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US 12,444,288 · App. 18/500,744 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Method and system for patient management using rules engine

Inventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse (Auckland, NZ); Christopher Harding Campbell (Auckland, NZ); Katarzyna Sobolewska (Auckland, NZ)
Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
G08B21/0453A61B5/4818A61B5/4833A61M16/0051G16H20/40G16H40/67G16H50/30A61M2205/3584A61M2205/502
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Patent No.
US 12,444,288
App. No.
18/500,744
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of patient management including receiving therapy data associated with a plurality of durable medical devices and a first set of patients, and displaying an overview of patient compliance and a plurality of customizable tiles. The overview of patient compliance includes at least the number of patients in the first set of patients, current compliance data, compliance history data, and follow-up data. The plurality of aligned tiles includes at least a title and a plurality of selectable subtitles, each of the plurality of selected subtitles associated with one or more rules. Upon selection of a first selectable subtitle, displaying at least an indication of patients in a second set of patients, wherein the second set of patients is a subset of the first set of patients; upon selection of a first patient, displaying at least all of the rules triggered by the first patient.

Claims (25)

1. A patient management system comprising:

a data management server in communication with a plurality of durable medical equipment (DME) devices configured to provide therapy to a plurality of patients, the data management server configured to:

receive, via a network, usage data from each of the plurality of DME devices,

assign the plurality of patients to a plurality of groups based at least in part on the usage data and a plurality of rules, the plurality of rules including a custom rule and the plurality of groups including a custom group corresponding to the custom rule, the data management server configured to enable creation of the custom rule and the custom group, wherein a particular patient is assigned to a particular group based at least in part on a determination that usage of a particular DME device by the particular patient satisfies a particular rule of the plurality of rules, and wherein each group of the plurality of groups defines a set of patients that satisfies one of the plurality of rules, and

cause a display to display a graphical user interface that displays indications of at least some of the plurality of groups.

2. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein the custom rule involves or is based on one or more parameters.

3. The patient management system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a clinical parameter.

4. The patient management system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more parameters comprises a parameter that is itself custom-created on the data management server.

5. The patient management system of claim 4 , wherein the custom rule involves the parameter that is itself custom-created and at least another parameter preexisting in the patient management system.

6. The patient management system of claim 4 , wherein the custom rule involves a second parameter that is itself custom-created.

7. The patient management system of claim 2 , wherein the creation of the custom rule includes setting thresholds associated with the one or more parameters.

8. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein, once created, the custom rule is saved such that a future patient whose usage data satisfies the custom rule is assigned to the custom group.

9. The patient management system of claim 8 , wherein the future patient's usage data satisfies the custom rule when relevant parameter(s) meet corresponding threshold(s).

10. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein the creation of the custom rule is via a facility.

11. The patient management system of claim 10 , wherein the facility allows one or more of the following to create the custom rule:

composing or writing a new rule; or

assembling or arranging blocks corresponding to different parameters.

12. The patient management system of claim 11 , wherein the facility is a drag-and-drop facility, the assembling or arranging of blocks being via the drag-and-drop facility.

13. The patient management system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of custom rules and a plurality of custom groups, the plurality of custom rules forming part of the plurality of rules and the plurality of custom groups forming part of the plurality of groups.

14. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein a different subset of the plurality of rules and plurality of groups applies to different patients or DME devices, such that a first subset of the plurality of rules and plurality of groups applies to a first patient and first usage data and a second subset of the plurality of rules and plurality of groups applies to a second patient and second usage data.

15. The patient management system of claim 14 , wherein the different subset is based on one or more of: geographical location or particulars of insurance or payment.

16. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of DME devices comprise a plurality of high flow devices that provide high flow therapy to a patient.

17. The patient management system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of high flow devices are configured to provide high flow therapy in the form of high flow humidified air.

18. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein the usage data comprises patient blood oxygen saturation data or respiratory data.

19. The patient management system of claim 1 , wherein responsive to a selection of an indication of a first group of the plurality of groups, the graphical user interface is configured to update to display an indication of one or more patients assigned to the first group and an indication of at least partially the usage data associated with the one or more patients assigned to the first group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2025
From: CASSE, BENJAMIN WILSON; CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER HARDING; SOBOLEWSKA, KATARZYNA
To: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070857/0629 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18059880 · Nov 29, 2022
Continuation 17651652 · Feb 18, 2022
Continuation 16481047
Provisional Application 62450819 · Jan 26, 2017
Related Publication 20240144804A1 · May 2, 2024
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