US 11,699,528 B2
Falls risk management
Chiew Yuan Chung, Singapore (SG); Kirsten Emmons, Batesville, IN (US); Matthew McCormick Riordan, Apex, NC (US); Karrie Browne, Batesville, IN (US); Yuan Shi, Singapore (SG); Eugene Urrutia, Durham, NC (US); and Lori Ann Zapfe, Milroy, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/911,498.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,394, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0411198 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 50/30 (2018.01) [A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G08B 21/043 (2013.01); G08B 21/0461 (2013.01); G08B 25/008 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatically assessing patient fall risk, the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
a) automatically aggregate falls-related data for a patient from one or more healthcare information systems;
b) access falls-related rules for a healthcare facility administering care to the patient, the falls-related rules defining criteria for fall risk stratifications and protocols for each fall risk stratification, and the falls-related rules being custom for the healthcare facility;
c) stratify fall risk of the patient based on healthcare facility falls-related rules and falls-related data associated with the patient;
d) automatically generate tasks and alerts based on a fall risk stratification of the patient and the healthcare facility falls-related rules, wherein the tasks and alerts are communicated through a mobile application to caregivers assigned to the patient; and
e) repeat steps a-d until the healthcare facility is no longer administering care to the patient,
wherein the system is configured to generate commands to one or more external devices to automatically perform tasks or adjustments to reduce the patient's fall risk based on the patient's risk stratification, including to enable a bed rail associated with a bed that is supporting the patient, and
wherein at least one of the tasks is communicating a command to a bed exit alarm to automatically arm the bed exit alarm when the fall risk stratification is high.