Remote Infusion Regimen Monitoring With Real-Time Pump Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for monitoring compliance with infusion regimens in home settings are inadequate, often relying on phone calls, medication inventory checks, and infrequent nurse visits, which are misleading or untimely, failing to ensure timely and complete adherence to prescribed infusion schedules.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a healthcare provider's controller with a processing unit, database, and display to capture and compare infusion event data with prescribed regimens, providing real-time notifications and alarms to ensure compliance, and generating reports for payers and hospitals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional monitoring methods (phone calls, nurse visits) are used, then patient compliance can be checked, but the monitoring is untimely and misleading
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous real-time feedback by capturing infusion event data directly from the pump and comparing it with the prescribed regimen. This automatic feedback loop eliminates detection delays and provides precise compliance monitoring without requiring manual phone calls or nurse visits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary monitoring system that acts as a mediator between the infusion pump and healthcare providers. This intermediary automatically captures, transmits, and analyzes infusion data, replacing manual monitoring methods and providing timely, accurate compliance information.
2Productivity
If home infusion is used to avoid hospitalization, then patient preference and cost benefits are achieved, but compliance with infusion protocols becomes difficult to monitor
Solution Approach 1:
The infusion pump performs self-monitoring by automatically capturing its own infusion event data and transmitting it to the monitoring system. This self-service capability ensures reliable compliance monitoring without requiring external manual intervention, maintaining both home infusion benefits and protocol adherence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring mechanisms (phone calls, nurse observations) with an electronic automated system. This substitution uses electronic data capture and transmission from the pump to provide reliable, objective compliance information, eliminating the limitations of manual monitoring methods.
3Reliability
If pump infusion is used instead of gravity infusion, then safer medication delivery is achieved, but complexity of managing infusions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides continuous feedback to patients and caregivers through real-time monitoring of infusion status. This feedback mechanism includes notifications about infusion progress, completion, and any deviations from the prescribed regimen, making pump infusion management as easy as gravity infusion while maintaining safety advantages.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system acts as an intermediary that simplifies pump infusion management by automatically handling data capture, transmission, and analysis. This intermediary reduces the burden on patients and caregivers, making the more sophisticated pump technology as user-friendly as simple gravity infusion while providing enhanced safety and monitoring capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for monitoring and managing a remote infusion regimen where a prescribed infusion regimen is provided and compared to subsequent infusion event data to determine if the data falls within predetermined parameters. If the data does not fall within predetermined parameters a monitoring technician, supportive caregiver, patient or some combination thereof are immediately notified so that corrective action may be taken.