Patent ID: 11911187
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. A method for monitoring a subject, wherein the method comprises acts of:
receiving, at a signal interface of a system for monitoring a health status of the subject, input data relating to a plurality of event occurrences for the subject, the input data comprising, for each event occurrence, information representative of at least one of activity of the subject and care activity provided to the subject;
determining, with a processor of the system, a trend in a health parameter of the subject based on the input data;
detecting, with a trend analyzer of the system, one or more irregularities in the trend;
classifying, with a monitor of the system, each of the one or more irregularities as at least one of an outlier to the trend and a changepoint in the trend; and
determining, with the monitor of the system, a health status of the subject based on the irregularity classification of each of the one or more irregularities,
wherein the health status of the subject is representative of at least one of a risk of an adverse event occurrence and a time until care activity requirements change,
wherein the act of determining a health status of the subject comprises:
determining, based on the irregularity classification of each of the one or more irregularities, at least one of a value of the risk of an adverse event occurrence and a value of the time until care activity requirements change, and
wherein the changepoint is determined when last data points of the determined trend are a better fit to a new trend which is different from the determined trend.