Medical Bed Resource Prediction System Using Feedback-Driven Profile Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current medical software applications for bed management in emergency rooms face challenges such as extensive learning periods, data collection latencies, and inadequate utilization of data from other computer systems, leading to inefficiencies in predicting and managing bed overflow situations.

Innovation Solution

A resource management system that includes a processor, memory, and communications interface for storing and transmitting resource management data across a network, allowing for predictive processing and feedback-driven updates to optimize bed allocation and management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If medical software applications use artificial intelligence to determine and simulate various scenarios for bed management, then the prediction accuracy of bed overflow is improved, but the learning period required before the software can function properly increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidlearning period
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary simulations of bed overflow scenarios during the learning period to pre-calculate prediction models. This allows the software to have prediction capabilities ready before actual use, reducing the effective learning period while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously receives feedback from actual bed management outcomes and uses this to refine prediction models. This feedback mechanism allows the software to improve prediction accuracy over time without requiring an extended initial learning period, as each cycle of operation contributes to model refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If medical software applications collect continuous data for training during the learning period, then the AI model accuracy is improved, but data loss and latencies are introduced

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAI model accuracyVSAvoiddata loss
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary data buffering layer that temporarily stores collected data before processing. This intermediary structure prevents data loss during high-volume collection periods and reduces latencies by batch-processing data rather than requiring immediate processing of each data point.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of continuous real-time processing during data collection, the system uses periodic batch processing intervals. This approach maintains AI model accuracy by regularly updating models with accumulated data while avoiding the data loss and latency issues associated with continuous real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Device complexity

If medical software applications operate independently without utilizing data from other computer systems, then system complexity is reduced, but the ability to collectively process data for improving AI performance is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoiddata processing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal data exchange interface that allows multiple independent medical software applications to share bed management data through a standardized protocol. This maintains low system complexity at each individual site while enabling collective data processing across the network, improving overall AI performance without requiring complex integrated systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11908571B1Apparatus, system and method for data diffusion in a medical computer system
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE LLC
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AI summary

A resource management system for medical software applications. Profile parameters of a first health care facility are received and processed to select one of a plurality stored profile data that contain profile parameters having a threshold similarity to the profile parameters for the first health care facility. A system resource manager loads resource management data associated with the selected profile data, wherein the resource management data comprises data relating to capabilities and capacities of the health care facility associated with the selected profile data. A systems intelligence manager performs predictive processing on the resource management data of the selected profile data and feedback data to update resource management data. The resource management data and updates of the selected profile data is transmitted to the first health care facility for execution in the resource management software.