SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PATIENT THERAPY
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Abstract
A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values of vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies and the like. The system includes one or more databases of information, including institutionally developed rules, guidelines and protocol representing the best medical practices of the institution. The system provides alerts and/or recommendations based on the application of the rules to the information being monitored, and alerts care givers accordingly, providing for dynamic adjustment of the patient'"'"'s therapy. The system also monitors the status of the alerts, and if no action is taken in a selected period of time, may escalate the priority of the alert and/or halt the delivery of medication to the patient until the alert is resolved.
56 Citations
88 Claims
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30. A patient safety system comprising:
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at least one physiological monitor configured to monitor at least one physiological parameter of a patient and provide a patient signal representative of the monitored parameter; a database comprising at least one institutionally determined rule; and a first processor coupled to the database and the physiological monitor, the first processor configured to; receive the patient signal from the physiological monitor; retrieve the institutionally determined rule from the database; compare the received patient signal to the retrieved rule; and provide an alert signal if the received patient signal violates the retrieved rule. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A patient safety system comprising:
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a bedside monitor configured to monitor at least one physiological parameter of a patient and provide a signal comprising the at least one monitored parameter; at least one pager configured to be carried by a caregiver and to receive alert signals; a server coupled to the bedside monitor and the at least one pager, the server comprising an acceptable range for the at least one monitored parameter, the server being configured to; receive the signal from the bedside monitor; compare the received at least one monitored parameter to the respective acceptable range; and provide an alert signal to the pager if the received at least one monitored parameter is outside of the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of monitoring a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring with a clinical device at least one physiological parameter of the patient; comparing automatically the monitored parameter to an acceptable range; and providing automatically an alert to an electronic messaging system if the monitored parameter is outside the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method of monitoring a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring with a clinical device at least one physiological parameter of the patient; comparing automatically the monitored parameter to an acceptable range; and providing automatically an alert to an electronic messaging system if the monitored parameter is outside the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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