Patent ID: 8457985

Claim:
A method for monitoring patient care in a computer-implemented system, comprising: a) accessing a rule criterion, the rule criterion comprising a plurality of conditions; b) accessing a response criterion, the response criterion comprising a plurality of responses: c) receiving patient data comprising at least one target event having a current value; d) analyzing the patient data according to the rule criterion and the response criterion; e) generating a practice interval having a defined length of time that is determined based upon the response criterion and the patient data; f) dynamically adjusting the practice interval based on the patient data: wherein the practice interval is dynamically adjusted based upon a criticality of the patient data or based upon one or more trends indicated by the patient data, wherein the criticality is determined as a percentage of the distance between a critical value of the target event and a baseline value of the target event and weighted in relation to a predetermined criticality factor pertaining to the target event, and wherein a trend indicated by the patient data is determined based upon a value and timing of at least one or more previously received target event, if any, the critical value of the target event, the baseline value of the target event, and a predetermined trend factor pertaining to the target event; and g) generating a reminder notification if the patient data does not satisfy the response criterion within the practice interval, wherein the accessing, receiving, analyzing, and generating functions are performed by the computer-implemented system.