MERIS Calculator - NEW state-of-the-art artificial intelligence application for healthcare

The MERIS Calculator, an innovative application for calculating medication risk indicators, was developed in collaboration between the staff of the Semmelweis University School of Health Sciences and Hospitaly Ltd. The development was carried out within the framework of the Cooperative Doctoral Programme of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office.

How does it work? The MERIS Calculator can automatically process even unstructured (real-world) data using the Medication Risk Score (MERIS) algorithm and artificial intelligence (AI). All that is required for the calculation is the name of the simultaneously administered medication and the patient's eGFR.

Key features:

• Fast and reliable: the app is accessible from a smartphone and provides quick and reliable feedback on the risks associated with taking medication at the same time.
• Personalised: It highlights those patients who are most in need of professional review of their medication.
• Integrable: Hospitaly Ltd. is planning to integrate the app into the inpatient care module of the medMatrix medical system.

The development was based on the well-structured data set of our electronic fever chart solution, which was completed in 2021. The MERIS algorithm was published by a research team led by Eva Saedder from Aarhus University in Denmark.

Introduction:

The application was presented at the PHD Science Days Conference, where it attracted considerable interest . (Details: PHD Science Days Conference)

Developers:

• Semmelweis University Doctoral School: Dr. Ádám Bertalan, Viola Angyal, Prof. Dr. Elek Dinya
• Hospitaly Ltd.: Gyula Király, Dr. Ádám Bertalan

Our new WEB-based medical system supports the work of doctors, specialists and administrators in a process-centric approach instead of solutions focused on the preparation of financing reports.

Patient care is documented and administered using the main process steps below, which can be structured according to task, size, type of financing, profession and individual expectations.

In addition to documenting patient care, the system is also capable of following the patient journey and patient life journey, i.e. the system is not only a medical software, but also a patient journey management system.

Cases related to the patient have stages that follow each other during care. These "clean" patient journeys make it possible to follow the professional process of care and the availability of related capacities and resources.

Brief introduction to the solution:

Safer and higher-level hospital care becomes available with the help of our e-fever chart solution, which facilitates the work of clinical pharmacists and implements patient-level medication.  

The objective of the project was to develop a solution based on mobile devices that facilitates a significant part of the administrative tasks of doctors and nurses providing patient care and supports the operation of the drug therapy team by collecting, evaluating and displaying the available health records in a structured way. 
The development and testing of our e-fever chart solution, which was carried out with the help of specialists from the Karolina Hospital - Clinic, Petz Aladár University Teaching Hospital and Semmelweis University, with the involvement of the medical, nursing and drug therapy team, has been completed. 
Clinical pharmacists played a key role in the implementation and testing of the system implemented within the framework of patient safety tender No. EFOP-2.2.18-17-2017-00018.
The specification of patient-level medication was designed by Ádám Bertalan, the chief pharmacist of the Karolina Hospital in Mosonmagyaróvár, together with the IT staff, in such a way that it can meet the specific administrative needs of the centralized patient-level medication operating in Mosonmagyaróvár and the hospitals with different dispensing machines.

The e-fever chart interface, which can also be viewed on a mobile device, contains the administration of patient-level medication in a form that is sufficiently transparent and flexible to handle. The transparency of therapies is a key issue both from the point of view of therapy planning and the presentation of medicines, so the table-like display was created on the model of medication sheets used on paper as well.

Hospitaly e-fever chart - overview of drug therapy: Screenshot1

Hospitaly e-fever chart - prescription sheet: Screenshot2

Hospitaly e-fever chart – lab results: Screenshot3