Patient Document Alerting Using Learning-Based Necessity Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Medical institutions face challenges in generating necessary documents for patients due to prioritization of medical care, leading to potential administrative issues and financial risks.

Innovation Solution

A decision apparatus and method that calculates the necessity of document generation for a patient using a learning model, determining whether to output an alert based on state information and actual document generation status.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If medical care is prioritized over document generation, then quality of patient treatment is improved, but administrative compliance and financial stability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequality of patient treatmentVSAvoiddocument generation completion
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring patient state information and document generation status, then providing alerts to medical professionals when documents are missing. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that document generation requirements are tracked and addressed without requiring constant manual administrative oversight, thus maintaining treatment quality while improving compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically calculating the necessity of document generation based on patient state information and learning model predictions. The alert notification system allows medical professionals to self-monitor and self-correct document generation status, reducing the burden on administrative staff while ensuring compliance with medical regulations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If document generation is prioritized over medical care, then administrative compliance is improved, but time for patient treatment is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument generation completionVSAvoidquality of patient treatment
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and predicting which documents will be necessary based on patient state information before medical professionals complete their treatment tasks. The learning model identifies potential document requirements in advance, allowing medical professionals to generate necessary documents with minimal interruption to patient care activities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If manual monitoring of document generation is implemented, then administrative compliance is improved, but workload on medical professionals increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument generation completionVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces the mechanical system of manual monitoring with an automated information processing system. The learning model and alert notification mechanism substitute for human administrative oversight, automatically analyzing patient state information and generating alerts when documents are missing, thereby reducing the operational complexity and workload on medical professionals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Productivity

If automated alert system is implemented, then document generation compliance is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument generation completionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves universality by designing a multi-functional platform that combines patient state information management, learning model-based necessity calculation, and alert notification capabilities in a single integrated system. This universal system serves multiple purposes: tracking patient information, predicting document requirements, and notifying relevant personnel, thereby managing system complexity through functional consolidation.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12573482B2Decision apparatus, decision method, and computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.10 NEC CORP
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AI summary

The decision apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one memory configured to store an instruction, and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction. The processor executes the instruction, and thereby calculates a degree of necessity of generation of a document relating to a decision target person, by inputting state information of the decision target person with respect to a learning model being learned by using learning data including state information of a person and information indicating whether generation of the document relating to the person is necessary or unnecessary, and decides whether to output an alert related to document generation of the decision target person, by using the calculated degree of necessity and information indicating whether the document is actually generated for the decision target person.