Medical monitoring system
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1. A medical patient monitoring device for monitoring physiological information, the medical patient monitoring device comprising:
- an interface configured to receive physiological information associated with at least one patient;
a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of the medical patient monitoring device; and
a processor that is configured to take a first predetermined action in response to detection of the clinician token in the detection area, the first predetermined action being associated with at least one attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician token,wherein the clinician token is indicative of the identity of a clinician corresponding to the clinician token, the clinician token being associated with priority information that indicates a priority assigned to the corresponding clinician for accessing the medical patient monitoring device in the case where multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time, the priority information being independent of the clinician'"'"'s permission level for accessing the medical patient monitoring device, and wherein the first predetermined action is based on the priority information when multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time.
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Abstract
Medical patient monitoring devices that have the capability of detecting the physical proximity of a clinician token are disclosed. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a selected action when the presence of a clinician is detected. The selected action may be dependent upon an attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician.
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1. A medical patient monitoring device for monitoring physiological information, the medical patient monitoring device comprising:
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an interface configured to receive physiological information associated with at least one patient; a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of the medical patient monitoring device; and a processor that is configured to take a first predetermined action in response to detection of the clinician token in the detection area, the first predetermined action being associated with at least one attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician token, wherein the clinician token is indicative of the identity of a clinician corresponding to the clinician token, the clinician token being associated with priority information that indicates a priority assigned to the corresponding clinician for accessing the medical patient monitoring device in the case where multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time, the priority information being independent of the clinician'"'"'s permission level for accessing the medical patient monitoring device, and wherein the first predetermined action is based on the priority information when multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical patient monitoring method comprising:
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receiving physiological information associated with at least one patient; detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of a medical patient monitoring device; and using a processor, taking a first predetermined medical monitoring action in response to detection of the clinician token in the detection area, the first predetermined action being associated with at least one attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician token, wherein the clinician token is indicative of the identity of a clinician corresponding to the clinician token, the clinician token being associated with priority information that indicates a priority assigned to the corresponding clinician for accessing the medical patient monitoring device in the case where multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time, the priority information being independent of the clinician'"'"'s permission level for accessing the medical patient monitoring device, and wherein the first predetermined action is based on the priority information when multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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