Medication management and event logger and analysis system
First Claim
1. A method for identifying inaccuracies in programming a medical device to deliver medical treatment to a patient, comprising:
- detecting when a value of a treatment parameter entered into the medical device is out of range by comparing the entered value to values stored in a library of acceptable values of treatment parameters;
providing an alert signal that the entered value is out of range if the comparison indicates that the entered value is not found within the library of acceptable values;
storing information concerning the alert signal in a memory of the medical device;
communicating the stored information in the memory of the medical device to a processor;
analyzing the stored information in accordance with a selected set of criteria;
reporting results of the analysis to the care-giver in a format selected by care-giver.
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Abstract
A system and method for logging, analyzing and reporting the occurrence of certain alarm conditions, specifically incorrectly entered or out of range treatment parameters related to providing medical treatment to a patient using, for example, an infusion pump. The alarm conditions may be associated with predetermined treatment protocols and conditions that are stored in a memory of a medical device. The occurrence of an alarm event is stored in a memory, and may be communicated to a hospital or vendor server for analysis. The analysis provides reports, sorted according to predetermined criteria, for use by a care-giving institution to improve the delivery of medical treatment to patients.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for identifying inaccuracies in programming a medical device to deliver medical treatment to a patient, comprising:
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detecting when a value of a treatment parameter entered into the medical device is out of range by comparing the entered value to values stored in a library of acceptable values of treatment parameters;
providing an alert signal that the entered value is out of range if the comparison indicates that the entered value is not found within the library of acceptable values;
storing information concerning the alert signal in a memory of the medical device;
communicating the stored information in the memory of the medical device to a processor;
analyzing the stored information in accordance with a selected set of criteria;
reporting results of the analysis to the care-giver in a format selected by care-giver.
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2. A system for use with a medication administration device for reducing the possibility of medication errors, the system comprising:
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a first program configured to accept user inputs related to medication administration device operating parameters limits and to generate a data base from those user inputs;
a second program located in a medication administration device configured to receive the medication administration device parameter data base generated by the first program, the second program also configured to compare medication administration device parameters programmed into the medication administration device by an operator with a second data base of institutionally accepted guidelines, the second program also configured to monitor the comparison and if the comparison exceeds the limits established in the second data base, provide an indication to the medication administration device operator that the programmed operating parameter is outside the limits in the second data base; and
communication means for communicating the indication that the programmed operating parameter is outside the limits of the second database to an event log database. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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11. A system for reducing the possibility of medication errors, the system comprising:
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a medical database carrier having;
a memory for storing medical database information, a processor capable of being programmed to manipulate information communicated to the medical database carrier or stored in the memory, and communication means for receiving information from a source external to the medical database carrier and also for transmitting information from the medical database carrier to an external receiver;
a patient specific asset having;
communication means for communicating medication administration information from the patient specific asset to the medical database carrier, wherein the processor manipulates medication administration information received from the patient specific asset to compare such information medical database information stored in the memory of the medical database carrier and provides an indication of the result of the comparison.
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