US Patent Issued to Cerner Innovation on July 7 for "Patient safety using virtual observation" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,219, issued on July 7, was assigned to Cerner Innovation Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Patient safety using virtual observation" was invented by Todd Bechtel (Kansas City, Mo.), Lisa Schaberg (Kansas City, Mo.), Julie Hull (Kansas City, Mo.) and Michelle Padgett (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for improving patient safety using virtual observation. A falls risk assessment and a patient safety risk assessment are initially provided within an electronic health record of a patient. A clinician is prompted at a clinician device to provide input to the falls risk asses...