Patents by Inventor Scott Zeger

Scott Zeger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hospital unit demand forecasting tool
    Patent number: 9311449
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method of forecasting a demand for a particular hospital unit. The method can be executed by programming the steps into a computer readable medium. One step includes logging a total number of beds in the particular hospital unit and available nursing slots to determine a capacity for the particular hospital unit. The method also includes analyzing data for patients scheduled to stay in the particular hospital unit data to predict stochastic arrivals in order to estimate a total inflow. A length of stay of a patient in the particular hospital unit is predicted using a survival analysis based on physician orders to estimate a total outflow. Additionally, the method includes executing an algorithm designed to use the capacity, total inflow, and total outflow to determine the demand for the particular hospital unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Scott R. Levin, Scott Zeger, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Fackler
  • HOSPITAL UNIT DEMAND FORECASTING TOOL
    Publication number: 20140136458
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method of forecasting a demand for a particular hospital unit. The method can be executed by programming the steps into a computer readable medium. One step includes logging a total number of beds in the particular hospital unit and available nursing slots to determine a capacity for the particular hospital unit. The method also includes analyzing data for patients scheduled to stay in the particular hospital unit data to predict stochastic arrivals in order to estimate a total inflow. A length of stay of a patient in the particular hospital unit is predicted using a survival analysis based on physician orders to estimate a total outflow. Additionally, the method includes executing an algorithm designed to use the capacity, total inflow, and total outflow to determine the demand for the particular hospital unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Scott R. Levin, Scott Zeger, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Fackler