or more clinicians of the probability as indicated at block 164. As indicated at block 166 below block 164 in Fig. 5A, if a clinician enters the patient room, the PSA disables any alarms associated with features monitored by the PSA.

[0081] In the illustrative example of flow chart 140 of Fig. 5A, the clinician uses a patient lift to move the patient from the bed 14 to a wheelchair as indicated at block 168. Thereafter, as indicated at block 170, the clinician transports the patient to a toilet, such as a toilet in a bathroom included as part of the patient room, for example. Block 170 also indicates that a toilet seat identifies the patient as being present (e.g., sitting on the toilet seat) which results in a change of status on one or more of the displays of output devices 34 to toilet status for the patient and also indicates on the displays that the caregiver is in the room.

[0082] After the patient is finished using the bathroom, the clinician transports the patient to a chair in the room using the wheelchair as indicated at block 172 of Fig. 5B. Block 172 also indicates that the chair identifies the patient as being present (e.g., sitting on the chair) which results in a change of status on one or more of the displays of output devices 34 to Patient-in-Chair status for the patient and one or more of these displays also continue to indicate that the caregiver is in the room. Block 172 further indicates that the chair senses patient movement. Thus, this disclosure contemplate that the chair has load cells, pressure sensors, force sensitive resistors (FSR's ), or the like, along with associated circuitry, to sense patient position in the chair and to communicate the patient position in the chair to the analytics engine 20. As indicated in block 174 to the left of block 172, in the illustrative example of flow chart 140, the clinician hands the patient a nurse call communication device (e.g., a pillow speaker unit) that the patient can use to place a nurse call if assistance is needed after the caregiver leaves the patient room while the patient is sitting in the chair.

[0083] While the patient is sitting in the chair, the analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 captures data from the chair for predicative analysis of chair exit as indicated at block 176 to the left of block 174 in Fig. 5B. In the given example, patient movement is monitored by chair pad pressure cells as indicated at block 178 to the left of block 176. As indicated by block 180 below blocks 176, 178 in the illustrative flow chart 140, the clinician leaves the room, the caregiver's status of no longer being present in the room is updated on the displays of bed 14, monitors 18, display boards 50, 58 of output devices 34, and the displays of mobile devices 60 but the patient's status as Patient-in-Chair remains on these displays.

[0084] As indicated in block 182 which is situated to the right of block 180 and beneath block 174 in Fig. 5B, system 10 indicates patient probability of chair exit by the patient and notifies one or more clinicians of the probability. Thereafter, a nurse enters the room as indicated at block 184. In response to the caregiver entering the room, the PSA receives information from the locating system that the caregiver is in the room, silences alarms on the bed 14, and sends a message resulting in one or more of displays of bed 14, monitors 18, display boards 50, 58 of output devices 34, and the displays of mobile devices 60 being updated to indicate that the caregiver is in the room.

[0085] In the illustrative example of flow chart 140, after the caregiver enters the room at block 184, the caregiver transports the patient back to bed 14 as indicated at block 186. Thereafter, the bed siderails are raised as indicated at block 188 and the caregiver leaves the room. As also indicated in block 188, the PSA receives information from the locating system that the caregiver has left the room and sends a message resulting in one or more of displays of bed 14, monitors 18, display boards 50, 58 of output devices 34, and the displays of mobile devices 60 being updated to indicate that the caregiver is out of the room and that the patient is in bed. Thereafter, data is captured from bed 14 relating to patient movement and the predictive analysis of bed exit at analytics engine 20 of the DSN platform 30 begins again as indicated at block 190 of Fig. 5B.

[0086] Based on the foregoing, it is apparent that data is generated by a number of devices 14, 16, 18 and other sources 12 as described above and sent to the analytics engine 20 of DSN platform 30. The algorithms of analytics engine establish a risk profile (e.g., risk scores) for each patient based on protocols established by a given healthcare facility. Some or all of the devices 14, 16, 18 and other sources 12 are updated with the risk profile information. In some embodiments, the sources 12 have displays that provide guided steps to caregivers that can be taken by the caregivers at the point of care to reduce or mitigate the risk profiles. The risk profiles for each patient are updated in substantially real time by the analytics engine as the incoming data changes. In some embodiments, the analytics engine 20 also sends data to other systems, such as loT platform 64, for further analysis.

[0087] Referring now to Fig. 6, a diagrammatic view of another system 10, similar to Fig. 3, is provided and shows hospital on-premises equipment at the left side of the page including in-room devices 12, device gateway 32, and a status board 58. The illustrative in-room devices 12 of Fig. 6 include hospital bed 14, incontinence detection system 16, vital signs monitor 18, and room station 50. However, devices 12 of system 10 of Fig. 6 can include any other type of device 12 discussed herein. System 10 of Fig. 6 further includes cloud devices 200 at a center of the page including an enterprise gateway (HL7) 202, a clinical data repository 204, a risk engine 206, and analytics platform 20 that implements artificial intelligence (AI) to process data in some embodiments. Additional on-premises equipment of system 10 of Fig. 6 is shown at the right side of the page includes one or more mobile devices 60 and 3 rd< party solutions 208 including EMR server 62, an ADT server 210, and a Labs server 212.

[0088] As indicated in Fig. 6, messages and / or data transmitted to 3 rd< party solutions 208 from devices 12 via gateway 32 and from clinical data repository 204, risk engine 206, and analytics platform 20 pass through enterprise gateway (HL7) 202. Thus, gateway 202 converts the various messages and data into the health level 7 (HL7) format for subsequent delivery to the 3 rd< party devices 208 such as EMR, ADT, and Labs servers 62, 210, 212. In the embodiment of system 10 in Fig. 6, risk engine 206 manages the risk levels of the pressure injury risk score, falls risk score, and sepsis risk score based on the incoming data from devices 12 and the analytics platform (aka analytics engine) 20 analyzes the incoming data from devices 12 to determine correlations to the various patient risk scores.

[0089] According to the present disclosure, a multitude of devices 12 provide a multitude of types of data (e.g., patient data, vital signs data, physiological data, device data, etc.) to the analytics engine 20 which processes the data and determines one or more risk scores based on the data. The risk scores are adjusted substantially in real time as new data is received by the analytics engine 20. In the discussion above, risk scores relating to pressure injuries, falls, and sepsis were given as risk score examples. However, the present disclosure contemplates that other risk scores pertaining to other patient risks can be established at the discretion of a designer or programmer of system 10. In this regard, the following table is a list of the types of data (referred to as "risk factors" that may contribute to risk scores according to the present disclosure, including contributing to the risk scores relating to pressure injuries, falls, and sepsis: Table 1 Risk factor rfid rfid_ type Description Type Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery10Associated admission DXAbdominal Respirations20Clinical examAbnormal Lung Sounds30Diminished, wheezes, CracklesClinical examAccessory Muscle Use41Patient symptomsAccessory Muscle Use42intracostals and Sub-clavicular retractionsClinical examAcute Myocardial Ischemia50Associated admission DXAcute Pancreatitis60Associated admission DXAge70DemographicsAutoimmune disease, acquired autoimmune disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Immune Suppression or HIV80ComorbiditiesAlbumin90LabsAltered mental status or Confusion100Patient symptomsAnemia110ComorbiditiesAnticoagulants (IV or SC) ex. heparin, lovenox120MedicationsAnxiety130Patient symptomsAny delivery other than cannula (venturi, rebreather, Non-Rebreather, CPAP, BiPAP)140Charted MD ordersAny New Complaint in last 24 hrs150Patient symptomsArterial Blood Gases160Charted MD ordersArterial PaO2170(Decreased)LabsArterial PCO2180(abnormal)LabsArterial Ph (Acidosis)190LabsAspiration200Associated admission DXAsthma211Associated admission DXAsthma212ComorbiditiesBlood Transfusion220ProceduresBrain Natriuretic Peptide230(lab order)Charted MD ordersBrain Natriuretic Peptide240(Elevated)LabsBreathing treatments250Charted MD ordersBronchodilators260MedicationsBronchiectasis or atelectasis270Associated admission DXBronchitis280Associated admission DXBlood Urea Nitrogen290BUNLabsBurns300Associated admission DXCancer311Associated admission DXCancer312ComorbiditiesCapillary refill time320>3 secondsClinical examCardiac Ejection Fraction330(decreased)LabsCardiac or Thoracic Surgery340Associated admission DXCardiac Valve Disorder or Valvular Insufficiency350Associated admission DXChemotherapy (aka Chemo)360Associated admission DXChest pain370Patient symptomsChest pressure or pain or Abnormal ECG380Clinical examChest x-ray390Charted MD ordersChronic Congestive Heart Failure or Congestive Heart Disease400ComorbiditiesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease410ComorbiditiesCongestive Heart Failure420Associated admission DXCOPD Exacerbation430Associated admission DXCorticosteriods440MedicationsCost of Prior care450DemographicsCough461Clinical examCough462Patient symptomsCreatinine470(Increased)LabsCyanosis481Clinical examCyanosis482Patient symptomsCystic Fibrosis490ComorbiditiesDecreased level of consciousness (LOC)(from AVPU of modified early warning score (MEWS) or Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) or Facility specific or agitation or encephalopathy)500Clinical examDeep Vein Thrombosis510Associated admission DXDementia520ComorbiditiesDiaphoresis (sweating)530Patient symptomsDiuretic Use540MedicationsDoppler Echocardiography (imaging)550Charted MD ordersDrug Overdose560Associated admission DXDyspnea570Patient symptomsDyspnea at rest580Associated admission DXEmergency Surgery590Associated admission DXEmphysema600ComorbiditiesAlcohol (EtOH) Abuse or Drug Abuse including intravenous (IV) drug abuse610ComorbiditiesHemoglobin620LowLabsHematocrit630LowLabsHemoptysis641Associated admission DXHemoptysis642Patient symptomsHigh Emergency Department Use650DemographicsHigh Fluid Rates or Volumes (I&O)660Charted MD ordersHigh Fluid Rates or Volumes or Hypertonic Fluids670MedicationsHx Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)680ComorbiditiesHx Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) (Stroke)690ComorbiditiesHx Pulmonary Emboli700ComorbiditiesHx Sepsis710ComorbiditiesInsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) (aka type 1 diabetes)720ComorbiditiesInterstitial Lung Disease730Associated admission DXLactate (elevated)740LabsLong Term Care (LTC) Resident or Nursing Home Resident750DemographicsLung abscess760Associated admission DXMale770DemographicsMorbid Obesity780ComorbiditiesMottling of skin790Clinical examNeck Surgery800Associated admission DXNeuro surgery, upper abd. or Peripheral Vascular Surgery810Associated admission DXNeuromuscular Disease820ALS, MS, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Guillain-Barre, myasthenia GravisComorbiditiesNew need or greater need for assist with ADLS830Clinical examNon-White840DemographicsOpioids850MedicationsOrthopnea860Clinical examPeripheral edema870Ankles and legsClinical examPneumonia880Associated admission DXPneumothorax890Associated admission DXPolypharmacy900DemographicsPrior Functional Status910DemographicsPrior Intubation920ComorbiditiesFatigue (acute or profound)930Patient symptomsPulmonary Consult940Charted MD ordersPulmonary Emboli950Associated admission DXPulmonary Function Test960(One or more Abnormals)LabsPulmonary Hypertension970Associated admission DXPulmonary-Renal Syndrome980Associated admission DXPulmonary Function Testing990Charted MD ordersRecent hospitalization1000hospitalization within 90 daysDemographicsRenal Failure1010Associated admission DXRespiratory rate1020VitalsRestlessness1030Patient symptomsScoliosis1040ComorbiditiesSedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants1050MedicationsSepsis1060Associated admission DXShock1070cardiogenic, Septic, etcAssociated admission DXSleep Apnea1081Associated admission DXSleep Apnea1082ComorbiditiesSmoke Inhalation Injury1090Associated admission DXSmoker1100ComorbiditiesSpO21110On Room Air or decreasingVitalsSputum production1121Clinical examSputum production1122Patient symptomsSupplemental O2 or anything other than nasal cannula1130VitalsSurgery including elective surgery1141Any recent surgeryAssociated admission DXSurgery including elective surgery1142Any surgery during admissionProceduresTachycardia1151Heartrate (HR) > 90 beats per minuteVitalsTachycardia1152Heartrate (HR) > 90 beats per minutePatient symptomsTachypnea1160Respiration rate (RR) > 20 or 22 breaths per minutePatient symptomsThoracentesis1170ProceduresTransfer from Outside ED1180DemographicsTransfer from Higher level of Care1190DemographicsTrauma1200Associated admission DXTroponin1210(elevated)LabsVQ Scan or Thoracic CT Scan1220(imaging)Charted MD ordersWeight loss1230>10% (six months)DemographicsChronic infectious disease1240OtherLethargy125Patient symptoms or Associated admission DXDelirium1260Associated admission DX or Clinical exam or ComorbiditiesFluid overload1270Clinical exam or Medications or LabsAbscess1280Associated admission DXAbdominal pain1290Associated admission DXAbdominal tenderness1300Associated admission DXAcute Lung Injury1310Associated admission DXTransfer from ICU1320DemographicsRecent, Prior, or Acute Antibiotics1330MedicationsAppendicitis1340Associated admission DXAsplenic1350ComorbiditiesBacteremia1360Associated admission DXBilirubin1370> / = 1.2 mg / dL (or 20 mmol), ALT and AST also elevatedLabsBone marrow transplant1380ComorbiditiesC-reactive protein1390>2 sd over normalLabsCardiac Output1400Increased (early) decreased later as CO drops from volume depletionClinical ExamCellulitis1410Associated admission DXCholangitis1420Associated admission DXCholecystitis1430Associated admission DXCirrhosis1440ComorbiditiesColitis1450Associated admission DXCystitis1460Associated admission DXD-dimer1470LabsDecrease in daily functions1480DemographicsDehydration1490Associated admission DXDialysis1500ComorbiditiesDiverticulitis1510Associated admission DXDiverticulosis1520ComorbiditiesEarly state warm and red skin, late state cool and pale w / mottling1530Clinical examEncephalitis1540Associated admission DXEncephalopathy1550Associated admission DXEndocarditis1560Associated admission DXFever1570Clinical examFever of unknown origin1580Associated admission DXGastroenteritis1590Associated admission DXGastrointestinal bleed1600Associated admission DXGastrointestinal tract infection1610Associated admission DXGlucose1620Increased (early in diabetic or elevated in nondiabetic) >140 mg / dLLabsBicarbonate (HCO3)1630Low (early)LabsHeadache, Stiff neck1640Clinical examHeart valve disorders1650(including artificial valves)ComorbiditiesHyperlactatemia1660>1 mmol / LLabsHypothermia1670Clinical examHypotension1680Symptom based admissionAssociated admission DXIleus1690Clinical examImmunosuppressants1700MedicationsInfectious process1710Associated admission DXInflammatory bowel disease1720ComorbiditiesInternational normalized ratio (INR) for blood clotting1730>1.5LabsJaundice1740Clinical examJoint Replacement1750ComorbiditiesLeukopenia1760ComorbiditiesMalaise1770Symptom based admissionAssociated admission DXMalignancy1780ComorbiditiesMean arterial pressure1790<70VitalsMeningitis1800Clinical examNeoplasm1810ComorbiditiesNormal white blood count (WBC) with >10% neutrophils (bands)1820LabsOliguria (decreased or low urine output)1830(<0.5 ml / kg / hr) × 2 hrs or (500 ml / day)Clinical examOrgan transplant1840ComorbiditiesOsteomyelitis1850Associated admission DXOstomy1860Associated admission DXPaCO21870<32LabsPaO21880<400LabsPaO2 / FiO21890<300VitalsPelvic pain1900Associated admission DXPeripheral vascular disease1910ComorbiditiesPeripheral cyanosis1920Clinical examPetechial rash1930Clinical examPh1940Increase early d / t resp alkalosis then decrease later d / t metabolic acidosisLabsPlatelets1950<150LabsPositive fluid balance1960>20 ml / kf ocwe 24 hoursClinical examPre-existing or current renal disease1970Associated admission DX or ComorbiditiesPressure injury1980ComorbiditiesProcalcitonin1990Elevated >2 sd over normalLabsProtein in urine2000AzotemiaLabsPartial thromboplastin time (PTT)2010>60 sLabsPyelonephritis2020Associated admission DXRecent abortion2030ComorbiditiesRecent childbirth2040ComorbiditiesRecent surgery (including dental)2050DemographicRespiratory infection2060Associated admission DXSeizures2070Clinical exam or comorbiditiesSeptic arthritis2080Associated admission DXSickle cell anemia2090ComorbiditiesSoft tissue infection2100Associated admission DXStupor2110Clinical examSurgical admission2120Associated admission DXSyncope (fainting)2130OtherSystolic blood pressure (SBP)2140< 100 or change from baseline SBP drop 40 pt from baselineVitalsTemperature2150>38° Celsius (C) or <36° CVitalsTerminal illness2160AnyComorbiditiesVolume depletion2170Nausea, vomiting, diarrheaClinical examWhite blood cell count2180<4000 or >12000LabsWound2190Associated admission DXAcute respiratory distress syndrome2200Associated admission DX

[0090] It should be noted that some risk factors in Table 1 appear twice but are designated in a separate column as either risk factor identification (rfid) type (rfid_type) 1 or rfid_type 2, with the others having rfid_type 0. The two different types of risk factors mean, for example, that there are multiple sources from which the risk factor may be obtained or, in some instances, that the risk factor is based on gender (e.g., male or female). One or more of the risk factors in Table 1 are selectable in a spread sheet to set up a risk rule that is implemented by the analytics engine 20 in system 10. An example of such risk rules that may be established include determining with the analytics engine 20 that the patient may be at risk of developing respiratory distress if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the patient is 70 years of age or older and has COPD; (2) the patient has COPD and has been prescribed opioids; (3) the patient is 70 years of age or older and has been prescribed opioids; (4) the patient is 70 years of age or older, has asthma, and has a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) of greater than or equal to 30 milligrams (mg) per 100 milliliters (ml) of blood; or (5) any four of the patient conditions listed in Table 1 are present. Further examples of such risk rules that may be established include determining with the analytics engine 20 that the patient may be at risk of developing sepsis if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the patient is 65 years of age or older and has cancer; or (2) the patient has a history of developing sepsis.

[0091] It is within the scope of the present disclosure for risk rules to be established based on any number of the risk factors set forth in Table 1 and, with regard to those risk factors that pertain to dynamically measureable parameters such as patient physiological parameters (e.g., those indicated at Vitals in the Type column of Table 1), the risk rules can be based on the particular measureable parameter being above or below a threshold criteria. Thus, the present disclosure contemplates that assessing medical risks of a patient includes receiving at the analytics engine 20 patient demographics data of the patient including, for example, at least one of age, race, and weight as shown in Table 1. The analytics engine 20 also receives comorbidity data of the patient in some embodiments including data indicating that the patient has at least one of the following medical conditions or characteristics: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), anemia, chronic congestive heart failure, asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, cystic fibrosis, dementia, emphysema, alcohol or drug abuse, stroke, pulmonary emboli, a history of sepsis, type 1 diabetes, morbid obesity, neuromuscular disease, prior intubation, scoliosis, smoker, delirium, asplenic, bone marrow transplant, cirrhosis, dialysis, diverticulosis, heart valve disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, joint replacement, leukopenia, malignancy, neoplasm, organ transplant, peripheral vascular disease, renal disease, pressure injury, recent abortion, recent childbirth, seizures, sickle cell anemia, or terminal illness.

[0092] In some embodiments, the analytics engine 20 also receives physiological data that may be measured by a physiological monitor that may have at least one sensor coupled to, or in communication with, the patient. The physiological data includes data that is dynamic and changing over time while the patient is being monitored by the physiological monitor. For example, the physiological data includes one or more of the following: heartrate, respiration rate, temperature, mean arterial pressure, systolic blood pressure, or pulse oximetry data including peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2). In some embodiments, the analytics engine 20 calculates a risk score or performs a risk assessment of the patient in substantially real time based on one or more of the patient demographics data, the comorbidity data, and the physiological data.

[0093] The analytics engine 20 also receives laboratory data of the patient in some embodiments and uses the laboratory data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the laboratory data includes data that pertains to one or more of the following: albumin, arterial partial pressure of oxygen (arterial PaO2), arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2), arterial pH, acidosis, brain natriuretic peptide, blood urea nitrogen, cardiac ejection fraction, creatinine, hemoglobin, hematocrit, lactate, pulmonary function test, troponin, bilirubin, C-reactive protein, D-dimer, glucose, bicarbonate (HCO3), hyperlactatemia, international normalization ration (INR) for blood clotting, normal white blood count (WBC) with greater than 10% neutrophils, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), fluid overload, Ph, platelets, procalcitonin, protein in urine, partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or white blood cell count. Alternatively or additionally, the analytics engine 20 receives patient symptoms data of the patient and uses the patient symptoms data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the patient symptoms data includes data that pertains to one or more of the following: accessory muscle use, altered mental status, confusion, anxiety, chest pain, cough, cyanosis, diaphoresis, dyspnea, hemoptysis, fatigue, restlessness, sputum production, tachycardia, tachypnea, or lethargy.

[0094] Further alternatively or additionally, the analytics engine 20 receives clinical examination data and uses the clinical examination data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the clinical examination data includes data pertaining to one or more of the following: abdominal respirations, abnormal lung sounds, accessory muscle use, capillary refill, chest pressure or pain, abnormal electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG), cough, cyanosis, decreased level of consciousness (LOC), agitation, encephalopathy, mottling, need for assistance with activities of daily living (ADLS), orthopnea, peripheral edema, sputum production, delirium, fluid overload, cardiac output, early state warm red skin and late state cool and pale with mottling, fever, headache, stiff neck, hypothermia, ileus, jaundice, meningitis, oliguria, peripheral cyanosis, petechial rash, positive fluid balance, seizures, stupor, or volume depletion.

[0095] Still further alternatively or additionally, the analytics engine 20 receives charted doctor's orders data and uses the charted doctor's order data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the charted doctor's orders data includes data that pertains to one or more of the following: delivery of breathing air other than with a cannula including with a Venturi, a rebreather, a non-rebreather, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, and a bi-level positive airway pressure (bi-PAP) machine; testing of arterial blood gases; testing of brain natriuretic peptide; breathing treatments; chest x-ray; Doppler echocardiography; high fluid rates or volumes (input and output (I&O)); pulmonary consultation; pulmonary function testing; ventilation-perfusion (VQ) scan; or thoracic computerized tomography (CT) scan.

[0096] In some embodiments, the analytics engine 20 also receives admission data for the patient and uses the admission data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the admission data includes data that pertains to one or more of the following: abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, acute myocardial ischemia, acute pancreatitis, aspiration, asthma, bronchiectasis, atelectasis, bronchitis, burns, cancer, cardiac or thoracic surgery, cardiac valve disorder or valvular insufficiency, chemo therapy, congestive heart failure, COPD exacerbation, deep vein thrombosis, drug overdose, dyspnea at rest, emergency surgery, hemoptysis, interstitial lung disease, lung abscess, neck surgery, neuro surgery, upper abdomen surgery, peripheral vascular surgery, pneumonia, pneumothorax, pulmonary emboli, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary-renal syndrome, renal failure, sepsis, shock, sleep apnea, smoke inhalation injury, surgery, thoracentesis, trauma, lethargy, delirium, abscess, abdominal pain, abdominal tenderness, acute lung injury, appendicitis, bacteremia, cellulitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, colitis, cystitis, dehydration, diverticulitis, encephalitis, encephalopathy, endocarditis, fever of unknown origin, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal bleed, gastrointestinal tract infection, hypotension, infectious process, malaise, osteomyelitis, ostomy, pelvic pain, renal disease, pyelonephritis, respiratory infection, septic arthritis, soft tissue infection, surgical admission, wound, or acute respiratory distress syndrome.

[0097] Alternatively or additionally, the analytics engine 20 receives medications data for the patient and uses the medications data in connection with calculating the risk score. As shown in Table 1, examples of the medications data includes data that pertains to one or more of the following: anticoagulants including heparin or levenox that may be delivered intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SC), bronchodilators, corticosteroids, diuretic use, high fluid rates or volumes or hypertonic fluids, opioids, sedatives, hypnotics, muscle relaxants, fluid overload, antibiotics, or immunosuppressants.

[0098] Based on the forgoing, it should be appreciated that the present disclosure contemplates a method implemented on at least one computer such one or more of analytics engine 20 and other servers such as servers 62, 210, 212, 206. In the discussion that follows, it will be assumed that analytics engine 20 implements the various algorithms and functions. According to the method, the analytics engine 20 receives dynamic clinical variables and vital signs information of a patient. The analytics engine 20 uses the vital signs information to develop prior vital signs patterns and current vital signs patterns and then compares the prior vital signs patterns with the current vital signs patterns. The analytics engine 20 also receives one or more of the following: static variables of the patient, subjective complaints of the patient, prior healthcare utilization patterns of the patient, or social determinants of health data of the patient. The analytics engine 20 uses the dynamic clinical variables, the vital signs information, the results of the comparison of the prior vital signs patterns with the current vital signs patterns, and the one or more of the static variables, the subjective complaints, the healthcare utilization patterns, or the social determinants of health data in an algorithm to detect or predict that the patient has sepsis or is likely to develop sepsis.

[0099] In some embodiments, the dynamic clinical variables received by the analytics engine 20 includes point-of-care lab data. Optionally, the static variables received by the analytics engine 20 includes comorbidities. Alternatively or additionally, the static variables received by the analytics engine 20 includes whether the care setting of the patient is a preacute care setting, an acute care setting, or a post-acute care setting. If desired, the analytics engine 20 also receives historical data of the patient.

[0100] It is within the scope of the present disclosure for the analytics engine 20 to output one or more recommended actions to one or more clinicians of each of the patients being monitored. Examples of the one or more recommended actions include, for example, sending the patient to an emergency department (ED), increasing monitoring of the patient by the one or more clinicians, or ordering a set of labs for the patient.

[0101] In some embodiments, the analytics engine 20 ranks the clinicians of a healthcare facility. For example, the analytics engine 20 ranks the clinicians of the healthcare facility by one or of experience, actions previously taken, and prior patient outcomes. Optionally, the actions that have greatest impact on outcomes may be used by the analytics engine 20 to inform newer or less experienced clinicians how an experienced clinician may attend to the patient.

[0102] It is contemplated by the present disclosure that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is used by the analytics engine 20 to analyze risk factor data of the type listed in Table 1 and to determine correlations between one or more of the risk factors and particular risks such as pressure injuries, falls, and sepsis, as well as other risks for patients. Risk factors that are highly correlated to particular risks are then used to established risk rules based on two or more of the highly-correlative risk factors.

[0103] As discussed above in connection with Figs. 3 and 6, mobile devices 60 of caregivers are among the output devices 34 on which risk scores and risk data are displayed. Figs. 7-10 show screen shot examples of the type of information displayed on mobile devices 60 of caregivers. The examples of Figs. 7-10, in some embodiments, are contemplated as being provided by additional software functionality of the LINQ ™< mobile application available from Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Additional details of the LINQ ™< mobile application can be found in U.S. Application No. 16 / 143,971, filed September 27, 2018, titled "Caregiver and Staff Information System," published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2019 / 0108908 A1.

[0104] Referring now to Fig. 7, an example of a Patient screen 220 of a mobile application displayed on a touch screen display of mobile devices 60 of Figs. 3 and 6 includes a My Patients button or icon 222 and a My Unit 224 button or icon near the top of screen 220. In the illustrative example, the My Patients icon 222 has been selected and, as a result, screen 220 includes a list 226 of the patients assigned to the caregiver of the mobile device 60 on which screen 220 is shown. Each of the caregiver's assigned patient's is shown in a separate row of the list 224 and includes the patient's name and the room in the healthcare facility to which the patient has been assigned. Beneath each of the patient's room number and name, one or more risk scores and associated information is shown, when applicable. If the My Unit button 224 is selected, then similar information is shown on the display screen of the mobile device 60 for all patients in the unit of the healthcare facility to which the caregiver is assigned, including patients assigned to other caregivers of the unit.

[0105] In the illustrative example of screen 220 in Fig. 7, beneath the text "2160 HILL, LARRY" in the first line of list 226, a first risk score box 228 shows a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) score having a value of 4 and a second risk score box 230 shows a modified early warning score (MEWS) scored having a value of 5. Also in the illustrative example, an up arrow icon 232 is shown to the left of each of boxes 228, 230 in the first row of list 226 to indicate that the SIRS and MEWS scores have both increased as compared to their prior readings. In the illustrative example, "@ 9:20" appears to the right of the text "MEWS" in the first row of list to indicate the time that the MEWS score was most recently updated. In rows two through four of the illustrative example of list 226, only box 230 is shown with the MEWS score for the respective patient. The fifth row of list 226 has the text "2159 NO PATIENT" to indicate that room 2159 does not currently have any patient assigned to it, but if there was a patient assigned to room 2159, then that patient would be among the patients assigned to the caregiver of the mobile device 60 on which screen 220 is shown. Screen 220 also has a menu 234 of icons or buttons (these terms are used interchangeable herein) which is beneath list 226 and which includes a Home icon 236, a Contacts icon 238, a Messages icon 240, a Patients icon 242 and a Phone icon 244. Additional details of the screens and functions associated with icons 236, 238, 240, 242, 244 can be found in U.S. Application No. 16 / 143,971, filed September 27, 2018, published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2019 / 0108908A1.

[0106] Referring now to Fig. 8, an example is shown of a Risk Details screen 250 that appears on the touchscreen display of the caregiver's mobile device 60 in response to selection of one of the right arrow icons 252 of screen 220 at the right side of each row of list 226. In the illustrative example of Fig. 8, screen 250 shows risk details for patient Larry Hill as indicated at the top of screen 250. A left arrow icon 254 is provided to the left of the text "PATIENTS 2160 HILL, L." at the top of screen 250 and is selectable to return the caregiver back to screen 220. In the illustrative example of screen 250, phone icon 244 no longer appears in menu 234 but rather appears at the top right of screen 250. The other icons 236, 238, 240, 242 remain in menu 234 at the bottom of screen 250.

[0107] Still near the top of screen 250, the patient's medical record number (MRN) is shown in field 256 and the patient's age is shown in field 258. In the illustrative example, the patient's MRN is 176290 and the patient is 76 years old. Beneath field 256 of screen 250, three status icons are shown. In particular, a falls risk icon 260, a pulmonary risk icon 262, and a pressure injury icon 264 is shown. If the patient is determined to be at risk of falling, then icon 260 is highlighted. If the patient is determined to be at risk for respiratory distress, then icon 262 is highlighted. If the patient is determined to be at risk of developing a pressure injury, then icon 264 is highlighted. Icons 260, 262, 264 are grayed out or are absent if the corresponding patient is determined not to have the associated risk.

[0108] With continued reference to Fig. 8, a MEWS window 266 is shown beneath icons 260, 262, 264 and has additional information pertaining to the MEWS score appearing in box 230. Box 230 and up arrow icon 232 appear at the left side of window 266. To the right of box 230 and icon 232 in window 266, various vital signs information that relate to or contribute to the MEWS score are shown. In the illustrative example of screen 250, the patient, Larry Hill, has a temperature of 100.6° Fahrenheit (F), an SPO2 of 92%, a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) of 200 / 96 mmHg, a heart rate (HR) of 118 beats per minute (BPM), and a respiration rate (RR) of 26 breaths per minute (BPM). Up arrow icons 267 appear in window 266 to the right of any of the vital signs that have increased since the prior reading.

[0109] According to this disclosure, the data needed to calculate the MEWS is obtained from sensors included as part of medical devices 12 such as patient beds 14 and vital signs monitors 18, and / or is received as manual user inputs based on clinical insights 24 of caregivers, and / or obtained from the person's EMR of EMR server 62. The MEWS is a known score calculated based on the following table: Table 2 Score 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 Systolic BP<7071-8081-100101-199____>200-Heart rate (BPM)-<4041-5051-100101-110111-129>130Respiratory rate (RPM)-<9-9-1415-2021-29>30Temperature (ºC)-<35-35.0-38.4->38.5-AVPU______AVPU

[0110] In Table 2, the various integers in the column headings are added together based on the various readings for the person of the data corresponding to the rows of the table. A score of 5 or greater indicates a likelihood of death. With regard to the systolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature portions of the MEWS, those pieces of information are obtained using sensors of patient beds 14 and / or using the other manners of obtaining a person's physiological data as discussed above. The AVPU portion of the MEWS indicates whether a person is alert (A), responsive to voice (V), responsive to pain (P), or unresponsive (U). A caregiver selects the appropriate AVPU letter for each patient and enters it into a computer such as room station 50, their mobile device 60, or another computer of system 10 such as a nurse call computer, an EMR computer, an ADT computer, or the like.

[0111] Still referring to screen 250 of Fig. 8, a Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) window 268 is shown beneath window 266 and has information pertaining to a SOFA score. At the left side of window 268 a risk score box 270 shows the SOFA score value, 2 in the illustrative example, and an up arrow icon 272 indicates that the SOFA score has increased as compared to the previous score. To the right of box 270 and icon 272 in window 268, the patient's physiological parameters that contribute or relate to the SOFA score are shown. In the illustrative example, the patient has platelets of 145 per microliter (µL), an output / input of 800 milliliters per day, and a cardiovascular (CV) of 58 mean arterial pressure (MAP).

[0112] A MORSE window 274 having information pertaining to a MORSE Fall Scale (MFS) score or value is shown on screen 250 of Fig. 8 beneath window 268. At the left side of window 274 a risk score box 276 shows the MORSE or MFS score value, 3 in the illustrative example. There is no up arrow icon or down arrow icon shown next to box 276 thereby indicating that the MORSE score has not changed since the previous reading. To the right of box 276 are risk factors that contribute or relate to the MORSE score. In the illustrative example, the patient's mobility risk factors include the patient being vision impaired and having a hip replacement and the patient's medications risk factors include that the patient is prescribed a sedative. In each of windows 266, 268, 274, the time at which the score in the respective risk score box 230, 270, 276 was most recently updated is indicated beneath the respective box 230, 270, 276.

[0113] As shown in Fig. 8, screen 250 includes a pair of Risk Contributors windows including a respiratory distress window 278 listing factors contributing or relating to a risk that the patient will experience respiratory distress and a sepsis window 280 listing factors contributing or relating to the patient's risk of developing sepsis. In the illustrative example, the risk factors in respiratory distress window 278 include the patient having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patient being over 65 years of age, and the patient being a smoker, and the risk factors in the sepsis window 280 include the patient having a urinary tract infection (UTI) and the patient being over 65 years of age. The example of Fig. 8 demonstrates that patient risk factors can be used in connection with multiple risk scores or risk contributors to the risk scores or risk determinations.

[0114] With regard to windows 266, 268, 274, some or all of these are color coded in some embodiments to indicate the severity level of the particular risk score or the particular risk factors relating to the risk scores or determinations. For example, the area around box 230 of window 266 and the border of window 266 is color coded red if the risk value in box 230 is 5 or greater to indicate that the patient is at a high amount of risk. Similarly, the area around boxes 270, 276 of windows 268, 274, respectively, is color coded yellow if the risk values in boxes 270, 276 indicate a medium amount of risk, as is the case in the illustrative example. The arrows 232, 267, 272 are also color coded in some embodiments, typically with a darker shade of red or yellow, as the case may be. If the risk score for any particular risk factor indicates a low level of risk, then the associated window on screen 250 is color coded green or some other color such as blue or black. Risk contributors windows 278, 280 are similarly color coded (e.g., red, yellow, green) in some embodiments, depending upon the number or severity of risk factors that are present for the particular patient. The individual numerical data or risk factors in windows 266, 268, 274 are also color coded in some embodiments.

[0115] Referring now to Fig. 9, an example is shown of an alternative Risk Details screen 250' that appears on the touchscreen display of the caregiver's mobile device 60 in response to selection of one of the right arrow icons 252 of screen 220 at the right side of each row of list 226 of Fig. 7. Portions of screen 250' that are substantially the same as like portions of screen 250 are indicated with like references and the description above of these portions of screen 250 is equally applicable to screen 250'. In the illustrative example of Fig. 9, screen 250' shows risk details for patient Larry Hill as indicated at the top of screen 250' Beneath the MRN data 256 and age data 258 of screen 250' is a MEWS window 282. At the right side of window 282, the MEWS score box 230 and up arrow icon 232 is shown.

[0116] Window 282 includes a temperature score box 284, a respiration rate (RR) score box 286, a level of consciousness (LOC) score box 288, a first custom score box 290, and a second custom score box 292 as shown in Fig. 9. In the illustrative example, boxes 284, 286 each have a score of 2 and box 288 has the letter P from the AVPU score shown above in Table 2. Illustrative MEWS box 230 has a score of 5 in the illustrative example of screen 250' in Fig. 9, but really, the score should be shown as 6 assuming that the P in box 288 corresponds to a score of 2 as shown in Table 2. In the illustrative example of screen 250' up arrow icons 294 are shown beneath boxes 284, 288 to indicate that the temperature portion and the LOC portion, respectively, of the MEWS have each increased since the previous values used to calculate the previous MEWS. A dash icon 296 is shown in window 282 beneath box 286 to indicate that the patient's RR portion of the MEWS has not changed since the previous MEWS calculation.

[0117] The custom score boxes 290, 292 of window 282 indicate that a revised MEWS or amended MEWS is within the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, designers or programmers of system 10 for any given healthcare facility are able to pick other risk factors, such as those shown above in Table 1, that contribute to such a revised or amended MEWS. Just to give one example, age could be the risk factor chosen as corresponding to one of the boxes 290, 292. The score values based on age ranges are also at the discretion of the system designer or programmer. Thus, integers between 0 and 3 could be assigned to different age ranges just to give one arbitrary example (e.g., 20 year of age or younger = 0; 21-40 years of age = 1; 41-60 years of age =2; 61 years of age or older = 3). Optionally, negative numbers for certain age ranges could be used. For example, 20 years of age or younger could be assigned an age score of -1 which would result in the illustrative score of 5 for such an amended MEWS score assuming the patient associated with window 282 is 20 years of age or younger (i.e., boxes 284, 286, 288 would add up to 6 and then with the -1 age score, the overall amended MEWS would be 5). Again, this is just an arbitrary example and it should be appreciated that there are practically limitless possibilities of risk factors from Table 1 and numerical score scenarios that could be chosen in connection with custom boxes 290, 292 of window 282 to create a revised or amended MEWS.

[0118] Still referring to screen 250' of Fig. 9, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) window 298 is shown beneath window 282. A SIRS score box 300 is shown at the right side of window 298 and a check mark 302 appears in box 300 to indicate that the patient is positive for SIRS. If the patient is negative for SIRS, then box 300 is blank. In the left side of window 298, the risk factors and associated data that have contributed or that relate to the positive SIRS determination for the patient are shown. In the illustrative example of screen 250', window 298 includes heart rate (HR) data of 118 beats per minute and a white blood count (WBC) less than 4,000. In some embodiments, the determination as whether or not the patient is positive for SIRS is based on the following table: Table 3 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)Finding Value Temperature<36 °C (98.6 °F) or >38 °C (100.4 °F)Heart rate>90 / minRespiratory rate>20 / min or PaCO2<32 mmHg (4.3 kPa)WBC<4×10 9< / L (<4000 / mm 3< ), >12×10 9< / L (>12,000 / mm 3< ), or 10% bands

[0119] In typical embodiments, if any two or more conditions indicated in the rows of table 3 is met, then the patient is considered to be positive for SIRS. In other embodiments, at the discretion of the system designer or programmer, two, three, or all four of the conditions indicate in table 3 need to be met before a patient is considered to be positive for SIRS. The present disclosure also contemplates that additional patient risk factors, such as those listed above in table 1, are used in connection with assessing patients for SIRS. It should be appreciated that there are practically limitless possibilities of risk factors from Table 1 and numerical score scenarios that could be chosen in connection with adding additional rows to table 3 or replacing one or more of the current rows of table 3 to create the criteria for the revised or amended SIRS assessment.

[0120] Some other factors that are commonly used in connection with a SIRS determination include suspected or present source of infection (SIRS + source of infection), severe sepsis criteria (organ dysfunction, hypotension, or hypoperfusion) indicated by lactic acidosis or SBP < 90 or SBP drop ≥ 40 mmHg of normal, and evidence of ≥ 2 organs failing (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome criteria), just to name a few. In any event the SIRS value is sometimes displayed on mobile devices 60 as a numerical score indicating the number of SIRS risk factors that are met, and sometimes is displayed as a check mark that indicates that patient is considered to be positive for SIRS.

[0121] With continued reference to screen 250' of Fig. 9, a Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) window 304 is shown beneath window 298. At the right side of window 304, the SOFA score box 270 and up arrow icon 272 is shown. These are basically the same as shown in window 268 of Fig. 8 and so the same reference numbers are used. However, unlike window 268 of screen 250 which shows numerical data for the risk factors that contribute to the SOFA score, window 304 of screen 250' has risk score boxes for each of the contributing risk factors. In the illustrative example, a platelets risk score box 306 and a cardiovascular risk score box 308 is shown in window 304 and each box 306, 308 has a score of 1 which, when added together, results in the overall SOFA risk score of 2 shown in box 270 of window 304.

[0122] In some embodiments of system 10, a quick SOFA (qSOFA) score is also determined and shown on the mobile devices 60 of caregivers. The qSOFA score may be shown in lieu of or in addition to the SOFA score. The following table 4 is used in connection with calculating the qSOFA score in some embodiments: Table 4 Assessment qSOFA score Low blood pressure (SBP ≤ 100 mmHg)1High respiratory rate (≥ 22 breaths / min)1Altered mentation (GCS ≤ 14)1 In some embodiments, one or more of the following tables are used in connection with calculating the SOFA score: Table 5 - Respiratory system PaO 2 / FiO 2 (mmHg) SOFA score ≥ 4000< 400+1< 300+2< 200 and mechanically ventilated+3< 100 and mechanically ventilated+4 Table 6 - Nervous system Glasgow coma scale SOFA score 15013-14+110-12+26-9+3< 6+4 Table 7 - Cardiovascular system Mean arterial pressure OR administration of vasopressors required SOFA score MAP ≥ 70 mmHg0MAP < 70 mmHg+1dopamine ≤ 5 µg / kg / min or dobutamine (any dose)+2dopamine > 5 µg / kg / min OR epinephrine ≤ 0.1 µg / kg / min OR norepinephrine ≤ 0.1 µg / kg / min+3dopamine > 15 µg / kg / min OR epinephrine > 0.1 µg / kg / min OR norepinephrine > 0.1 µg / kg / min+4 Table 8 - Liver Bilirubin (mg / db) [µmol / L] SOFA score < 1.2 [< 20]01.2-1.9 [20-32]+12.0-5.9 [33-101]+26.0-11.9 [102-204]+3> 12.0 [>204]+4 Table 9 - Coagulation Platelets×10 3< / µl SOFA score ≥ 1500< 150+1< 100+2< 50+3< 20+4 Table 10 - Kidneys Creatinine (mg / dl) [µmol / L] (or urine output) SOFA score <1.2[< 110]01.2-1.9 [110-170]+12.0-3.4 [171-299]+23.5-4.9 [300-440] (or < 500 ml / d)+3> 5.0 [> 440] (or < 200 ml / d)+4 To calculate the overall qSOFA score, the score values in the right hand column of table 4 or, with regard to the SOFA score, the right hand column of whichever of tables 5-10 are being used in connection with the SOFA score, are added together. In the illustrative example of window 304, an up arrow icon 310 is shown beneath box 306 to indicate that the patient's platelets have increased since the previous platelets reading and a dash icon 312 is shown beneath box 308 to indicate that the patient's cardiovascular reading has not changed since the prior cardiovascular reading.

[0123] Screen 250' of Fig. 9 also has respiratory distress window 278 and sepsis window 280 which are basically the same as windows 278, 280 of screen 250 of Fig. 8 and so the same reference numbers are used. However, in addition to text indicating that the patient has COPD, is older than 65 years of age, and is a smoker, window 278 of Fig. 9 also indicates that the patient has a respiration rate less than 15 breaths per minute. Also, in addition to text indicating that the patient has a UTI and is older than 65 years of age, window 280 of Fig. 9 also indicates that the patient has a WBC less than 4,000. Similar to the color coding discussed above in connection with windows 266, 268, 274, 278, 280 of screen 250 of Fig. 8 and the information therein, windows 278, 280, 282, 298, 304 of screen 250' of Fig. 9 can be similarly color coded in some embodiments.

[0124] Referring now to Fig. 10, an example is shown of a MEWS Details screen 320 that provides greater details relating to the MEWS of screens 250, 250' of Figs. 8 and 9. Thus, if the caregiver touches, taps, or swipes MEWS window 230 of screen 250 or MEWS window 282 of screen 250', then screen 320 appears on the touchscreen display of the caregiver's mobile device 60. Portions of screen 320 that are substantially the same as like portions of screens 220, 250, 250' of Figs. 7-9, respectively, are indicated with like reference numbers and the description above is equally applicable to screen 320 with regard to the like portions.

[0125] Screen 320 has an expanded MEWS data window 322 beneath the MRN data 256 and age data 258. In the illustrative example, the SIRS and SOFA windows 298, 304 of screen 250' of Fig. 9 are minimized into smaller windows 298', 304', respectively, beneath expanded MEWS data window 322. Windows 298', 304' omit the risk factor data shown, for example, in windows 298, 304. However, windows 298', 304' still show boxes 272, 300 with the respective SOFA score and SIRS check mark icon 302. The up arrow icon 272 is also still shown in window 304'. The expanded MEWS data window 322 includes the boxes 230, 284, 286, 288 that were shown in window 282, but the positions of these boxes has been rearranged and several other boxes, along with numerical data, are also shown in window 322. Up arrow icons 232, 294 are also shown in window 322 to the right of boxes 230, 284, respectively. In the illustrative example of screen 320, an up arrow icon 324 is shown to the right of box 286 and a dash icon 326 is shown to the right of box 288 in window 322.

[0126] Window 322 also includes a noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) - systolic risk score box 328, an SPO2 risk score box 330, an NIBP - diastolic risk score box 332, and a pulse rate risk box 334. In the illustrative example, each of boxes 328, 330, 332 has an "X" to indicate that the numerical values of the associated patient physiological parameters do not contribute to the overall MEWS for the patient. In other embodiments, "0" appears in the respective boxes when the associated risk factor does not contribute to the MEWS of the patient. In the illustrative example, a risk score value of 2 appears in box 334. Dash icons 326 are shown to the right of each of boxes 328, 339, 332, 334 to indicate that the respective readings have not changed since the prior readings. The values in boxes 284, 286, 288, 328, 330, 332, 334 of window 322 are sub-scores that, when added together, provide the overall MEWS score for the patient. As noted above, risk factors from table 1 can be used to create a revised or amended MEWS (aka a customized MEWS) and in such instances, the selected risk factors from table 1 have associated risk score boxes and risk data in window 322. Similarly, relevant risk score boxes and data are also shown if windows 268, 264 of screen 250 of Fig. 8 or if windows 298, 304 of screen 250' of Fig. 9 are selected on the caregiver's mobile device 60 rather than window 266 of screen 250 or window 282 of screen 250'.

[0127] According to the present disclosure, an EMR plug-in in the form of a software module is provided in system 10 in some embodiments. The EMR plug-in is used by hospital administrators and caregivers to view a patient's deterioration (e.g., development of sepsis, respiratory distress, pressure injury, etc.) and falls risks giving users dynamic risk monitoring allowing earlier and more consistent identification of patient risk. The plug-in provides viewing of the risk scoring with additional context beyond conventional early warning scores (EWS's) and builds caregiver trust by providing criteria and reasoning behind the risk scoring. The EMR plug-in also indicates if there are missing parameters in a patient's deterioration risk score(s) on an ongoing basis so caregivers are informed of which risk parameters still need to be assessed and entered.

[0128] In some embodiments, the EMR plug-in is accessed via navigation in an EMR computer that is in communication with EMR server 62. The EMR computer launches a webpage provided by the EMR plug-in. The EMR plug-in is configured to assist in reducing / eliminating delays and communication shortcomings between care personnel / teams during an escalation event or handoff. A Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) feature is provided in the EMR plug-in and ensures that a patient's deterioration risk is promptly communicated to the appropriate caregivers upon a hand-off or escalation event to facilitate an efficient transfer of knowledge of the patient's deterioration risk.

[0129] With regard to calculating a falls risk score according to the present disclosure, additional details can be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 818,828, which was filed March 15, 2019, and which is titled "Patient Fall Likelihood," and in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 818,836, which was also filed on March 15, 2019, which is titled "Patient Fall Likelihood and Severity,". According to these two provisional patent applications, a falls risk score (or just, fall score) is determined based on the following formula: fall score = immediate risk model score + attribute risk model score

[0130] The immediate risk model score is based on the following formula: immediate risk model score = data 1 × weight 1 + data 2 × weight 2 + … dataN × weightN where the data can include activity at a given period of time (e.g., toileting during sleeping hours), a medication change, acute motion detected for the patient, etc. Thus, the immediate risk model score is a numerical quantification of the likelihood of an immediate fall with each relevant piece of data weighted and added to create the score. For example, the acute movement of the patient can be weighted more highly than change in medication.

[0131] The attribute risk model score is based on the following formula: attribute risk model score = data 1 × weight 1 + data 2 × weight 2 + … dataN × weightN where the data can include bibliographic / demographic information associated with the patient, such as history of falling, age, frequency or urgency of urination, type of medication taken, procedures under which the patient has gone, a gait analysis, etc. Thus, the attribute risk model score is a numerical quantification of the likelihood of a fall based on attributes of the patient collected over time with each relevant piece of data weighted and added to create the score. For example, the poor gait of the patient can be weighted more highly than motion of the patient in bed over time.

[0132] With regard to specific devices for detecting and monitoring sepsis according to the present disclosure, additional details can be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 825,844 ("the '844 application), filed March 29, 2019, titled "Sepsis Detection and Monitoring,". The devices disclosed in the '844 application provide further examples of the type of medical devices 14 of system 10 that provide data to analytics engine 20. For example, the '844 application contemplates that an ECG or photophlethysmogram (PPG) or radar transmitter / receiver can detect heart rate variability of a patient and if the heart variability decreases, which is an indicator of the onset sepsis, the rate of acquiring vital signs data is increased. The '844 application references U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 798,124, filed January 29, 2019, for its disclosure of monitoring devices that use radar signals.

[0133] Further according to the '844 application, a fundus imaging system including a camera is used to capture images of the fundus (e.g., the retina, optic nerve, macula, vitreous, choroid and posterior pole) of a patient during a full cardiac cycle. The images are analyzed to determine whether the patient has microvascular dysregulation which is another indicator of the onset or existence of sepsis in the patient. The fundus imaging system can also be configured to measure the patient's flicker response by exposing the patient's retina to a flashing light and then measuring the reactivity of the retinal blood vessels which is diminished in septic patients due to neurovascular decoupling. Still further, the fundus imaging system can be configured to measure local oxygenation of the retina in connection with determining whether the patient has sepsis. The fundus imaging system can also be configured to measure blood flow velocity changes to detect that the patient is septic because blood vessel walls become "sticky" and blood cells become rigid causing sluggish blood flow in septic patients. The fundus imaging system further may be configured to measure blood vessel diameters and lumen to wall thickness ratios which change in response to dysregulated vasomotor reactions in septic patients. Based on the foregoing, therefore, it should be appreciated that the present disclosure contemplates that analytics engine 20 processes and analyzes image data from a fundus imaging system to make sepsis determinations in some embodiments.

[0134] Still further according to the '844 application, screening a patient for sepsis involves the use of PPG measurements, bio-impedance measurements, skin perfusion measurements, or temperature measurements at the patient's skin. During early onset of sepsis, vasodilation occurs at the endothelial level and stimuli applied at the patient's skin to produce these measurements causes less of a differential in vasodilation of septic patients than in non-septic patients. The '844 application discloses a temperature induction device that applies a range of temperatures to the patient's skin using a Peltier heater and cooler that heats or cools, respectively, the patient's skin based on a direction of current (e.g., a polarity of voltage applied) through the Peltier heater and cooler. A PPG sensor measures the patient's microvascular response to the changing temperatures. The PPG sensor includes infrared (IR) red and green light emitting diodes (LED's) in some embodiments.

[0135] The '844 application also discloses an impedance sensor including electrodes attached to the patient's skin surface through which a low voltage (up to 10 Volts) sinusoidal signal is applied via the patient's skin. The impedance of the patient's skin between the electrodes is determined after heating and cooling the skin with the temperature induction device. The measured electrical impedance is then used to determine the microvascular response. In another aspect of the '844 application, a portion of a patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, is moved to raise a patient's extremity and to determine whether a septic patient is responding to fluid resuscitation treatment. In some embodiments, a head section or leg section of a hospital bed is raised to determine the patient's macrovascular response which is done by using vital signs measurements to determine a response to the fluid shift away from the raised extremity and toward the patient's heart.

[0136] In addition to the risk factors or data elements of Tables 1-10 above, the present disclosure contemplates that any one or more of the data elements in Table 11 below can be used to calculate risk scores or to make risk determinations, including calculating the patient falls score, pressure injury score, and sepsis score discussed herein (some of the data elements being risk factors including the same risk factors as listed in Table 1): Table 11 Number Data Element 1BED DATA 2Connection State3Connectivity Protocol4LastKnownBedConnect5BedPosition (height)6Head RailsPosition7FootRailsPosition8HeadAnglelnDegrees9HeadAngleAlarmMode10HeadAngleAlarmAudibleMode11HeadAngleAlarmStatus12NurseCallIndicatorState13NurseAnswerIndicatorState14NaviCareAlertsIndicatorState15BedCleanedIndicatorState16BedOn line WithServerl ndicatorState17HeadAngleMotorLockoutState18KneeAngleMotorLockoutState19BedHeightMotorLockoutState20TiltAngleMotorLockoutState21AllMotorsLockoutState22BedModelName23SidecomSerialNumber24Sidecom Software Revision25PatientEnvironmentLastCommand26PatientHistoryLastCommand27ACPowerStatus28BatteryPowerStatus29PatientPositioningAlarmMode30PatientPositioningAlarmStatus31PatientMovementMagnitude32PatientMovementDirection33SafeViewMode34SafeViewIndicatorStatus35ScaleLastCommand36CapturePatientWeightInKg37CapturedPatientWeightInLbs38LivePatientWeightlnKg39LivePatientWeightInLbs40ServiceRequiredStatus41SurfaceMode42NurseCallSwitchState43NaviCareAlertsSwitchState44CPRSwitchState45BedCleanedSwitchState46RotationTherapyStatus47PercussionTherapyStatus48VibrationTherapyStatus49BrakeSwitchState50BedServiceCode51FrameSerialNumber52PatientDetected53SafeViewLoLo54SafeViewSideRail55Safe ViewPatient Position56HeadAngleLimitEnabled57PatientPositionChairMode58SafeViewIncontinence59IncontinenceDetected60Deterioration Detected61MacAddress62IPAddress63SignalStrengthInDBm64Load cell data65Log files66VITALS (EWS inputs) 67Respiratory rate68Heart Rate69Pulse Rate70SpO2 / SaO271SBP72DBP73MAP74Temperature75PaO2 / FiO276EtCO277Vitals Trend78Pain Score79Urine Output80LABS 81Abnormal Labs82POC Blood Glucose83New Lab Results Received84Complete Blood Count (CBC) (panel)85White Blood Cell Count86Red Blood Cell Count87Hemoglobin (Hgb)88Hematocrit (Hct) or Packed Cell Volume (PCV)89Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)90Platelet Count (Plt)91Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin(MCH)92Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)93Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)94Platelet Distribution Width (PDW)95Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)96Reticulocyte Count97Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)98Glucose99Calcium100Sodium101Potassium102Carbon Dioxide (aka Bicarbonate)103Chloride104Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)105Creatinine106When Next Labs Due107Normal Lab Results Ranges108International Normalized Ratio (INR)109Blood Gases110Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)111Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT)112Prothrombin Time (PT)113Arterial Blood Gas (panel)114pH115PaO2116PaCO2117SaO2118Oxygen Content119Bicarbonate120Base Excess (BE)121Blood Glucose122Urinalysis (panel)123pH124Concentration (aka Specific Gravity)125Protein126Glucose127Ketones128Bilirubin129Evidence of Injection130Evidence of Blood131White Blood Cell Count132Red Blood Cell Count133Bacteria and / or yeasts134Casts135Crystals136Lactate137Platelets138Creatinine139Suspected or present Infection140WBC Count141Neutrophils / Bands142Bilirubin143INTERVENTIONS 144Supplemental O2145Mechanical ventilation146Quarter-hourly nebulizers147PATIENT STATUS 148Allergies149Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)150NPO (Nothing by the mouth)151Precautions (isolation, violent, elopement, psych)152General (language, blind / deaf, amputee, pacemaker, DVT, cardiac abnormalities, etc)153Dietary status154Capillary Refill Time155Color (pink / pale / gray / gray and mottled)156Respiratory flow rate157Intercostal retractions158Hypotension / Pressor Use159Ambulatory aid (none / bedrest / nurse assist / crutches / cane / walker / furniture160Gait (normal / bedrest / immobile / weak / unsteady / impaired)161Visual impairment affecting everyday function162Vertigo / orthostatic hypotension / weakness163Transfer from bed to chair (unable / needs major help / needs minor help / independent)164Rising from a seated position (in single movement / pushes up in one attempt / successful after multiple attempts / requires assistance)165Mobility (immobile / independent with wheelchair / walking aid or person assisting / independent)166IV / Heparin lock167Incontinence168Urgency or frequency of urination169Urinary catheter / ostomy170Elimination with assistance171Nocturia172Sedated procedure173Tethered patient care equipment (e.g. IV, chest tube, indwelling catheter, SCDs, etc)174Response to Surgery / Sedation / Anesthesia (within 24 hours / within 48 hours / more than 48 hours or none)175Persistent vomiting after surgery176Consciousness (AVPU)177Consciousness (GCS)178Mental status (oriented to own ability / forgets limitations / fully alert / agitation or anxiety / intermittently confused, confusion or disorientation)179Cognition (altered awareness of physical environment / impulsive / forgets limitations)180Behavior (playing or appropriate / sleeping / irritable / lethargic or confused or reduced pain response)181DEMOGRAPHICS 182Current chronological age (observable entity)183Age (qualifier value)184Aging (finding)185Premature aging (finding)186Old-age (finding)187Senile debility (finding)188Senility (finding)189Extreme old age (over 100 years) (finding)190Senile exhaustion (finding)191Senile asthenia (finding)192Old age (qualifier value)193Entire life (qualifier value)194Old-age (finding)195Senile debility (finding)196Senility (finding)197Extreme old age (over 100 years) (finding)198Senile exhaustion (finding)199Senile asthenia (finding)200Gender (observable entity)201MEDICATIONS 202Current Medications203Aminoglycoside (substance)204Analgesic (substance)205Medicinal product acting as analgesic agent (product)206Substance with opioid receptor agonist mechanism of action (substance)207Antiarrhythmic agent (substance)208Medicinal product acting as antiarrhythmic agent (product)209Quaternary ammonium compound with anticholinergic mechanism of action (substance)210Vasodilator (substance)211Hypotensive agent (substance)212Hypotensive agent (product)213Anti-psychotic agent (substance)214Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product)215Diuretic (substance)216Medicinal product acting as diuretic (product)217Loop diuretic (substance)218Loop diuretic overdose (disorder)219Psychoactive substance (substance)220Antidepressant (substance)221Medicinal product acting as antidepressant agent (product)222Anti-psychotic agent (substance)223Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product)224Benzodiazepine (substance)225Psychoactive substance (substance)226Nicotine cyclodextrin complex (substance)227Cannabinoid (substance)228Psychotropic agent (substance)229Nicotine polacrilex (substance)230Nicotine (substance)231Trichloroethylene (substance)232Central depressant (substance)233Nicotine resin complex (substance)234Medication Dosage235When Meds are Due236When Meds Last Received237Medication Route238Medication Form (liquid, pill, etc)239PRN (as needed medications)240Drug Class Type (beta blockers, barbiturates, etc)241DIAGNOSES / COMORBIDITIES 242Anemia (disorder)243Anemia due to metabolic disorder (disorder)244Central nervous system calcification, deafness, tubular acidosis, anemia syndrome (disorder)245Fetal anemia (disorder)246Anemia caused by substance (disorder)247Anemia associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (disorder)248Anemia due to blood loss (disorder)249Refractory anemia with excess blasts (disorder)250Sports anemia (disorder)251Perinatal anemia (disorder)252Anemia due to intrinsic red cell abnormality (disorder)253Normocytic anemia (disorder)254Deficiency anemias (disorder)255Neonatal anemia (disorder)256Microcytic anemia (disorder)257Anemia of renal disease (disorder)258Anemia of chronic disorder (disorder)259Dilutional anemia (disorder)260Chronic anemia (disorder)261Anemia in neoplastic disease (disorder)262Anemia due to disorders of nucleotide metabolism (disorder)263On examination - profoundly anemic (disorder)264On examination - clinically anemic (disorder)265On examination - equivocally anemic (disorder)266Regenerative anemia (disorder)267Anemia caused by physical agent (disorder)268Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (disorder)269Myelodysplastic syndrome: Refractory anemia, without ringed sideroblasts, without excess blasts (disorder)270Anemia related to disturbed deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (disorder)271Aregenerative anemia (disorder)272Non megaloblastic anemia due to alcoholism (disorder)273Macrocytic anemia (disorder)274Anemia due to unknown mechanism (disorder)275Nutritional anemia (disorder)276Congenital anemia (disorder)277Hemolytic anemia (disorder)278Anemia due to decreased red cell production (disorder)279Normocytic normochromic anemia (disorder)280Anemia in mother complicating pregnancy, childbirth AND / OR puerperium (disorder)281Anemia due to multiple mechanisms (disorder)282Normocytic hypochromic anemia (disorder)283Sideroblastic anemia (disorder)284Anemia due to disturbance of proliferation AND / OR differentiation of erythroid precursor cells (disorder)285Anemia of endocrine disorder (disorder)286Acquired Heinz body anemia (disorder)287Anemia due to disturbance of hemoglobin synthesis (disorder)288Relative anemia (disorder)289Myelophthisic anemia (disorder)290Cardiac arrhythmia (disorder)291Cardiac arrhythmia in mother complicating childbirth (disorder)292Arrhythmia during surgery (disorder)293Arrhythmia due to and following acute myocardial infarction (disorder)294Heart-hand syndrome type 2 (disorder)295Cardiac channelopathy (disorder)296Cardiac arrhythmia associated with genetic disorder (disorder)297Arrhythmia due to vegetation of infective endocarditis (disorder)298Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia (disorder)299Bradyarrhythmia (disorder)300Cardiac arrest (disorder)301Neonatal dysrhythmia (disorder)302Fetal dysrhythmia (disorder)303Atrial escape complex (disorder)304Ventricular escape complex (disorder)305Aberrantly conducted complex (disorder)306Aberrant premature complexes (disorder)307Pacemaker twiddler's syndrome (disorder)308Supraventricular arrhythmia (disorder)309Nodal rhythm disorder (disorder)310Atrioventricular dissociation (disorder)311Tic-tac rhythm (disorder)312Conduction disorder of the heart (disorder)313Ventricular arrhythmia (disorder)314Fibrillation (disorder)315Ectopic beats (disorder)316Premature beats (disorder)317Ectopic rhythm (disorder)318Holt-Oram syndrome (disorder)319Anomalous atrioventricular excitation (disorder)320Accelerated atrioventricular conduction (disorder)321Tachyarrhythmia (disorder)322Withdrawal arrhythmia (disorder)323Carotid sinus syncope (disorder)324Chronic obstructive lung disease (disorder)325Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (disorder)326Chronic obstructive lung disease co-occurrent with acute bronchitis (disorder)327Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (disorder)328Moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (disorder)329Mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (disorder)330Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (disorder)331Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease (disorder)332End stage chronic obstructive airways disease (disorder)333Pulmonary emphysema (disorder)334Chronic obliterative bronchiolitis (disorder)335Dehydration (disorder)336Dehydration due to radiation (disorder)337Mild dehydration (disorder)338Moderate dehydration (disorder)339Dehydration following exertion (disorder)340Severe dehydration (disorder)341Hypernatremic dehydration (disorder)342Deprivation of water (disorder)343Isonatremic dehydration (disorder)344On examination - dehydrated (disorder)345Neonatal dehydration (disorder)346Pneumonia (disorder)347Pneumonia caused by Bordetella parapertussis (disorder)348Chronic pneumonia (disorder)349Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia (disorder)350Recurrent pneumonia (disorder)351Cavitary pneumonia (disorder)352Ventilator-acquired pneumonia (disorder)353Aspiration pneumonia (disorder)354Pneumonia associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (disorder)355Bilateral pneumonia (disorder)356Bronchopneumonia (disorder)357Community acquired pneumonia (disorder)358Postobstructive pneumonia (disorder)359Postoperative pneumonia (disorder)360Infective pneumonia (disorder)361Lobar pneumonia (disorder)362Neonatal pneumonia (disorder)363Hemorrhagic pneumonia (disorder)364Abscess of lung with pneumonia (disorder)365Pneumonia and influenza (disorder)366Post measles pneumonia (disorder)367Confluent pneumonia (disorder)368Focal pneumonia (disorder)369Non-infectious pneumonia (disorder)370Hypostatic pneumonia (disorder)371Congenital pneumonia (disorder)372Granulomatous pneumonia (disorder)373Organized pneumonia (disorder)374Interstitial pneumonia (disorder)375Unresolved pneumonia (disorder)376Catarrhal pneumonia (disorder)377Gangrenous pneumonia (disorder)378Sepsis (disorder)379Sepsis due to incomplete miscarriage (disorder)380Sepsis due to ectopic pregnancy (disorder)381Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction (disorder)382Line sepsis associated with dialysis catheter (disorder)383Sepsis caused by virus (disorder)384Sepsis due to urinary tract infection (disorder)385Perinatal sepsis (disorder)386Sepsis due to oral infection (disorder)387Sepsis with cutaneous manifestations (disorder)388Sepsis caused by fungus (disorder)389Sepsis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (disorder)390Sepsis in asplenic subject (disorder)391Postoperative sepsis (disorder)392Induced termination of pregnancy complicated by sepsis (disorder)393Sepsis caused by herpes simplex (disorder)394Neutropenic sepsis (disorder)395Transient respiratory distress with sepsis (disorder)396Umbilical sepsis (disorder)397Sepsis of the newborn (disorder)398Miscarriage with sepsis (disorder)399Sepsis following infusion, injection, transfusion AND / OR vaccination (disorder)400Sepsis following molar AND / OR ectopic pregnancy (disorder)401Pyemia (disorder)402Tracheostomy sepsis (disorder)403Failed attempted abortion with sepsis (disorder)404Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis associated with systemic infection (disorder)405Bacterial sepsis (disorder)406Brazilian purpuric fever (disorder)407Gas gangrene septicemia (disorder)408Puerperal sepsis (disorder)409Intrauterine sepsis of fetus (disorder)410Diabetes mellitus (disorder)411Atypical diabetes mellitus (disorder)412Diabetes mellitus due to pancreatic injury (disorder)413Erectile dysfunction co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)414Acute complication co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)415Metabolic acidosis co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)416Lactic acidosis co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)417Alaninuria, microcephaly, dwarfism, enamel hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus syndrome (disorder)418Diabetic mastopathy (disorder)419Pancreatic hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus, congenital heart disease syndrome (disorder)420Gingival disease co-occurrent with diabetes mellitus (disorder)421Diabetes mellitus in remission (disorder)422Diabetes mellitus due to genetic defect in insulin action (disorder)423Diabetes mellitus due to genetic defect in beta cell function (disorder)424Disorder of nervous system co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)425Peripheral vascular disorder co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)426Disorder of soft tissue co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)427Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (disorder)428Disorder of kidney co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)429Houssay's syndrome (disorder)430Diabetes mellitus without complication (disorder)431Diabetes mellitus type 1 (disorder)432Diabetes mellitus type 2 (disorder)433Disorder of eye co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)434Secondary diabetes mellitus (disorder)435Disorder of thyroid gland (disorder)436Nodular thyroid disease (disorder)437Thyrocerebrorenal syndrome (disorder)438Hypoplasia of thyroid (disorder)439Thyroid infection (disorder)440Perinatal thyroid disorder (disorder)441Thyroid dysfunction (disorder)442Injury of thyroid gland (disorder)443Iodine deficiency syndrome (disorder)444Thyroid hormone binding abnormality (disorder)445Sick-euthyroid syndrome (disorder)446Thyroid atrophy (disorder)447Disorder of thyrocalcitonin secretion (disorder)448Neoplasm of thyroid gland (disorder)449Complex thyroid endocrine disorder (disorder)450Abscess of thyroid (disorder)451Thyroiditis (disorder)452Cyst of thyroid (disorder)453Transient decreased production of thyroid hormone (disorder)454Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 3 (disorder)455Thyroid disease in mother complicating pregnancy, childbirth AND / OR puerperium (disorder)456Hypothyroidism (disorder)457Inherited disorder of thyroid metabolism (disorder)458Hyperthyroidism (disorder)459Congenital anomaly of the thyroid gland (disorder)460Ascher's syndrome (disorder)461Hurthle cell metaplasia of thyroid gland (disorder)462Infarction of thyroid (disorder)463Goiter (disorder)464Hemorrhage of thyroid (disorder)465Hypersecretion of calcitonin (disorder)466Hypoglycemia (disorder)467Post gastrointestinal tract surgery hypoglycemia (disorder)468Neonatal hypoglycemia (disorder)469Diabetic hyperosmolar non-ketotic state (disorder)470Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic coma due to diabetes mellitus without ketoacidosis (disorder)471Hyperosmolar non-ketotic state in type 2 diabetes mellitus (disorder)472Orthostatic hypotension (disorder)473Postural hypotension following exercise (disorder)474Orthostatic hypotension co-occurrent and due to Parkinson's disease (disorder)475Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (disorder)476Sympathotonic orthostatic hypotension (disorder)477Chronic orthostatic hypotension (disorder)478Hypoadrenergic postural hypotension (disorder)479Hyperadrenergic postural hypotension (disorder)480Congestive heart failure due to valvular disease (disorder)481Delirium (disorder)482Delirium following surgical procedure (disorder)483Delirium co-occurrent with dementia (disorder)484Delirium due to multiple etiological factors (disorder)485Delirium caused by substance or medication (disorder)486Delirium in remission (disorder)487Chronic confusional state (disorder)488Psychosis associated with intensive care (disorder)489Delirium of mixed origin (disorder)490Toxic confusional state (disorder)491Subacute delirium (disorder)492Acute confusional state, of cerebrovascular origin (disorder)493Acute confusional state, of metabolic origin (disorder)494Acute confusional state, of endocrine origin (disorder)495Acute confusional state, of infective origin (disorder)496Acute confusional state, post-traumatic (disorder)497Drug-induced delirium (disorder)498Acute non-psychotic brain syndrome (disorder)499Postseizure delirium (disorder)500Multi-infarct dementia with delirium (disorder)501Dementia (disorder)502Primary degenerative dementia (disorder)503Dementia with behavioral disturbance (disorder)504Protein kinase cAMP-dependent type I regulatory subunit beta-related neurodegenerative dementia with intermediate filaments (disorder)505Subcortical dementia (disorder)506Dementia following injury caused by exposure to ionizing radiation (disorder)507Dementia caused by heavy metal exposure (disorder)508Delirium co-occurrent with dementia (disorder)509Rapidly progressive dementia (disorder)510Dementia caused by toxin (disorder)511Parkinsonism co-occurrent with dementia of Guadeloupe (disorder)512Dementia co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)513Dementia in remission (disorder)514Dementia of frontal lobe type (disorder)515Senile and presenile organic psychotic conditions (disorder)516Patchy dementia (disorder)517Semantic dementia (disorder)518Dementia associated with another disease (disorder)519Drug-induced dementia (disorder)520Parkinson-dementia complex of Guam (disorder)521General paresis - neurosyphilis (disorder)522Alzheimer's disease (disorder)523Senile dementia (disorder)524Presenile dementia (disorder)525Dialysis dementia (disorder)526Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)527Cerebellar stroke (disorder)528Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left carotid artery (disorder)529Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right carotid artery (disorder)530Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right cerebellar artery (disorder)531Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left cerebellar artery (disorder)532Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left carotid artery (disorder)533Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right pontine artery (disorder)534Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left pontine artery (disorder)535Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right carotid artery (disorder)536Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left vertebral artery (disorder)537Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right vertebral artery (disorder)538Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left vertebral artery (disorder)539Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right vertebral artery (disorder)540Occlusion of cerebral artery with stroke (disorder)541Stroke co-occurrent with migraine (disorder)542Silent cerebral infarct (disorder)543Cerebrovascular accident during surgery (disorder)544Ischemic stroke (disorder)545Infarction of basal ganglia (disorder)546Neonatal stroke (disorder)547Embolic stroke (disorder)548Thrombotic stroke (disorder)549Extension of cerebrovascular accident (disorder)550Stroke in the puerperium (disorder)551Ruptured cerebral aneurysm (disorder)552Stroke of uncertain pathology (disorder)553Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of cerebral artery (disorder)554Right sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)555Left sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)556Brainstem stroke syndrome (disorder)557Paralytic stroke (disorder)558Nonparalytic stroke (disorder)559Intracranial sinus thrombosis, embolism AND / OR inflammation (disorder)560Progressing stroke (disorder)561Juvenile myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis AND stroke (disorder)562Completed stroke (disorder)563Anterior choroidal artery syndrome (disorder)564Arthritis (disorder)565Arthritis of right sternoclavicular joint (disorder)566Arthritis of left sternoclavicular joint (disorder)567Primary chronic gout without tophus of shoulder (disorder)568Gout of shoulder caused by drug (disorder)569Transient arthritis (disorder)570Arthritis of wrist (disorder)571Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis with arthritis (disorder)572Immune dysregulation, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, recurrent infection syndrome (disorder)573Monoarthritis (disorder)574Inflammation of joint of hand (disorder)575Inflammation of joint of shoulder region (disorder)576Arthritis of elbow (disorder)577Arthritis of acromioclavicular joint (disorder)578Inflammatory polyarthropathy (disorder)579Undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis (disorder)580Synovitis (disorder)581Seronegative arthritis (disorder)582Infective arthritis (disorder)583Suppurative arthritis (disorder)584Arthritis of spine (disorder)585Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis (disorder)586Lower limb joint arthritis (disorder)587Small and large joint arthritis (disorder)588Large joint arthritis (disorder)589Small joint arthritis (disorder)590Asymmetrical arthritis (disorder)591Symmetrical arthritis (disorder)592Cholesterol-related arthritis and periarthritis (disorder)593Oxalate-related arthritis and periarthritis (disorder)594Idiopathic pyrophosphate arthritis (disorder)595Chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular syndrome (disorder)596Arthritis following intestinal bypass (disorder)597Post-immunization arthritis (disorder)598Palindromic rheumatism of the pelvic region and thigh (disorder)599Palindromic rheumatism of the shoulder region (disorder)600Generalized arthritis (disorder)601Erosive osteoarthrosis (disorder)602Arthropathy in Crohn's disease (disorder)603Systemic lupus erythematosus arthritis (disorder)604Arthritis of temporomandibular joint (disorder)605Climacteric arthritis (disorder)606Osteochondritis (disorder)607Rheumatoid arthritis (disorder)608Subacute arthritis (disorder)609Chronic arthritis (disorder)610Acute arthritis (disorder)611Arthritis associated with another disorder (disorder)612Deformity of foot (finding)613Acquired overriding toes of left foot (disorder)614Acquired overriding toes of right foot (disorder)615Deformity of foot due to rheumatoid arthritis (finding)616Putter foot (finding)617Pronation deformity of the foot (finding)618Supination deformity of the foot (finding)619Pronated forefoot (finding)620Supinated forefoot (finding)621Adductus deformity of foot (finding)622Plantarflexion deformity of foot (finding)623Abduction deformity of the foot (finding)624Acquired curly toe (disorder)625Dorsiflexion deformity of foot (finding)626Acquired valgus heel (disorder)627Overriding fifth toe (disorder)628Overriding toe (disorder)629Muscle weakness (finding)630Muscle weakness of limb (finding)631Spastic paresis (finding)632Hand muscle weakness (finding)633Pyramidal type muscle weakness (finding)634Distal muscle weakness (finding)635Proximal muscle weakness (finding)636Truncal muscle weakness (finding)637Weakness of sternomastoid (finding)638Weakness of jaw muscles (finding)639On examination - muscle power reduced (finding)640On examination - paresis (weakness) (finding)641Weakness present (finding)642Pseudoparalysis (finding)643Palatal paresis (finding)644Laryngeal paresis (finding)645Pharyngeal paresis (finding)646Bilateral paresis (finding)647Subjective muscle weakness (finding)648Paresis of lower extremity (finding)649Weakness of face muscles (finding)650Diaphragmatic paresis (finding)651Neurological muscle weakness (finding)652Spinal paraparesis (finding)653Spinal hemiparesis (finding)654Inherited spastic paresis (disorder)655Cerebellar degeneration (disorder)656Acute cerebellar syndrome (disorder)657Secondary cerebellar degeneration (disorder)658Cerebellar deficiency syndrome (disorder)659Posthemiplegic ataxia (disorder)660Primary progressive cerebellar degeneration (disorder)661Juvenile cerebellar degeneration AND myoclonus (disorder)662Olivopontocerebellar degeneration (disorder)663Paramyoclonus multiplex (disorder)664Bailey-Cushing syndrome (disorder)665Jervis' syndrome (disorder)666Roussy-Lévy syndrome (disorder)667Corticostriatal-spinal degeneration (disorder)668Hereditary cerebellar degeneration (disorder)669Primary cerebellar degeneration (disorder)670Sporadic cerebellar degeneration (disorder)671Friedreich's ataxia (disorder)672Athetosis with spastic paraplegia (disorder)673Cervical myelopathy (disorder)674Myelopathy co-occurrent and due to spinal stenosis of cervical region (disorder)675Parkinsonism (disorder)676X-linked parkinsonism with spasticity syndrome (disorder)677Hemiparkinsonism hemiatrophy syndrome (disorder)678Autosomal dominant striatal neurodegeneration (disorder)679Functional parkinsonism (disorder)680Parkinsonism due to mass lesion of brain (disorder)681Infection causing parkinsonism (disorder)682Kufor Rakeb syndrome (disorder)683Atypical Parkinsonism (disorder)684Infantile dystonia parkinsonism (disorder)685Adult-onset dystonia parkinsonism (disorder)686Psychosis co-occurrent and due to Parkinson's disease (disorder)687Parkinsonism co-occurrent with dementia of Guadeloupe (disorder)688Rapid onset dystonia parkinsonism (disorder)689Perry syndrome (disorder)690X-linked dystonia parkinsonism (disorder)691On - off phenomenon (disorder)692Symptomatic parkinsonism (disorder)693Secondary parkinsonism (disorder)694Parkinsonian syndrome associated with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension (disorder)695Parkinson-dementia complex of Guam (disorder)696Parkinson's disease (disorder)697Striatonigral degeneration (disorder)698Peripheral nerve disease (disorder)699Paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy (disorder)700Primary CD59 deficiency (disorder)701Peripheral neuropathy due to and following chemotherapy (disorder)702Morvan syndrome (disorder)703Acquired hypoganglionosis of large intestine (disorder)704Deafness, small bowel diverticulosis, neuropathy syndrome (disorder)705Peripheral neuropathy due to hypervitaminosis B6 (disorder)706Length-dependent peripheral neuropathy (disorder)707Autosomal dominant optic atrophy and peripheral neuropathy syndrome (disorder)708Peripheral neuropathy due to metabolic disorder (disorder)709Small fiber neuropathy (disorder)710Peripheral neuropathy due to inflammation (disorder)711Peripheral neuropathy caused by toxin (disorder)712Neuropathy of lower limb (disorder)713Neuropathy of upper limb (disorder)714Ependymal cyst of spinal nerve (disorder)715Peripheral nerve disorder associated with repair of hernia (disorder)716Facial nerve disorder (disorder)717Abducens nerve disorder (disorder)718Pudendal nerve neuropathy (disorder)719Neuromyotonia (disorder)720Thoracoabdominal neuropathy (disorder)721Long thoracic nerve lesion (disorder)722Disorder of peripheral nerve graft (disorder)723Peripheral nerve decompression injury (disorder)724Intercostal neuropathy (disorder)725Compression neuropathy of trunk (disorder)726Ischemic neuropathy (disorder)727Leprosy neuropathy (disorder)728Peripheral axonal neuropathy (disorder)729Phrenic nerve disorder (disorder)730Peripheral neuritis (disorder)731Mononeuropathy (disorder)732Neoplasm of peripheral nerve (disorder)733Celiac plexus syndrome (disorder)734Perineurial cyst (disorder)735Disorder of glossopharyngeal nerve (disorder)736Disorder of acoustic nerve (disorder)737Brachial plexus neuralgia (disorder)738Disorder of vagus nerve (disorder)739Peripheral nerve injury (disorder)740Nerve root disorder (disorder)741Trigeminal nerve disorder (disorder)742Third cranial nerve disease (disorder)743Polyneuropathy (disorder)744Disorder of hypoglossal nerve (disorder)745Congenital anomaly of peripheral nerve (disorder)746Peripheral demyelinating neuropathy (disorder)747Familial visceral neuropathy (disorder)748Fourth nerve palsy (disorder)749Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)750Cerebellar stroke (disorder)751Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left carotid artery (disorder)752Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right carotid artery (disorder)753Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right cerebellar artery (disorder)754Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left cerebellar artery (disorder)755Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left carotid artery (disorder)756Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right pontine artery (disorder)757Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left pontine artery (disorder)758Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right carotid artery (disorder)759Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left vertebral artery (disorder)760Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right vertebral artery (disorder)761Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left vertebral artery (disorder)762Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right vertebral artery (disorder)763Occlusion of cerebral artery with stroke (disorder)764Stroke co-occurrent with migraine (disorder)765Silent cerebral infarct (disorder)766Cerebrovascular accident during surgery (disorder)767Ischemic stroke (disorder)768Infarction of basal ganglia (disorder)769Neonatal stroke (disorder)770Embolic stroke (disorder)771Thrombotic stroke (disorder)772Extension of cerebrovascular accident (disorder)773Stroke in the puerperium (disorder)774Ruptured cerebral aneurysm (disorder)775Stroke of uncertain pathology (disorder)776Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of cerebral artery (disorder)777Right sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)778Left sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)779Brainstem stroke syndrome (disorder)780Paralytic stroke (disorder)781Nonparalytic stroke (disorder)782Intracranial sinus thrombosis, embolism AND / OR inflammation (disorder)783Progressing stroke (disorder)784Juvenile myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis AND stroke (disorder)785Completed stroke (disorder)786Anterior choroidal artery syndrome (disorder)787Basilar artery syndrome (disorder)788Peripheral neuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)789Peripheral neuropathy co-occurrent and due to type 1 diabetes mellitus (disorder)790Peripheral neuropathy co-occurrent and due to type 2 diabetes mellitus (disorder)791Ophthalmoplegia co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)792Mononeuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)793Asymmetric proximal motor neuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)794Polyneuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)795Radiculoplexus neuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)796Symmetric proximal motor neuropathy co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)797Pseudotabes co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)798Cobalamin deficiency (disorder)799Fetal or neonatal vitamin B12 deficiency due to maternal vitamin B12 deficiency (disorder)800Vitamin B12 deficiency (non anemic) (disorder)801Acute mastoiditis with labyrinthitis (disorder)802Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (disorder)803Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or nystagmus (disorder)804Benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood (disorder)805Hearing loss (disorder)806Mild to moderate hearing loss (disorder)807Severe hearing loss (disorder)808Aphonia, deafness, retinal dystrophy, bifid halluces, intellectual disability syndrome (disorder)809Acquired hearing loss (disorder)810Oro-facial digital syndrome type 11 (disorder)811Deafness craniofacial syndrome (disorder)812Microcephaly with deafness and intellectual disability syndrome (disorder)813Hearing loss of left ear (disorder)814Hearing loss of right ear (disorder)815Combined visual and hearing impairment (disorder)816Asymmetrical hearing loss (disorder)817Partial deafness (disorder)818On examination - deaf (disorder)819Deafness symptom (disorder)820Chronic deafness (disorder)821On examination - significantly deaf (disorder)822Bilateral deafness (disorder)823Birth trauma deafness (disorder)824Congenital anomaly of ear with impairment of hearing (disorder)825Neonatal hearing loss (disorder)826Bilateral hearing loss (disorder)827Traumatic deafness (disorder)828Sudden hearing loss (disorder)829Noise-induced hearing loss (disorder)830Deaf mutism (disorder)831Sensorineural hearing loss (disorder)832Tone deafness (disorder)833Upper frequency deafness (disorder)834Conductive hearing loss (disorder)835Paradoxic hearing loss (disorder)836Toxic deafness (disorder)837Psychogenic deafness (disorder)838Robinson nail dystrophy-deafness syndrome (disorder)839Complete deafness (disorder)840Ménière's disease (disorder)841Meniere's disease of right inner ear (disorder)842Meniere's disease of left inner ear (disorder)843Familial Ménière disease (disorder)844Vestibular Ménière syndrome (disorder)845Cochlear Ménière syndrome (disorder)846Inactive Ménière's disease (disorder)847Active Ménière's disease (disorder)848Cataract (disorder)849Infantile and / or juvenile cataract (disorder)850Microcornea, rod-cone dystrophy, cataract, posterior staphyloma syndrome (disorder)851Cataract due to pseudohypoparathyroidism (disorder)852Cataract due to idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (disorder)853Cochleosaccular degeneration and cataract syndrome (disorder)854Hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome (disorder)855Immature cataract (disorder)856Presenile cataract (disorder)857Nonsenile cataract (disorder)858Suture tip cataract (disorder)859Mixed type cataract (disorder)860Hypermature cataract (disorder)861Rubella cataract (disorder)862Cataract in systemic disorders (disorder)863Capsular cataract (disorder)864Drug-induced cataract (disorder)865Lamellar zonular cataract (disorder)866Cortical cataract (disorder)867Infantile, juvenile and presenile cataracts (disorder)868On examination - lens - early opacity (disorder)869Partial cataract (disorder)870Adherent cataract (disorder)871Stationary cataract (disorder)872Axial cataract (disorder)873Subcapsular cataract (disorder)874Bilateral cataracts (disorder)875Congenital cataract (disorder)876Cataract with neovascularization (disorder)877Cataract associated with radiation (disorder)878Postoperative cataract syndrome (disorder)879Nuclear cataract (disorder)880Incipient cataract (disorder)881Localized traumatic opacity (disorder)882Punctate cataract (disorder)883Age-related cataract (disorder)884Toxic cataract (disorder)885Traumatic cataract (disorder)886Cataract in inflammatory disorder (disorder)887Coronary cataract (disorder)888Calcified cataract (disorder)889Atopic cataract (disorder)890Mature cataract (disorder)891Glaucoma (disorder)892Glaucoma and sleep apnea syndrome (disorder)893Angle-closure glaucoma (disorder)894Acute-on-chronic glaucoma (disorder)895Glaucoma with intraocular hemorrhage (disorder)896Iatrogenic glaucoma (disorder)897Congenital glaucoma (disorder)898Borderline glaucoma (disorder)899Secondary glaucoma (disorder)900Glaucoma due to combination of mechanisms (disorder)901Open-angle glaucoma (disorder)902Glaucoma of childhood (disorder)903Glaucoma associated with ocular disorder (disorder)904Glaucoma associated with systemic syndromes (disorder)905Low tension glaucoma (disorder)906Anatomical narrow angle glaucoma (disorder)907Hypersecretion glaucoma (disorder)908Glaucoma associated with tumors AND / OR cysts (disorder)909Absolute glaucoma (disorder)910Aphakic glaucoma (disorder)911Glaucomatous atrophy of optic disc (disorder)912Age-related macular degeneration (disorder)913Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration (disorder)914Exudative age-related macular degeneration (disorder)915Drusen plus pigment change stage macular degeneration (disorder)916Fibrovascular macular scar (disorder)917Drusen stage macular degeneration (disorder)918Muscle weakness (finding)919Muscle weakness of limb (finding)920Spastic paresis (finding)921Hand muscle weakness (finding)922Pyramidal type muscle weakness (finding)923Distal muscle weakness (finding)924Proximal muscle weakness (finding)925Truncal muscle weakness (finding)926Weakness of sternomastoid (finding)927Weakness of jaw muscles (finding)928On examination - muscle power reduced (finding)929On examination - paresis (weakness) (finding)930Weakness present (finding)931Pseudoparalysis (finding)932Palatal paresis (finding)933Laryngeal paresis (finding)934Pharyngeal paresis (finding)935Bilateral paresis (finding)936Subjective muscle weakness (finding)937Paresis of lower extremity (finding)938Weakness of face muscles (finding)939Diaphragmatic paresis (finding)940Neurological muscle weakness (finding)941Spinal paraparesis (finding)942Spinal hemiparesis (finding)943Inherited spastic paresis (disorder)944Abnormal gait due to impairment of balance (finding)945Impairment of balance (finding)946Difficulty balancing (finding)947Does not balance (finding)948Unable to balance (finding)949General unsteadiness (finding)950Equilibration disorder, vestibular nerve (disorder)951Unsteady when turning (finding)952Unsteady when standing (finding)953Poor balance (finding)954Keeps losing balance (finding)955Feels as though will fall (finding)956Romberg test positive and direction of fall affected by head turn (finding)957Romberg test evokes stiff fall backward (finding)958Loss of equilibrium (finding)959Visual impairment (disorder)960Bilateral visual impairment (disorder)961Visual impairment co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)962Drug related visual impairment (disorder)963Combined visual and hearing impairment (disorder)964Multiple disability visual impairment (disorder)965Mild visual impairment (disorder)966Moderate visual impairment (disorder)967Severe visual impairment (disorder)968Orthostatic hypotension (disorder)969Postural hypotension following exercise (disorder)970Orthostatic hypotension co-occurrent and due to Parkinson's disease (disorder)971Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (disorder)972Sympathotonic orthostatic hypotension (disorder)973Chronic orthostatic hypotension (disorder)974Hypoadrenergic postural hypotension (disorder)975Hyperadrenergic postural hypotension (disorder)976Arthritis (disorder)977Arthritis of right sternoclavicular joint (disorder)978Arthritis of left sternoclavicular joint (disorder)979Primary chronic gout without tophus of shoulder (disorder)980Gout of shoulder caused by drug (disorder)981Transient arthritis (disorder)982Arthritis of wrist (disorder)983Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis with arthritis (disorder)984Immune dysregulation, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, recurrent infection syndrome (disorder)985Monoarthritis (disorder)986Inflammation of joint of hand (disorder)987Inflammation of joint of shoulder region (disorder)988Arthritis of elbow (disorder)989Arthritis of acromioclavicular joint (disorder)990Inflammatory polyarthropathy (disorder)991Undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis (disorder)992Synovitis (disorder)993Seronegative arthritis (disorder)994Infective arthritis (disorder)995Suppurative arthritis (disorder)996Arthritis of spine (disorder)997Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis (disorder)998Lower limb joint arthritis (disorder)999Small and large joint arthritis (disorder)1000Large joint arthritis (disorder)1001Small joint arthritis (disorder)1002Asymmetrical arthritis (disorder)1003Symmetrical arthritis (disorder)1004Cholesterol-related arthritis and periarthritis (disorder)1005Oxalate-related arthritis and periarthritis (disorder)1006Idiopathic pyrophosphate arthritis (disorder)1007Chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular syndrome (disorder)1008Arthritis following intestinal bypass (disorder)1009Post-immunization arthritis (disorder)1010Palindromic rheumatism of the pelvic region and thigh (disorder)1011Palindromic rheumatism of the shoulder region (disorder)1012Generalized arthritis (disorder)1013Erosive osteoarthrosis (disorder)1014Arthropathy in Crohn's disease (disorder)1015Systemic lupus erythematosus arthritis (disorder)1016Arthritis of temporomandibular joint (disorder)1017Climacteric arthritis (disorder)1018Osteochondritis (disorder)1019Rheumatoid arthritis (disorder)1020Subacute arthritis (disorder)1021Chronic arthritis (disorder)1022Acute arthritis (disorder)1023Arthritis associated with another disorder (disorder)1024Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)1025Cerebellar stroke (disorder)1026Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left carotid artery (disorder)1027Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right carotid artery (disorder)1028Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right cerebellar artery (disorder)1029Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left cerebellar artery (disorder)1030Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left carotid artery (disorder)1031Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right pontine artery (disorder)1032Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left pontine artery (disorder)1033Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right carotid artery (disorder)1034Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of left vertebral artery (disorder)1035Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of right vertebral artery (disorder)1036Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of left vertebral artery (disorder)1037Cerebrovascular accident due to stenosis of right vertebral artery (disorder)1038Occlusion of cerebral artery with stroke (disorder)1039Stroke co-occurrent with migraine (disorder)1040Silent cerebral infarct (disorder)1041Cerebrovascular accident during surgery (disorder)1042Ischemic stroke (disorder)1043Infarction of basal ganglia (disorder)1044Neonatal stroke (disorder)1045Embolic stroke (disorder)1046Thrombotic stroke (disorder)1047Extension of cerebrovascular accident (disorder)1048Stroke in the puerperium (disorder)1049Ruptured cerebral aneurysm (disorder)1050Stroke of uncertain pathology (disorder)1051Cerebrovascular accident due to occlusion of cerebral artery (disorder)1052Right sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)1053Left sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (disorder)1054Brainstem stroke syndrome (disorder)1055Paralytic stroke (disorder)1056Nonparalytic stroke (disorder)1057Intracranial sinus thrombosis, embolism AND / OR inflammation (disorder)1058Progressing stroke (disorder)1059Juvenile myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis AND stroke (disorder)1060Completed stroke (disorder)1061Anterior choroidal artery syndrome (disorder)1062Urinary incontinence (finding)1063Urinary incontinence due to benign prostatic hypertrophy (finding)1064Urinary incontinence co-occurrent and due to prolapse of female genital organ (disorder)1065Intermittent urinary incontinence (finding)1066Urinary incontinence due to urethral sphincter incompetence (finding)1067Total urinary incontinence (finding)1068Double incontinence (finding)1069Urinary incontinence of non-organic origin (finding)1070Parkinson's disease (disorder)1071Sporadic Parkinson disease (disorder)1072Orthostatic hypotension co-occurrent and due to Parkinson's disease (disorder)1073Autosomal dominant late onset Parkinson disease (disorder)1074Young onset Parkinson disease (disorder)1075Juvenile Parkinson's disease (disorder)1076Dementia (disorder)1077Primary degenerative dementia (disorder)1078Dementia with behavioral disturbance (disorder)1079Protein kinase cAMP-dependent type I regulatory subunit beta-related neurodegenerative dementia with intermediate filaments (disorder)1080Subcortical dementia (disorder)1081Dementia following injury caused by exposure to ionizing radiation (disorder)1082Dementia caused by heavy metal exposure (disorder)1083Delirium co-occurrent with dementia (disorder)1084Rapidly progressive dementia (disorder)1085Dementia caused by toxin (disorder)1086Parkinsonism co-occurrent with dementia of Guadeloupe (disorder)1087Dementia co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)1088Dementia in remission (disorder)1089Dementia of frontal lobe type (disorder)1090Senile and presenile organic psychotic conditions (disorder)1091Patchy dementia (disorder)1092Semantic dementia (disorder)1093Dementia associated with another disease (disorder)1094Drug-induced dementia (disorder)1095Parkinson-dementia complex of Guam (disorder)1096General paresis - neurosyphilis (disorder)1097Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1098Senile dementia (disorder)1099Presenile dementia (disorder)1100Dialysis dementia (disorder)1101Impaired cognition (finding)1102Behavioral disturbance co-occurrent and due to late onset Alzheimer dementia (disorder)1103Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)1104Cognitive deficit in attention (finding)1105Depressed mood in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1106Delusions in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1107Cognitive changes due to organic disorder (finding)1108Early onset Alzheimer's disease with behavioral disturbance (disorder)1109Altered behavior in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1110Dementia due to multiple sclerosis with altered behavior (disorder)1111Altered behavior in dementia due to Huntington chorea (disorder)1112Hallucinations co-occurrent and due to late onset dementia (disorder)1113Cognitive impairment due to toxicity of substance (disorder)1114Impaired executive functioning (finding)1115Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with cognitive symptoms (disorder)1116Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to primary psychotic disorder (disorder)1117Severe cognitive impairment (finding)1118Moderate cognitive impairment (finding)1119Memory impairment (finding)1120Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome (finding)1121Disturbance of cognitive learning (finding)1122Lack of thinking ability (finding)1123Minimal cognitive impairment (finding)1124Age-related cognitive decline (finding)1125Diabetes mellitus (disorder)1126Atypical diabetes mellitus (disorder)1127Diabetes mellitus due to pancreatic injury (disorder)1128Erectile dysfunction co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1129Acute complication co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1130Metabolic acidosis co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1131Lactic acidosis co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1132Alaninuria, microcephaly, dwarfism, enamel hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus syndrome (disorder)1133Diabetic mastopathy (disorder)1134Pancreatic hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus, congenital heart disease syndrome (disorder)1135Gingival disease co-occurrent with diabetes mellitus (disorder)1136Diabetes mellitus in remission (disorder)1137Diabetes mellitus due to genetic defect in insulin action (disorder)1138Diabetes mellitus due to genetic defect in beta cell function (disorder)1139Disorder of nervous system co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1140Peripheral vascular disorder co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1141Disorder of soft tissue co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1142Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (disorder)1143Disorder of kidney co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1144Houssay's syndrome (disorder)1145Diabetes mellitus without complication (disorder)1146Diabetes mellitus type 1 (disorder)1147Diabetes mellitus type 2 (disorder)1148Disorder of eye co-occurrent and due to diabetes mellitus (disorder)1149Secondary diabetes mellitus (disorder)1150Diabetes insipidus (disorder)1151Partial diabetes insipidus (disorder)1152Hypohidrosis-diabetes insipidus syndrome (disorder)1153Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (disorder)1154Dipsogenic diabetes insipidus (disorder)1155Idiopathic diabetes insipidus (disorder)1156Diabetes mellitus AND insipidus with optic atrophy AND deafness (disorder)1157Neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (disorder)1158Familial diabetes insipidus (disorder)1159Polypharmacy (finding)1160Nutraceutical polypharmacy (finding)1161On four or more medications (finding)1162Patient on numerous drugs (finding)1163Loop diuretic overdose (disorder)1164Aminoglycoside (substance)1165Analgesic (substance)1166Medicinal product acting as analgesic agent (product)1167Substance with opioid receptor agonist mechanism of action (substance)1168Antiarrhythmic agent (substance)1169Medicinal product acting as antiarrhythmic agent (product)1170Quaternary ammonium compound with anticholinergic mechanism of action (substance)1171Vasodilator (substance)1172Hypotensive agent (substance)1173Hypotensive agent (product)1174Anti-psychotic agent (substance)1175Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product)1176Diuretic (substance)1177Medicinal product acting as diuretic (product)1178Loop diuretic (substance)1179Psychoactive substance (substance)1180Antidepressant (substance)1181Medicinal product acting as antidepressant agent (product)1182Anti-psychotic agent (substance)1183Medicinal product acting as antipsychotic agent (product)1184Benzodiazepine (substance)1185History of Falling1186Fall (event)1187Fall into water (event)1188Fall on soft surface (event)1189Fall on hard surface (event)1190Jump from burning structure (event)1191Accidental fall (event)1192Fall in, on, or from train (event)1193Engaged in falling (event)1194Fall on snow (event)1195Falls (finding)1196Falls caused by medication (finding)1197Elderly fall (finding)1198At risk for falls (finding)1199At high risk for fall (finding)1200At moderate risk for fall (finding)1201At low risk for fall (finding)1202Secondary Diagnosis1203Diagnosis (observable entity)1204Fetal diagnosis (observable entity)1205New diagnosis (observable entity)1206Ambulatory aid1207Ability to walk (observable entity)1208Ability to walk on uneven surface (observable entity)1209Ability to walk backward pulling large toy (observable entity)1210Ability to walk carrying large toy (observable entity)1211Ability to walk heel to toe (observable entity)1212Ability to walk on a narrow line (observable entity)1213Ability to start and stop walking spontaneously (observable entity)1214Ability to stop walking (observable entity)1215Ability to initiate walking (observable entity)1216Ability to walk down hill (observable entity)1217Ability to walk up hill (observable entity)1218Ability to walk down a slope (observable entity)1219Ability to walk up a slope (observable entity)1220Ability to walk on the flat (observable entity)1221Finding of walking aid use (finding)1222Uses two walking sticks (finding)1223Uses two crutches for walking (finding)1224Uses single crutch for walking (finding)1225Uses single walking stick (finding)1226Uses zimmer frame (finding)1227Tripod / quadrupod: walking (finding)1228Stick only for walking (finding)1229No aid for walking (finding)1230Dependence on walking stick (finding)1231Cane, device (physical object)1232Long cane (physical object)1233Wheelchair crutch / walking stick holder (physical object)1234Gait1235Gait normal (finding)1236On examination - gait normal (finding)1237Mental Status1238Orientated (finding)1239Oriented to person (finding)1240Oriented to place (finding)1241Oriented to time (finding)1242Oriented to person, time and place (finding)1243Disorientated (finding)1244On examination - disorientated (finding)1245Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome (finding)1246Spatial disorientation (finding)1247Disorientated in place (finding)1248Disorientation as to self (finding)1249Disorientation for person (finding)1250Disorientation as to people, time and place (finding)1251Disorientated in time (finding)1252Right-left disorientation (finding)1253Impaired cognition (finding)1254Behavioral disturbance co-occurrent and due to late onset Alzheimer dementia (disorder)1255Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)1256Cognitive deficit in attention (finding)1257Depressed mood in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1258Delusions in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1259Cognitive changes due to organic disorder (finding)1260Early onset Alzheimer's disease with behavioral disturbance (disorder)1261Altered behavior in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1262Dementia due to multiple sclerosis with altered behavior (disorder)1263Altered behavior in dementia due to Huntington chorea (disorder)1264Hallucinations co-occurrent and due to late onset dementia (disorder)1265Cognitive impairment due to toxicity of substance (disorder)1266Impaired executive functioning (finding)1267Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with cognitive symptoms (disorder)1268Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to primary psychotic disorder (disorder)1269Severe cognitive impairment (finding)1270Moderate cognitive impairment (finding)1271Memory impairment (finding)1272Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome (finding)1273Disturbance of cognitive learning (finding)1274Lack of thinking ability (finding)1275Minimal cognitive impairment (finding)1276Age-related cognitive decline (finding)1277At risk for cognitive impairment (finding)1278At risk of confusion (finding)1279At risk for delirium (finding)1280Wheelchair bound (finding)1281Dependent on helper pushing wheelchair (finding)1282Minimal help in wheelchair (finding)1283Independent in wheelchair (finding)1284Elimination, Bowel and Urine1285Incontinence (finding)1286Incontinence without sensory awareness (finding)1287Incontinence due to detrusor instability (finding)1288Neurogenic incontinence (finding)1289Urinary incontinence (finding)1290Incontinence of feces (finding)1291Micturition finding (finding)1292Abnormal urination (finding)1293Vesicovaginal fistula with involvement of urinary continence mechanism following termination of pregnancy procedure (disorder)1294Vesicovaginal fistula with involvement of urinary continence mechanism following obstetric delivery procedure (disorder)1295Vesicovaginal fistula with involvement of urinary continence mechanism due to and following obstructed labor (disorder)1296Vesicovaginal fistula with involvement of urinary continence mechanism following normal delivery (disorder)1297Finding of bladder control (finding)1298Finding of flow of urine (finding)1299Finding related to ability to pass urine (finding)1300Lower urinary tract symptoms (finding)1301Finding of measures of urination (finding)1302Finding of desire for urination (finding)1303Finding of pattern of urination (finding)1304Dysfunctional voiding of urine (finding)1305Incomplete urination (finding)1306On examination - micturition reflex (finding)1307Control of micturition normal (finding)1308Normal micturition (finding)1309Micturition feature (observable entity)1310Urinary elimination status (observable entity)1311Ability to collect and discharge urine (observable entity)1312Ability to maintain urinary continence (observable entity)1313Measure of urination (observable entity)1314Characteristic of desire for urination (observable entity)1315Pattern of urination (observable entity)1316Urinary flow pattern (observable entity)1317Ability to pass urine (observable entity)1318Flow of urine (observable entity)1319Bowel finding (finding)1320Intestinal anastomosis present (finding)1321Bowel problem (finding)1322Aware of passing feces (finding)1323Desire for stool finding (finding)1324Finding of measures of defecation (finding)1325Finding of passage of meconium (finding)1326Finding of quantity of defecation (finding)1327Finding of frequency of defecation (finding)1328Finding of speed of defecation (finding)1329Tympanitic bowel sound (finding)1330Bowel assessment observations (finding)1331Bowel sounds continuous (finding)1332Bowel sounds intermittent (finding)1333Bowel sounds loud (finding)1334Bowel sounds quiet (finding)1335Bowel control - child (finding)1336Bowel sounds tinkling (finding)1337Bowel spasm (finding)1338Unaware of passing feces (finding)1339Constipation alternates with diarrhea (finding)1340Sensation as if diarrhea will start (finding)1341Sensation as if bowel still full (finding)1342Intestinal hurry (finding)1343Finding of large intestine (finding)1344Finding of small intestine (finding)1345Disorder of intestine (disorder)1346Double incontinence (finding)1347Urgent desire for stool (finding)1348Multiple diverticula of intestine (finding)1349Abdominal wind pain (finding)1350Passes stool completely (finding)1351Finding of defecation (finding)1352Defecation reflex finding (finding)1353Finding related to awareness of bowel function (finding)1354Finding of bowel action (finding)1355Finding of bowel continence (finding)1356Soiling (finding)1357Defecation observable (observable entity)1358St. Mark's incontinence score (observable entity)1359Time of last bowel movement (observable entity)1360Bowel elimination status (observable entity)1361Awareness of bowel function (observable entity)1362Feces / motions - symptoms (observable entity)1363Bowel action (observable entity)1364Requires supervision to perform wheelchair transfer (finding)1365Unsteady gait (finding)1366Visual impairment (disorder)1367Bilateral visual impairment (disorder)1368Visual impairment co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)1369Drug related visual impairment (disorder)1370Combined visual and hearing impairment (disorder)1371Multiple disability visual impairment (disorder)1372Mild visual impairment (disorder)1373Moderate visual impairment (disorder)1374Severe visual impairment (disorder)1375Disorder of auditory system (disorder)1376Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome (disorder)1377Cogan's syndrome (disorder)1378Auditory system hereditary disorder (disorder)1379Auditory system complication of procedure (disorder)1380Auditory dysfunction (disorder)1381Olivary heterotopia (disorder)1382Olive dysplasia (disorder)1383Hearing disorder (disorder)1384Disorder of ear (disorder)1385Non-awareness of common dangers (finding)1386Not aware of danger from deep water (finding)1387Lack of common sense about danger (finding)1388Not aware of danger from strangers (finding)1389Not aware of danger from traffic (finding)1390Not aware of danger from falling from heights (finding)1391Not aware of danger from sharp objects (finding)1392Not aware of danger from hot objects (finding)1393Lack of self awareness (finding)1394Poor awareness of safety at work (finding)1395Impulsive character (finding)1396Making impulsive remarks (finding)1397On examination - impulsive behavior (finding)1398Explosive personality disorder (disorder)1399Isolated explosive disorder (disorder)1400Cognitive seizure (disorder)1401Cognitive disorder (disorder)1402Neurocognitive disorder (disorder)1403Cognitive disorder in remission (disorder)1404Cognitive developmental delay (disorder)1405Mild cognitive disorder (disorder)1406Language-related cognitive disorder (disorder)1407Age-associated memory impairment (disorder)1408Cognitive dysfunction following surgical procedure (disorder)1409Impaired cognition (finding)1410Behavioral disturbance co-occurrent and due to late onset Alzheimer dementia (disorder)1411Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to human immunodeficiency virus infection (disorder)1412Cognitive deficit in attention (finding)1413Depressed mood in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1414Delusions in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1415Cognitive changes due to organic disorder (finding)1416Early onset Alzheimer's disease with behavioral disturbance (disorder)1417Altered behavior in Alzheimer's disease (disorder)1418Dementia due to multiple sclerosis with altered behavior (disorder)1419Altered behavior in dementia due to Huntington chorea (disorder)1420Hallucinations co-occurrent and due to late onset dementia (disorder)1421Cognitive impairment due to toxicity of substance (disorder)1422Impaired executive functioning (finding)1423Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with cognitive symptoms (disorder)1424Cognitive impairment co-occurrent and due to primary psychotic disorder (disorder)1425Severe cognitive impairment (finding)1426Moderate cognitive impairment (finding)1427Memory impairment (finding)1428Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome (finding)1429Disturbance of cognitive learning (finding)1430Lack of thinking ability (finding)1431Minimal cognitive impairment (finding)1432Age-related cognitive decline (finding)1433At risk for cognitive impairment (finding)1434At risk of confusion (finding)1435At risk for delirium (finding)1436PROCEDURES / THERAPIES / PHYSICAL OBJECTS 1437Analgesic technique (procedure)1438Administration of intravenous antiarrhythmic drug (procedure)1439Diuretic therapy (procedure)1440Antidepressant therapy (procedure)1441Antipsychotic drug therapy (procedure)1442Benzodiazepine therapy (procedure)1443Analgesic technique (procedure)1444Administration of intravenous antiarrhythmic drug (procedure)1445Diuretic therapy (procedure)1446Antidepressant therapy (procedure)1447Antipsychotic drug therapy (procedure)1448Benzodiazepine therapy (procedure)1449Bedrest care (regime / therapy)1450Bedrest (regime / therapy)1451Primary bedrest stabilization of spinal fracture (procedure)1452Primary open reduction spinal fracture and bedrest stabilization (procedure)1453Revision to bedrest stabilization of spinal fracture (procedure)1454Primary closed reduction spinal fracture and bedrest stabilization (procedure)1455Revision to open reduction spinal fracture and bedrest stabilization (procedure)1456Revision to closed reduction spinal fracture and bedrest stabilization (procedure)1457Assistance with mobility (procedure)1458Assistance with mobility in bed (procedure)1459Walking aid (physical object)1460Stick, walking device (physical object)1461Crutches (physical object)1462Walking frame (physical object)1463Tripod (physical object)1464Cane, device (physical object)1465Crutch, device (physical object)1466Cane, device (physical object)1467Long cane (physical object)1468Walking assistive device (physical object)1469Walking stick / Crutches (physical object)1470Walker / Walking frame (physical object)1471Walking aid ice grip (physical object)1472Walking stick holder (physical object)1473Walking aid handgrip (physical object)1474Walking aid tip (physical object)1475Walker (physical object)1476Gait rehabilitation electronic walker (physical object)1477Walking chair, non-foldable (physical object)1478Walking table (physical object)1479Basic walker, non-foldable (physical object)1480Walking chair, foldable (physical object)1481Basic walker, foldable (physical object)1482Bariatric walker, non-foldable (physical object)1483Bariatric walker, foldable (physical object)1484Patient / medical device walker, home-use (physical object)1485Patient / medical device walker (physical object)1486Intravenous therapy / heparin lock1487Heparin lock flush syringe, single-use (physical object)1488Heparin lock flush syringe, reprocessed (physical object)1489Intravenous therapy (regime / therapy)1490Checking intravenous tubing for air bubbles (regime / therapy)1491Changing intravenous infusion line (regime / therapy)1492Administration of sedative (procedure)1493Benzodiazepine therapy (procedure)1494Administration of sedative via rectal route (procedure)1495Induction of minimal sedation (procedure)1496Induction of deep sedation (procedure)1497Induction of conscious sedation (procedure)1498Oral sedation (procedure)1499Sedation with analgesic adjunct (procedure)1500Inhalational sedation (procedure)1501Intramuscular sedation (procedure)1502Intravenous sedation (procedure)1503Induction of sedation (procedure)1504Premedication for anesthetic procedure (procedure)1505Intravenous infusion (procedure)1506Intravenous radionuclide therapy (procedure)1507Infusion of drug or medicament via intravenous route (procedure)1508Resuscitation using intravenous fluid (procedure)1509Diabetes mellitus insulin-glucose infusion in acute myocardial infarction (procedure)1510Continuous infusion of dextrose saline (procedure)1511Continuous infusion of normal saline (procedure)1512Intravenous blood transfusion (procedure)1513Intravenous blood transfusion of platelets (procedure)1514Insertion of pleural tube drain (procedure)1515Opening of chest and insertion of pleural tube drain (procedure)1516Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity using ultrasound guidance (procedure)1517Insertion of pleural tube using computed tomography guidance (procedure)1518Thoracentesis with insertion of pleural tube (procedure)1519Insertion of underwater seal chest drain (procedure)1520Tube thoracostomy with water seal (procedure)1521Injection of indwelling catheter (procedure)1522Hickman line injection (procedure)1523Portocath injection (procedure)1524Replacement of indwelling catheter of urinary bladder (procedure)1525Deflating indwelling urethral catheter balloon (procedure)1526Catheterization of bladder by indwelling suprapubic catheter (procedure)1527Therapeutic drainage of amniotic fluid by indwelling catheter (procedure)1528Insertion of tunneled indwelling catheter with cuff into pleura (procedure)1529Insertion of indwelling tunneled catheter with cuff by percutaneous approach using radiologic guidance (procedure)1530Insertion of indwelling catheter into urinary bladder (procedure)1531Indwelling catheter removed (situation)1532Indwelling catheter inserted (situation)1533Intermittent pneumatic compression stockings (physical object)1534Assistance with mobility (procedure)1535Assistance with mobility in bed (procedure)1536Self-care assistance: transfer (procedure)1537Able to transfer location with assistance (finding)1538Ambulation training (procedure)1539Gait training procedure (procedure)1540Ambulation therapy (regime / therapy)1541OTHER 1542Diagnoses / Comorbidities1543Fluids1544Orders1545Family History1546Prior Bed Exits1547# of Nurse Calls1548Length of Stay1549Rounding Compliance1550Hospital Unit1551RISK INDICATORS 1552Falls1553Pulmonary1554Skin1555Mobility Score1556Braden Score1557RISK SCORES (* = Falls, ** = EWS) 1558Morse*1559Johns Hopkins (JHFRAT)*1560Hendrich*1561Humpty Dumpty*1562STRATIFY*1563MEWS**1564NEWS**1565PEWS**1566MEOWS**1567SIRS**1568SOFA**1569RISK STRATIFICATIONS (High, Medium, Low) 1570Missing Risk Score / Risk Stratification Parameters1571RESPONSES (NOTIFICATIONS AND ACTIONS) 1572RISK CONTEXT (for Patient Deterioration sub-vectors) 1573Respiratory Distress 1574age >= 70157560 <= age <= 701576prior hospitalization within 90 days1577COPD1578morbid obesity1579weight >= 250 lbs & gender = F1580weight >= 300 lbs & gender = M1581abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery1582pneumonia1583albumin < 401584blood urea nitrogen > 401585respiratory rate > 301586respiratory rate < 101587spo2 < 951588peripheral edema1589current opioids1590pulmonary consult1591blood transfusion1592decreased loc1593restlessness1594Sepsis1595Acute Kidney Injury1596Hemorrhage1597Congestive Heart Failure1598Respiratory Distress In Table 11, the bolded entries in the data elements column are headings or data elements categories and the data elements listed beneath the bolded heading line are the data elements within the bolded category.

[0137] According to this disclosure, phrases of the form "at least one of A and B" and "at least one of the following: A and B" and similar such phrases, mean "A, or B, or both A and B." Phrases of the form "at least one of A or B" and "at least one of the following: A or B" and similar such phrases, also mean "A, or B, or both A and B."

[0138] Although certain illustrative embodiments have been described in detail above, many embodiments, variations and modifications are possible.

Claims

1. A system (10) for use in a healthcare facility, the system comprising an analytics engine (20), a plurality of equipment (12) each having a locating tag attached and providing data to the analytics engine, the data pertaining to locations of the plurality of equipment (12) determined based on the locating tags and a patient in the healthcare facility, the plurality of equipment including at least one of the following: a patient support apparatus, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, or an incontinence detection pad, wherein the analytics engine (20) analyzes the data from the plurality of equipment (12) to determine in substantially real time at least one of the following: a first score relating to a risk of the patient developing sepsis, a second score relating to a risk of the patient falling, and a third score relating to a risk of the patient developing a pressure injury, and characterised in that the first, second and third scores are based, in part, on the locations of the plurality of equipment (12) relative to the patient, and in that the system further comprises: a computer coupled to the analytics engine (20) and coordinating a caregiver rounding interval at which at least one caregiver assigned to the patient is required to check in on the patient, wherein: when the analytics engine determines the first score, in response to the first score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates an infusion pump for the delivery of IV antibiotics and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval; when the analytics engine determines the second score, in response to the second score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to the one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates a bed exit or patient position monitoring function and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval; and when the analytics engine determines the third score, in response to the third score increasing from a first value to a second value, the analytics engine initiates an alert to the one or more caregivers assigned to the patient and automatically activates an alternating pressure function of a mattress and the computer automatically decreases the caregiver rounding interval; and wherein the computer automatically increases the caregiver rounding interval in response to the at least one of the first, second, or third scores decreasing from the second value to the first value.

2. The system (10) of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of displays (36) communicatively coupled to the analytics engine (20) and operable to display the at least two first, second, and third scores, the plurality of displays (36) comprising at least two of the following: a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.

3. The system (10) of either claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the plurality of equipment (12) includes at least three of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad, preferably at least four of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad, more preferably at least five of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad, and still more preferably all six of the following: the patient support apparatus, the nurse call computer, the physiological monitor, the patient lift, the locating computer, and the incontinence detection pad.

4. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein each of the first, second, and third scores is normalized by the analytics engine (20) so as to have a minimum value and a maximum value that is common to each of the other first, second, and third scores.

5. The system (10) of claim 4, wherein the minimum value is 0 for each of the first, second, and third scores, or wherein the minimum value is 1 for each of the first, second, and third scores, or wherein the maximum value is 5 for each of the first, second, and third scores.

6. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the analytics engine (20) communicates the at least two first, second, and third scores to at least one piece of equipment of the plurality of equipment (12).

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one piece of equipment of the plurality of equipment (12) includes a device display and wherein steps for lowering at least one of the first, second, and third scores is displayed on the device display.

8. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein data from the patient support apparatus includes at least one patient vital sign sensed by at least one vital sign sensor integrated into the patient support apparatus, and / or wherein data from the patient support apparatus further includes patient weight, and / or wherein data from the patient support apparatus includes a position of the patient on the patient support apparatus, and / or wherein data from the patient support apparatus further includes data indicative of an amount of motion by the patient while supported on the patient support apparatus, and / or wherein data from the physiological monitor includes one or more of the following: heart rate data, electrocardiograph (EKG) data, respiration rate data, patient temperature data, pulse oximetry data, and blood pressure data.

9. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the first score is at or near a maximum value if the following criteria exist: i) the patient's temperature is greater than about 38.3° Celsius (C) (about 101° Fahrenheit (F)) or less than about 35.6° C (about 96° F.), ii) the patient's heart rate is greater than 90 beats per minute; and iii) the patient's respiration rate is greater than 20 respirations per minute.

10. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the analytics engine (20) initiates a message to a mobile device (60) of the at least one caregiver assigned to the patient if the first, second, or third score increases from a previous value, or reaches a threshold value.

11. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the analytics engine (20) also receives additional data from an international pressure ulcer prevalence (IPUP) survey for the patient and analyzes the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores, and / or wherein the analytics engine also receives additional data relating to at least one wound of the patient and analyzes the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores, and / or wherein the analytics engine also receives additional data relating to at least one of the following: fluid input and output, cardiac output, comorbidities, and bloodwork, and wherein the analytics engine analyzes the additional data in connection with determining at least one of the first, second, and third scores.

12. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the physiological monitor comprises at least one of the following: a wireless patch sensor attached to the patient, an ambulatory cardiac monitor, an EKG, a respiration rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, and a thermometer.

13. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the analytics engine (20) is configured to receive patient demographics data of the patient including at least one of age, race, and weight; wherein the analytics engine (20) is configured to receive comorbidity data of the patient including data indicating that the patient has at least one of the following medical conditions: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), anemia, chronic congestive heart failure, asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, cystic fibrosis, dementia, emphysema, alcohol or drug abuse, stroke, pulmonary emboli, a history of sepsis, type 1 diabetes, morbid obesity, neuromuscular disease, prior intubation, scoliosis, smoker, delirium, asplenic, bone marrow transplant, cirrhosis, dialysis, diverticulosis, heart valve disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, joint replacement, leukopenia, malignancy, neoplasm, organ transplant, peripheral vascular disease, renal disease, pressure injury, recent abortion, recent childbirth, seizures, sickle cell anemia, or terminal illness; wherein the analytics engine (20) is configured to receive physiological data measured by a physiological monitor having at least one sensor coupled to, or in communication with, the patient, the physiological data being dynamic and changing over time while the patient is being monitored by the physiological monitor; and wherein the analytics engine (20) is configured to calculate a risk score of the patient in substantially real time based on the patient demographics data, the comorbidity data, and the physiological data.

14. The system (10) of any preceding claim, wherein the analytics engine (20) is configured to: receive dynamic clinical variables and vital signs information of the patient, use the vital signs information to develop prior vital signs patterns and current vital signs patterns, compare the prior vital signs patterns with the current vital signs patterns, receive one or more of the following: static variables of the patient, subjective complaints of the patient, prior healthcare utilization patterns of the patient, or social determinants of health data of the patient, and use the dynamic clinical variables, the vital signs information, the results of the comparison of the prior vital signs patterns with the current vital signs patterns, and the one or more of the static variables, the subjective complaints, the healthcare utilization patterns, or the social determinants of health data in an algorithm to detect or predict that the patient has sepsis or is likely to develop sepsis.