Notification system of deviation from predefined conditions

摘要

The present invention includes a healthcare system for capturing and maintaining patient healthcare records and employing information in the records to proactively alert hospital workers to a condition that places patient health at risk.

主权项

1. A notification system comprising:
a patient support having a configuration; a patient support monitoring system; a patient's condition or risk factor associated with a patient stored in said patient support monitoring system; and based on the patient's condition or risk factor for the patient, said patient support monitoring system configured to automatically select or determine a set of appropriate patient support configurations or criteria as default configurations or criteria for the patient and to detect and monitor when the patient support's configuration or criteria is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient and to generate a notification of an unsatisfactory configuration of the patient support when the patient support's configuration is unsuitable for the patient based on the default configurations or criteria for the patient based on the patient's condition or risk factor.