Remote Patient Environment Management via Video and Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Caregivers face limitations in spending time with patients due to the need to walk between rooms and manage administrative tasks, and the time required for putting on personal protective equipment (PPE) further reduces direct patient care time, increasing costs and risks.
Innovation Solution
A computing device system that allows caregivers to remotely manage and communicate with patient environments through video feeds, user inputs, and network connections, restricting access based on distance, credentials, and patient conditions, enabling remote control of patient care equipment and environment management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If caregivers wear PPE to prevent infectious disease spread, then patient safety is improved, but the time required for putting on PPE reduces direct patient care time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the patient monitoring function from the physical presence of the caregiver in the patient environment. By using remote computing devices to access patient data and video feeds, the system separates the safety monitoring function from the physical caregiving function, allowing caregivers to maintain safety oversight without being physically present in patient rooms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a remote computing device as an intermediary between the caregiver and the patient environment. This intermediary allows the caregiver to monitor patient conditions, respond to alarms, and manage care tasks without physically entering the patient room, thereby eliminating the time required for PPE donning while maintaining safety oversight.
2Ease of operation
If caregivers walk from room to room to provide direct patient care, then patient interaction is improved, but the amount of time that can be spent with each patient is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the patient environment through video feeds and electronic monitoring systems. This copy allows the caregiver to observe and interact with the patient remotely without physically traveling to the patient's location, thereby maintaining patient interaction quality while eliminating the time loss associated with moving between rooms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the caregiver's interaction with the patient from a physical spatial dimension to a digital remote dimension. By using computing devices to access patient information and video feeds from distant locations, the system enables the caregiver to be present with the patient in a different dimensional space, eliminating the need to walk between rooms while maintaining care quality.
3Productivity
If caregivers perform administrative tasks, then care management is improved, but the amount of time that can be dedicated to direct patient care is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges administrative care management functions with the remote monitoring system. By integrating task management, alarm response, and patient monitoring into a single remote computing platform, the system allows caregivers to perform administrative tasks without leaving their remote location, thereby maintaining care management productivity while preserving direct patient care time.
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AI summary
A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.