SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DISPOSITION AND DEFERRING CLINICAL SERVICES

• Main Authors: Balakrishnan, Syamanthaka, Eshelman, Larry James, Boverman, Gregory, Shivanna, Vikram, Kulkarni, Chaitanya, Noren, David Paul, Swaminathan, Kailash, Adhikari, Lasith, Simhon, Eran
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.01.2023
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

A method for performing, using a patient disposition system, a disposition analysis of a plurality of patients to optimize a discharge planning process for each of the plurality of patients, including: (i) receiving electronic medical record information about each of the plurality of patients; (ii) identifying one of a plurality of different patient types for each of the plurality of patients based on the received electronic medical record information; (iii) selecting a trained multi-state model for each identified patient type; and (iv) determining, based on the selected trained multi-state model, a disposition state for each of the plurality of patients in real-time, wherein each disposition state includes a location to which the patient is to be discharged. The method further includes determining at least one service or assessment that can be deferred to the location to which the patient is to be discharged.