FILTERING EVENT LOGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES BY A PARAMETER

• US 20090157622A1
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smiths Medical MD Incorporated (ICU Medical Incorporated)
• Inventors: Roberts, Nick, Newman, Lee A.
• Application Number:
  US12/189,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20090157622A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of retrieving medical event log results is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a server event log data generated by a medical device, and storing the event log data in a memory of the server. The method further includes receiving a request for a subset of the event log data, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic. The method also includes filtering the event log data based on the characteristic.

Claims

1. A method of retrieving medical event log results, the method comprising:

receiving at a server event log data generated by a medical device;

storing the event log data in a memory of the server;

receiving a request for a subset of the event log data, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic; and

filtering the event log data based on the characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the filtered event log data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic is a caregiver identifier representing a caregiver who programmed the medical device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical device is a medical infusion pump.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the characteristic is a drug administered by the medical infusion pump.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic is a timeframe in which event log data is gathered.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a report based on the filtered event log data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for the subset of event log data is received from a workstation remote from and communicatively connected to the server.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the filtered event log data to the workstation.

10. A system for retrieval of medical event log results, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store event log data having a plurality of characteristics;

a programmable circuit operatively connected to the memory, the programmable circuit configured to execute program instructions to;

receive at a server event log data generated by a medical device;

store the event log data in a memory of the server;

receive a request for a subset of the event log data, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic; and

filter the event log data based on the characteristic.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to output the filtered event log data

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the characteristic is a caregiver identifier representing a caregiver who programmed the medical device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the medical device is a medical infusion pump.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the characteristic is a drug administered by the medical infusion pump.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the characteristic is a timeframe in which event log data is gathered.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the request for the subset of event log data is received from a workstation remote from and communicatively connected to the server.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to transmit the filtered event log data to the workstation.

18. A method of retrieving medical event log results, the method comprising:

receiving at a server event log data generated by a medical infusion pump;

storing the event log data in a memory of the server;

receiving a request for a subset of the event log data from a workstation remote from and communicatively connected to the server, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic;

filtering the event log data based on the characteristic; and

outputting the filtered event log data to the workstation;

wherein the characteristic is a caregiver identifier representing a caregiver who programmed or operated the medical device.