Patent ID: 8170887

Claim:
A system for providing computerized expert care support simultaneously to patients in geographically separate health care locations (HCLs) from a remote location comprising: a network; a remote command center for simultaneously managing the care of HCL patients in the geographically separate HCLs over the network, wherein the remote command center has access to a database; monitoring stations located in the geographically separate HCLs, wherein the monitoring stations comprise instructions for obtaining monitored patient data elements wherein the monitored patient data elements are communicated to the database via the network, and wherein the database comprises stored atient data elements comprising the monitored patient data elements and other patient data elements associated with medical conditions of the patients; and wherein the remote command center has access to a computerized patient care management system, which comprises instructions for: accessing patient data elements from the stored patient data elements; utilizing a rules engine to apply rules repeatedly and automatically to at least two patient data elements, wherein the rules identify existing or potential patient conditions; using information generated by the rules engine to determine if an alert should be available to the remote command center; and providing alerts to be concurrently available at the remote command center for all patients for whom the computerized patient care management system determines that an alert should be available at that time.