IP Library Granted Patent US 12,020,809
Granted Patent B2
US 12,020,809 · App. 17/769,252 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Systems and methods for computer modeling for healthcare bottleneck prediction and mitigation

Inventors: Anjali Tomer (Pittsburgh, PA); Scott Jubeck (Pittsburgh, PA); Ratna Divya Kanthi Bejjam (Bridgeville, PA)
Assignee: TELETRACKING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
G16H40/20G06Q10/06311G06Q10/067
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Patent No.
US 12,020,809
App. No.
17/769,252
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for managing predictive bottleneck models. The system receives, from a user device, bottleneck data indicating a bottleneck within a facility. The system compiles, based on the received indication, contextual data associated with the bottleneck. The system analyzes the bottleneck data and the contextual data conjunctively and determines a relationship between the bottleneck data and the contextual data. The system updates a predictive bottleneck model based on the determined relationship.

Claims (55)

1. A computerized system for managing predictive bottleneck models, the system comprising:

at least one processor in communication with a communications network; and

a storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, configure the at least one processor to:

create a predictive bottleneck model, wherein the predictive bottleneck model is a machine-learning model that predicts future bottleneck and generates interactive graphical user interfaces having recommendations based upon an analysis of data, wherein to create the predictive bottleneck model comprises steps of:

receiving, at a facility system and from a user device and sensing devices that are located throughout a facility and that monitor one or more conditions of the facility and capture tracking data of a patient throughout the facility, bottleneck data indicating a bottleneck within the facility based upon movement of the patient within the facility as identified from the captured tracking data;

confirming, from data gathered from polling the sensing devices, the bottleneck;

compiling, based on the received indication, contextual data associated with the bottleneck, wherein the contextual data comprises historical data and real time data generated and sourced from sources outside the facility and identifying conditions corresponding to historical bottlenecks and the bottleneck and having at least one similarity to data related to the bottleneck;

analyzing the bottleneck data and the contextual data conjunctively, wherein the analyzing comprises determining factors that influence the formation and severity of a bottleneck;

determining a relationship between the bottleneck data and the contextual data, wherein the determining comprises identifying a statistical correlation between the prevalence of a data element and the formation and severity of a bottleneck; and

adding the relationship to a bottleneck dataset, wherein the bottleneck dataset comprises a training dataset for the predictive bottleneck model;

train the predictive bottleneck model using the bottleneck dataset;

in response to a user input via the interactive graphical user interface containing information related to a possible bottleneck within the facility, predict, by the predictive bottleneck model, bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility, and recommend, by the predictive bottleneck model, at least one corrective action to mitigate the bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility;

modify the bottleneck dataset utilizing new bottleneck data, contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data, and determined relationship between the new bottleneck data and contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data; and

update the predictive bottleneck model using the modified bottleneck dataset and using the updated predictive bottleneck model to make further predictions regarding bottlenecks occurring at a new future time within the facility.

2. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the at least one processor to provide at least one fix to mitigate the bottleneck within the facility.

3. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein the bottleneck data comprises tracking data from sensors indicating movements of patients within the facility.

4. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein the bottleneck data comprises data indicating an area within the facility is experiencing at least one of: a level of throughput below a predetermined threshold level, a patient query above a threshold level, and an elevated level of delay.

5. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the at least one processor to confirm the bottleneck by comparing the bottleneck data to a previously confirmed bottleneck.

6. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein to compile comprises compiling historical data related to previous bottlenecks.

7. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein to analyze comprises determining factors that influence a severity of the bottleneck and determining how the factors influence the severity.

8. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein to determine comprises identifying a statistically recurring prevalence of the bottleneck and at least a portion of the contextual data.

9. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein the predictive model comprises parameters that comprise weights determined utilizing modeling techniques.

10. The computerized system of claim 1 , wherein to update comprises automatically modifying parameters of the predictive model based upon the relationships.

11. A computerized method for managing predictive bottleneck models, the method comprising:

creating, by at least one processor, a predictive bottleneck model, wherein the predictive bottleneck model is a machine-learning model that predicts future bottlenecks and generates interactive graphical user interfaces having recommendations based upon an analysis of data, wherein the creating the predictive bottleneck model comprises steps of:

receiving, at a facility system and from a user device and sensing devices that are located throughout a facility and that monitor one or more conditions of the facility and capture tracking data of a patient throughout the facility, bottleneck data indicating a bottleneck within the facility based upon movement of the patient within the facility as identified from the captured tracking data;

confirming, from data gathered from polling the sensing devices, the bottleneck;

compiling, based on the received indication, contextual data associated with the bottleneck, wherein the contextual data comprises historical data and real time data generated and sourced from sources outside the facility and identifying conditions corresponding to historical bottlenecks and the bottleneck and having at least one similarity to data related to the bottleneck;

analyzing the bottleneck data and the contextual data conjunctively, wherein the analyzing comprises determining factors that influence the formation and severity of a bottleneck;

determining a relationship between the bottleneck data and the contextual data, wherein the determining comprises identifying a statistical correlation between the prevalence of a data element and the formation and severity of a bottleneck;

adding the relationship to a bottleneck dataset, wherein the bottleneck dataset comprises a training dataset for the predictive bottleneck model;

training the predictive bottleneck model using the bottleneck dataset;

in response to a user input via the interactive graphical user interface containing information related to a possible bottleneck within the facility, predicting, by the predictive bottleneck model, bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility, and recommending at least one corrective action to mitigate the bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility;

modifying the bottleneck dataset utilizing new bottleneck data, contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data, and determined relationship between the new bottleneck data and contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data; and

updating the predictive bottleneck model using the modified bottleneck dataset and using the updated predictive bottleneck model to make further predictions regarding bottlenecks occurring at a new future time within the facility.

12. The computerized method of claim 11 , further comprising providing at least one fix to mitigate the bottleneck within the facility.

13. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the bottleneck data comprises tracking data from sensors indicating movements of patients within the facility.

14. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the bottleneck data comprises data indicating an area within the facility is experiencing at least one of: a level of throughput below a predetermined threshold level, a patient query above a threshold level, and an elevated level of delay.

15. The computerized method of claim 11 , further comprising confirming the bottleneck by comparing the bottleneck data to a previously confirmed bottleneck.

16. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the compiling comprises compiling historical data related to previous bottlenecks.

17. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the analyzing comprises determining factors that influence a severity of the bottleneck and determining how the factors influence the severity.

18. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the determining comprises identifying a statistically recurring prevalence of the bottleneck and at least a portion of the contextual data.

19. The computerized method of claim 11 , wherein the updating comprises automatically modifying parameters of the predictive model based upon the relationships.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations for managing predictive bottleneck models, the operations comprising:

creating a predictive bottleneck model, wherein the predictive bottleneck model is a machine-learning model that predicts future bottlenecks and generates interactive graphical user interfaces having recommendations based upon an analysis of data, wherein the creating the predictive bottleneck model comprises steps of:

receiving, at a facility system and from a user device and sensing devices that are located throughout a facility and that monitor one or more conditions of the facility and capture tracking data of a patient throughout the facility, bottleneck data indicating a bottleneck within the facility based upon movement of the patient within the facility as identified from the captured tracking data;

confirming, from data gathered from polling the sensing devices, the bottleneck;

compiling, based on the received indication, contextual data associated with the bottleneck, wherein the contextual data comprises historical data and real time data generated and sourced from sources outside the facility and identifying conditions corresponding to historical bottlenecks and the bottleneck and having at least one similarity to data related to the bottleneck;

analyzing the bottleneck data and the contextual data conjunctively, wherein the analyzing comprises determining factors that influence the formation and severity of a bottleneck;

determining a relationship between the bottleneck data and the contextual data, wherein the determining comprises identifying a statistical correlation between the prevalence of a data element and the formation and severity of a bottleneck;

adding the relationship to a bottleneck dataset, wherein the bottleneck dataset comprises a training dataset for the predictive bottleneck model;

training the predictive bottleneck model using the bottleneck dataset,

in response to a user input via the interactive graphical user interface containing information related to a possible bottleneck within the facility, predicting, by the predictive bottleneck model, bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility, and recommending at least one corrective action to mitigate the bottlenecks occurring at a future time within the facility;

modifying the bottleneck dataset utilizing new bottleneck data, contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data, and determined relationship between the new bottleneck data and contextual data associated with the new bottleneck data; and

updating the predictive bottleneck model using the modified bottleneck dataset and using the updated predictive bottleneck model to make further predictions regarding bottlenecks occurring at a new future time within the facility.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2024
From: BEJJAM, RATNA DIVYA KANTHI
To: TELETRACKING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067418/0988 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2022
From: TOMER, ANJALI; JUBECK, SCOTT
To: TELETRACKING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059604/0198 →
Continuity (2)
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