Alarm fatigue management systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for controlling an alarm, the system comprising:
- an adapter communicatively coupled to a medical device capable of generating an alarm; and
an alarm management engine executing in a computing device and communicatively coupled to the adapter, wherein;
the alarm management engine receives status data from at least one user device indicative of a likelihood of a user responding to the alarm, the status data comprising physiological information related to the user, wherein the status data modifies at least one user fatigue model attribute of a user fatigue model;
the alarm management engine calculates an alarm fatigue level of the user from the at least one user fatigue model as modified by the status data;
the alarm management engine calculates an alarm condition based on the alarm fatigue level, at least one medical device model and at least one patient condition, the alarm condition configured to increase the likelihood of the user responding to the alarm or another alarm;
the alarm management engine transmits the alarm condition to the adapter; and
the adapter modifies the alarm according to the alarm condition.
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Abstract
An apparatus for modifying alarms at a medical device for alarm fatigue management is provided and includes an alarm monitor, an alarm filter, an alarm modifier, a memory element for storing data, and a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate such that the apparatus is configured for receiving an alarm condition from an alarm management engine, the alarm condition based on an alarm fatigue level of a user of the medical device, the alarm fatigue level based on at least a user fatigue model, a medical device model and a patient condition, receiving an alarm from the medical device, modifying the alarm according to the alarm condition, the alarm condition being configured to increase a likelihood of the user responding to the modified alarm, and generating an alarm indicator based on the modification.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for controlling an alarm, the system comprising:
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an adapter communicatively coupled to a medical device capable of generating an alarm; and an alarm management engine executing in a computing device and communicatively coupled to the adapter, wherein; the alarm management engine receives status data from at least one user device indicative of a likelihood of a user responding to the alarm, the status data comprising physiological information related to the user, wherein the status data modifies at least one user fatigue model attribute of a user fatigue model; the alarm management engine calculates an alarm fatigue level of the user from the at least one user fatigue model as modified by the status data; the alarm management engine calculates an alarm condition based on the alarm fatigue level, at least one medical device model and at least one patient condition, the alarm condition configured to increase the likelihood of the user responding to the alarm or another alarm; the alarm management engine transmits the alarm condition to the adapter; and the adapter modifies the alarm according to the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory storage medium on which are stored instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising; receiving status data from at least one user device indicative of a likelihood of a user responding to an alarm of a medical device, the status data comprising physiological information related to the user, wherein the status data modifies at least one user fatigue model attribute of a user fatigue model; calculating an alarm fatigue level of the user from the at least one user fatigue model as modified by the status data; calculating an alarm condition based on the alarm fatigue level, at least one medical device model and at least one patient condition, the alarm condition configured to increase the likelihood of the user responding to the alarm or another alarm; and transmitting the alarm condition to an adapter communicatively coupled to the medical device; the processor; and the adapter, wherein the adapter modifies the alarm according to the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of controlling an alarm, the method comprising:
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receiving status data from at least one user device indicative of a likelihood of a user responding to an alarm of a medical device, the status data comprising physiological information related to the user, wherein the status data modifies at least one user fatigue model attribute of a user fatigue model; calculating an alarm fatigue level of the user from the at least one user fatigue model as modified by the status data; calculating an alarm condition based on the alarm fatigue level, at least one medical device model and at least one patient condition, the alarm condition configured to increase the likelihood of the user responding to the alarm or another alarm; transmitting the alarm condition to an adapter communicatively coupled to the medical device; and modifying the alarm according to the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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