Remote command center for patient monitoring relationship to other applications

a remote command center and patient monitoring technology, applied in the field of critically ill patient care system and method, can solve the problems of unacceptably high icu mortality rate, clinical complications, serious disability or death, etc., and achieve the effect of minimizing adverse events, economic benefits, and minimizing complications and adverse events

US20060085229A9Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-20VISICU
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Publication Date
2006-04-20
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Abstract

A remote command center for providing services to geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. A datastore accessible to the remote command center receives patient data from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. Monitored data elements of geographically dispersed hospitalized patients are also received at the remote command center and stored in the datastore. A smart alert module generates and applies patient specific rules to selected data elements. If a patient-specific rule for a hospitalized patient has been contravened, an alert is issued from the remote command center. A patient care module displays selected data elements of the hospitalized patients at the remote command center. A decision support module applies decision support algorithms to selected data elements of a hospitalized patient and to user input to provide patient care advice. Patient care advice comprises a diagnosis, a method of treatment, and a laboratory protocol. The decision support module may also write orders for medication, laboratory protocols and surgical procedures.
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[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09 / 443,072, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,804,656, filed Nov. 18, 1999. The 09 / 443,072 application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention relates generally to the care of patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). More particularly this invention is a system and method for care of the critically ill that combines a real-time, multi-node telemedicine network and an integrated, patient care management system to enable specially-trained Intensivists to provide 24-hour / 7-day-per-week patient monitoring and management to multiple, geographically dispersed ICUs from both on-site and remote locations. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] While the severity of illness of ICU patients over the past 15 years has increased dramatically, the level of and type of physician coverage in most ICUs has remained constant. Most ICU patients r...

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[0163] The present invention is a system and method for remote monitoring of ICU's from a distant command center / remote location. By monitoring a plurality of ICU's remotely, intensivists can better spread their expertise over more ICU beds that heretofore achievable. The presence of 24-hour a day / 7 day-per-week intensivist care dramatically decreases the mortality rates associated with ICU care.

[0164] Referring to FIGS. 1A and 1B, the Billing and Demographic data structure of the present invention is illustrated. Patient demographic information 9010 is collected on the particular patient. This information comprises all the typical kinds of information one would normally gather on a patient such as first name, last name, telephone number, marital status, and other types of information. Patient insurance information 9012 is collected and associated with the patient demographic information 9010. Patient insurance information 9012 relates to information on the type of accident and rel...