Systems and methods for determining and visualizing medical device resource availability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021319886-A1
Application number	US-202117227225-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 9, 2021
Priority date	Apr 10, 2020
Publication date	Oct 14, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for collecting, aggregating, and visualizing resource availability information including medical device availability for one or more medical facilities. In one example, a method includes receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators; determining, for each ventilator of the plurality of ventilators, a ventilator status based on one or more of a ventilation start time, a ventilation stop time, a ventilator type, and a ventilator location, the one or more of the ventilation start time, the ventilation stop time, the ventilator type, and the ventilator location determined from the real-time data; and updating one or more resource availability graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based on the ventilator status.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators; determining, for each ventilator of the plurality of ventilators, a ventilator status based on one or more of a ventilation start time, a ventilation stop time, a ventilator type, and a ventilator location, the one or more of the ventilation start time, the ventilation stop time, the ventilator type, and the ventilator location determined from the real-time data; and updating one or more resource availability graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based on the ventilator status.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the ventilator status comprises determining:
a) if a ventilation start time has been indicated; b) if a ventilation stop time has not been indicated; c) if a ventilation start time has been indicated after a ventilation stop time; and d) if the ventilator is an invasive ventilator; and if, for a respective ventilator, a), d), and one of b) or c) are true, indicating the ventilator status is in use and that the ventilator is an invasive ventilator.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators comprises receiving real-time data from the plurality of ventilators or from one or more electronic medical record databases, and wherein updating the one or more resource availability GUIs based on the ventilator status comprises updating a ventilator occupancy rate displayed on the one or more resource availability GUIs.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising displaying, via the one or more resource availability GUIs, a graphical representation of the ventilator occupancy rate, the graphical representation configured to change in visual appearance in response to the ventilator occupancy rate increasing above a threshold rate.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators comprises receiving real-time data from a plurality of ventilators located at a plurality of different medical facilities.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators comprises receiving HL7 messages.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more resource availability GUIs include a first resource availability GUI configured to display resource availability in a hospital network at a national level, a regional level, and a facility level.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more resource availability GUIs include a second resource availability GUI configured to display resource availability across multiple hospital networks and/or multiple individual hospitals at a national level, a regional level, and a facility level.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more resource availability GUIs include a third resource availability GUI configured to display resource availability and patient load for a particular disease across one or more hospitals.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the particular disease is COVID-19, and wherein the third resource availability GUI is configured to display a count of patients undergoing COVID-19 testing, a count of patients determined to be positive for COVID-19, and a count of patients determined to be still under investigation for COVID-19.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource availability includes a ventilators in use count and/or a ventilator occupancy rate, each updated based on the ventilator status, and further includes a count of occupied beds, a count of blocked beds, a count of unoccupied beds, and a count of negative pressure beds for each unit of a plurality of medical facilities.

12 . A system, comprising:
a display; and a computing device operably coupled to the display and storing instructions executable to: receive real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators; determine, for each ventilator of the plurality of ventilators, based on the real-time data whether that ventilator is currently in use; output, to the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a respective ventilator occupancy rate for a hospital unit, a hospital, a hospital network, a state, a region, and/or a nation, each ventilator occupancy rate determined based on a number of ventilators determined to currently be in use and a location of each ventilator.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein to determine if a ventilator is currently in use, the instructions are executable to determine:
a) if a ventilation start time for that ventilator has been indicated; b) if a ventilation stop time for that ventilator has not been indicated; and c) if a ventilation start time for that ventilator has been indicated after a ventilation stop time; and wherein the instructions are further executable to determine that the ventilator is currently in use if a) and one of b) or c) are true.

14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are executable to determine a location of each ventilator based on the real-time data.

15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are executable to update each respective ventilator occupancy rate in real-time as the real-time data is received.

16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the GUI further includes a respective bed occupancy rate for one or more hospital units, one or more hospitals, one or more hospital networks, one or more states, one or more regions, and/or one or more nations.

17 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the GUI is configured to display a resource availability alert in response to determining that the ventilator occupancy rate and/or a bed occupancy rate is above a respective threshold level.

18 . A method, comprising:
receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of ventilators; determining, for each ventilator of the plurality of ventilators and based on the real-time data, whether that ventilator is currently in use in a defined geographical area; and output, to the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a ventilator occupancy rate for the defined geographical area, the ventilator occupancy rate for the defined geographical region determined based on whether or not each ventilator is currently in use in the defined geographical area.

19 . The method of claim 18 , where the determining includes determining for each ventilator:
a) if a ventilation start time has been indicated; b) if a ventilation stop time has not been indicated; c) if a ventilation start time has been indicated after a ventilation stop time; and d) if the ventilator is located in the defined geographical area; and if, for a respective ventilator, a), d), and one of b) or c) are true, the method includes indicating that the ventilator is currently in use in the defined geographical area.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising displaying, via the GUI, a graphical representation of the ventilator occupancy rate, the graphical representation configured to change in visual appearance in response to the ventilator occupancy rate increasing above a threshold rate.

Assignees

• Ge Prec Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Day Andrew
• Terry Jeffrey Richardson
• Hur Siyun
• Grum Mark
• Fakhouri Younan
• Sahariya Gaurav
• Devine Gabriella
• Lister Sean

Classifications

• G16H40/20 Primary

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title

• G16H40/40 Primary

  for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title