US Patent:
20120239435, Sep 20, 2012
Inventors:
Colleen M. Ennett - White Plains NY, US
Pradyumna Dutta - Croton-on-Hudson NY, US
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN
International Classification:
G06Q 50/24
Abstract:
When annotating a patient's medical or clinical record, an automated annotation system compares aggregated patient data (e.g., historical vital sign data, lab results, patient admission/discharge/transfer information, etc.) and matches events and/or patterns therein to procedure profiles to determine whether a given procedure is required, in progress, or completed. If the probability of procedure necessity or occurrence is above a predetermined threshold, then system inserts an annotation into the clinical record to mitigate a need for a clinician to manually enter the annotation. Alarm parameters are adjusted to reflect a physiological response to the determined procedure, to reduce false alarm triggers. Additionally or alternatively, triggered advisories may be suppressed from the user interface for a time period during which conditions specified in the procedure profile exist, or for a specific period of time following the procedure. In another embodiment, triggered advisories that occur under the specific conditions identified in a procedure profile may be flagged in the patient's medical record with a notification that the suspected procedure is being performed.