
    Given a batch of n patient medical records for readmission risk analysis, determine the minimum processing capacity (which must be a power of 2) required to handle all records in the predictive model's memory buffer without splitting the batch. The processing capacity must be greater than or equal to the number of records to ensure all patient data is analyzed together for accurate risk assessment.
    

    
def next_power_of_2(n):
    """
    Given a batch of n patient medical records for readmission risk analysis, determine the minimum processing capacity (which must be a power of 2) required to handle all records in the predictive model's memory buffer without splitting the batch. The processing capacity must be greater than or equal to the number of records to ensure all patient data is analyzed together for accurate risk assessment.
    

    """
def next_power_of_2(n):
    """
    Given a batch of n patient medical records for readmission risk analysis, determine the minimum processing capacity (which must be a power of 2) required to handle all records in the predictive model's memory buffer without splitting the batch. The processing capacity must be greater than or equal to the number of records to ensure all patient data is analyzed together for accurate risk assessment.
    

    """
    if n and (not n & n - 1):
        return n
    count = 0
    while n != 0:
        n >>= 1
        count += 1
    return 1 << count