Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Joseph Ernest Rock

Michael Nakagawa

Gerhard Spekowius

Mariana Simons-Nikolova

Aleksandra Tesanovic

Jarno Mikael Riistama

Emile Josephus Carlos Kelkboom

Rob Theodorus Udink

Alfred Langguth

Silviu Dovancescu

Catherine Rochford

Carolyn Alexander

There is provided a method and apparatus for adjusting a monitoring system which is arranged to receive measured values of a physiological characteristic of a subject and to generate an alarm when the received measured values meet at least one predefined alarm generation criterion. The method comprises obtaining data relating to a hospitalization of the subject, the data comprising a time of the hospitalization; obtaining a plurality of measured values of the physiological characteristic measured during a measurement period preceding the time of the hospitalization or a measurement period preceding and including the time of the hospitalization; defining a detection window as a time period ending with the time of the hospitalization and having a predetermined duration; determining whether the monitoring system would generate an alarm during the detection window based on applying the at least one predefined alarm generation criterion to the obtained plurality of measured values; and if the monitoring system would not generate an alarm during the detection window, altering the at least one predefined alarm generation criterion such that the time at which the monitoring system would generate an alarm based on applying the altered predefined alarm generation criterion to the obtained plurality of measured values is within the detection window.

Method and apparatus for adjusting a monitoring system

A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.

Guideline-based patient discharge planning

An interactive apparatus which includes (a) a processing unit automatically implementing a cardiac treatment algorithm, by using detected signals from a patient and the cardiac treatment algorithm, to output a recommended treatment on an output device; and (b) an input device inputting a selection comprising an acceptance or a rejection of the recommended treatment, wherein if the selection comprises an acceptance, then the processing unit outputs instructions and further implements the treatment algorithm using the recommended treatment, wherein if the selection comprises a rejection, then the processing unit outputs an alternative recommended treatment on the output device, subject to acceptance or rejection by the input device.

Defibrillator/monitor with patient specific treatment algorithms

A system and method includes a cardiac resuscitation apparatus connected to an automated external programmable defibrillator (AED) or a semi-automated external programmable defibrillator (SAED) includes an adhesive Doppler pad to detect a pulse signal of a patient. Defibrillation-monitoring pads are connected to the Doppler pad and detect an ECG signal of the patient. A processor integrates the pulse signal and the ECG signal to determine therefrom whether or not shock therapy is advised for the patient.

Integrated cardiac resuscitation system with ability to detect perfusion

An automatic ultrasound measurement system reduces the necessary amount of user interaction by correlating the results of one or more basic ultrasound measurements with a known set of parameters corresponding to the diagnoses of various potential conditions to automatically provide the user with the most probable potential diagnoses and with recommendations for additional measurements relevant to those potential diagnoses.

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Joseph Ernest Rock