Patient monitor integration into nurse call system and method
First Claim
1. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
- a patient monitor translator;
a nurse call translator; and
a processor in communication with the patent monitor translator and nurse call translator, wherein the processor executes instructions which interpret translated patent monitor communication and coordinate a communication via the nurse call translator to a nurse call system.
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Abstract
A system for automatically integrating various patient monitoring equipment into a nurse call system is implemented by incorporating a software system agent that translates communications in the patient monitoring equipment communication channel to a software system readable format. By translating the patient monitoring system'"'"'s communications, a software system or computer can interpret the communications and act accordingly by signaling staff members, doctors, etc., in a manner that was not feasible by the hardware of the patient monitoring system. By interpreting the communications and having a nurse call system translation feature in the software system agent, nurse call systems can be “coupled” to the patient monitoring system to enable a synergy between systems that were here thereto incompatible or had limited functional capabilities. By combining non-compatible or limited feature patient monitoring systems with nurse systems, and by using a software process to interpret and control responses, enhanced functionalities and alerting capabilities are made available.
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32 Claims
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1. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
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a patient monitor translator;
a nurse call translator; and
a processor in communication with the patent monitor translator and nurse call translator, wherein the processor executes instructions which interpret translated patent monitor communication and coordinate a communication via the nurse call translator to a nurse call system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for patient monitoring and nurse call integration, comprising the steps of:
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translating communication received from a patient monitoring system;
processing the translated communication to assess at least one of an alarm and event communication;
updating a status table to reflect a current state of equipment-to-staff assignment;
translating the processed communication into a nurse call system format; and
communicating the translated processed communication to a nurse call system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
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means for translating patient monitor communications;
means for translating nurse call communications; and
means for processing the translated patient monitor communications and executing instructions to coordinate communication to a nurse call system via the means for translating nurse call communications. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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