Process to Streamline Workflow for Continuous Monitoring of a Patient

• US 20130268283A1
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Inventors: Vann, John Raymond, Wilmington, Robert Paul, Imboden, Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/440,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method for displaying patient data includes receiving physiological data from a medical monitoring device. The medical monitoring device obtains the physiological data from a patient. A determination is made as to whether patient identification information and room location information have been received for the patient. When it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information for the patient have not been received, the physiological data is displayed at a temporary location on a display screen of a medical display device.

Claims

1. A method for displaying patient data, the method comprising:

receiving physiological data from a medical monitoring device, the medical monitoring device obtaining the physiological data from a patient;

determining whether patient identification information and room location information have been received for the patient; and

when it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information for the patient have not been received, displaying the physiological data at a temporary location on a display screen of a medical display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the patient identification information and the room location information; and

when the patient identification information and the room location information have been received, moving a display of physiological data for the patient from the temporary location to a main display area on the display screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the main display area includes a plurality of first display tiles, the first display tiles being displayed on the main display area in a grid of rows and columns.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the physiological data for the patient is displayed at the temporary location in a second display tile, the second display tile displaying a subset of physiological data available for display on the first display tiles.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second display tile displays only one of continuous physiological data and episodic physiological data.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a display font for the second display tile is smaller than for the first display tiles.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the second display tile is displayed over the first display tiles, partially obscuring one or more of the first display tiles.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising, when the display of physiological data for the patient is moved from the temporary location to the main display area, the second display tile is converted to a format of a first display tile, removed from the temporary location and displayed in the format of the first display tile.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising, when the display of physiological data for the patient is moved from the temporary location to the main display area, automatically mapping the second display tile to a position in the main display area.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising, when the display of physiological data for the patient is moved from the temporary location to the main display area, automatically placing the second display tile in a preconfigured position in the main display area.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving physiological data from one or more additional patients for whom both the patient identification information and the room location information have not been received, the physiological data from the one or more additional patients being displayed in the temporary location on the display screen of the medical display device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the physiological data for each of the one or more additional patients is displayed in the temporary location in a display tile, the temporary location growing in size as each display tile is added.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical display device is a central monitoring station that receives physiological data from a plurality of medical monitoring devices.

14. An electronic computing device comprising:

a processing unit; and

system memory, the system memory including instructions that when executed by the processing unit cause the electronic computing device to;

receive physiological data from a medical monitoring device, the medical monitoring device being connected to a medical sensor device that is attached to a patient;

determine whether patient identification information and room location information have been received for the patient; and

when it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information for the patient have not been received, display the physiological data at a temporary location on a display screen of the electronic computing device.

15. The electronic computing device of claim 14, wherein the display screen of the electronic computing device includes a main display area, the main display area displaying a plurality of first display tiles, the first display tiles being displayed in the main display area in a grid of rows and columns.

16. The electronic computing device of claim 15, wherein the physiological data for the patient is displayed at the temporary location in a second display tile, the second display tile being a compressed display tile, the second display tile including a subset of physiological data available for display on the first display tiles.

17. The electronic computing device of claim 16, wherein the second display tile is displayed over the first display tiles, partially obscuring one or more of the first display tiles.

18. The electronic computing device of claim 16, wherein when it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information for the patient have been received, the second display tile is converted to a format of a first display tile, removed from the temporary location and displayed in the main display area in the format of the first display tile.

19. The electronic computing device of claim 14, wherein the electronic computing device is a central monitoring station that receives physiological data from a plurality of medical monitoring devices.

20. A computer-readable data storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing unit of an electronic computing device, cause the electronic computing device to:

display physiological data for a plurality of patients in a main display area of a display screen of the electronic computing device, the physiological data for the plurality of patients being displayed as first display tiles in the main display area, the physiological data for each of the plurality of patients being displayed in a different first display tile, the first display tiles being oriented in rows and columns on the main display area;

receive physiological data for an additional patient from a medical monitoring device, the additional patient being a new patient, the medical monitoring device being connected to a medical sensor device that is attached to the new patient;

determine whether patient identification information and room location information have been received for the new patient;

when it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information have not been received for the new patient, display the physiological data for the new patient at a temporary location in the main display area of the electronic computing device, the physiological data for the new patient being displayed in a second display tile at the temporary location, the second display tile partially obscuring one or more first display tiles, the second display tile being a compressed version of a first display tile, the second display tile displaying a subset of physiological data available for display at the first display tile, the second display tile displaying the physiological data in a smaller font size than used for the first display tile;

receive the patient identification information and the room location information for the new patient; and

when the patient identification information and the room location information have been received for the new patient;

automatically convert the second display tile to a format of the first display tile;

automatically remove the second display tile from the temporary location; and

automatically relocate the second display tile to the main display area.