MEDICAL MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20090289799A1
• Filed: 12/19/2005
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Hebler, Sebastian, Tivig, Gerhard
• Application Number:
  US11/721,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.100
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system (1) of medical monitoring. Furthermore the present invention relates to a computer program for controlling a medical monitoring system (1). In order to provide an improved monitoring technique that allows a more effective analysis of monitored data, a medical monitoring method is provided, the method comprising the steps of acquiring medical data of a patient, analyzing the medical data with respect to a number of event parameters (17, 18, 19, 20), whereas a number of user-definable trigger conditions (10) are assigned to each of the event parameters (17, 18, 19, 10), and in case a number of said trigger conditions (10) are detected providing medical context information (15) and activating an event notification (22). In other words, not only is medical information (15) provided, additionally an event notification (22) is activated, if a number of trigger conditions (10) are detected. The additional real-time event notification enables the clinical staff to respond immediately to a critical situation of the patient or the like. Furthermore the provided medical context information (15) relating to the event can be reviewed directly. This enables the clinical staff to initiate treatment at a very early point of time.

Claims

1. A medical monitoring method, comprising the steps of

acquiring medical data of a patient,

analyzing the medical data with respect to a number of event parameters, whereas to each of the event parameters a number of user-definable trigger conditions are assigned,

and in case a number of said trigger conditions are detected

providing medical context information and

activating an event notifications.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a number of event parameters are combined to form an event group.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the analyzing of medical data is performed with respect to a number of different event groups at the same time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein for an event parameter a number of trigger conditions are combined to form a trigger combination by means of mathematical and/or logical operators.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a deviation threshold is used as a trigger condition.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, comprising the further step of

adapting a trigger condition dynamically depending on the acquired medical data.

7. A medical monitoring system, comprising

an acquiring module adapted to acquire medical data of a patient,

an analyzing module adapted to analyze the medical data with respect to a number of event parameters, whereas to each of the event parameters a number of user-definable trigger conditions are assigned,

an information providing module adapted to provide medical context information, and

a notification module Readapted to activate an event notification in case a number of said trigger conditions are detected.

8. A computer program for controlling a medical monitoring system, the computer program comprising:

computer instructions to analyze medical data with respect to a number of event parameters, whereas a number of user-definable trigger conditions is assigned to each of the event parameters,

computer instructions to provide medical context information and computer instructions to activate an event notification in case a number of said trigger conditions are detected,

when the computer instructions are carried out in a computer.