SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PROCESSING OF ALARM AND COMMUNICATION INFORMATION IN CENTRALIZED PATIENT MONITORING
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1. A system for allowing a technician to monitor the condition of a plurality of patients and communicate their condition to an attending clinician, the system comprising:
- a centralized receiving station that receives signals from each patient that are indicative of patient condition;
a graphical user interface for simultaneously displaying the patient condition for each of the plurality of patients, the graphical user interface further comprising;
a patient condition history section having a refreshing display;
a communication indicator for indicating the times at which a communication has been made between the technician and the clinician;
a next step predictor that predicts what the next action in the communication between the technician and the clinician should be.
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Abstract
A system and a method allowing a technician to monitor the condition of a plurality of patients and communicate their condition to an attending clinician. A centralized receiving station receives signals from each of the patients being monitored. A graphical user interface simultaneously displays an indication of patient condition for each of a plurality of patients. A technician utilizes this information to efficiently communicate the conditions of the patients to an attending clinician.
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1. A system for allowing a technician to monitor the condition of a plurality of patients and communicate their condition to an attending clinician, the system comprising:
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a centralized receiving station that receives signals from each patient that are indicative of patient condition; a graphical user interface for simultaneously displaying the patient condition for each of the plurality of patients, the graphical user interface further comprising; a patient condition history section having a refreshing display; a communication indicator for indicating the times at which a communication has been made between the technician and the clinician; a next step predictor that predicts what the next action in the communication between the technician and the clinician should be. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A graphical user interface for the display of patient condition information, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a time based display of patient condition history; an indication of communications between a technician and a clinician; and a predictive indication of the next action to be viewed or performed by the technician; wherein information for a plurality of patients and a plurality of clinicians are displayed on a single graphical user interface, and the display of information is updated regularly such that the technician can manage the order in which clinicians and patients interact. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing care to a plurality of patients, the patients being attended by a clinician, a patient condition for each of the patients being transmitted to a centralized location, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a centralized location a signal indicative of the patient condition from each of a plurality of patients; displaying a time-based representation of each patient'"'"'s condition to a technician; sending a communication from the technician to the clinician upon a change in patient condition; displaying to the technician a record of the communication attempt; displaying to the technician an indication of the next probable action to expect. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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