Patent ID: 8401874
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61B,G08B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A rules-based system for maternal-fetal care of pregnant patients comprising: a network; a plurality of pregnant patient monitoring stations configured to monitor patient data elements from the pregnant patients, wherein the monitored patient data elements comprise data elements indicative of medical conditions of the pregnant patients and fetuses carried by the pregnant patients (hereinafter, “fetal patients”); wherein each pregnant patient monitoring station comprises a communications interface that transmits tile monitored patient data elements to a remote command center via the network; and a remote command center connected to the network, wherein the remote command center comprises a rules engine, wherein the rules engine comprises rules tailored to the medical condition of a patent, and wherein the rules engine comprises instructions which when executed by the remote command center cause the remote command center to: receive the pregnant patient data elements; acquire other patient data elements, wherein the other patient data elements are indicative of the medical conditions of the pregnant patients and their fetal patients, and wherein the monitored patient data elements and the other patient data elements are collectively referred to as “pregnant patient data elements”; utilize the rules engine to apply rules tailored to the medical condition of a patient to at least two pregnant patient data elements; determine when the conditions of any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied; and when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patients have been satisfied, take an action in accordance with the rule with respect to a particular one of the pregnant patients to whom the rule applies, and wherein the monitoring and determining when the conditions of the any one of the rules tailored to the medical condition of the pregnant patient has been satisfied occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center according to the rules of the rules engine whenever the rules engine is in operation.