ALARM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of managing alarm notifications, the method comprising:
- under control of a computer system comprising physical computer hardware;
receiving an alarm from a patient device, the alarm comprising information about a physiological parameter status of a patient;
transmitting an alarm notification to a clinician device in response to receiving the alarm;
determining whether an escalation condition is present, the escalation condition depending on one or both of (1) whether a response from the clinician device regarding the alarm notification has been received and (2) content of any response received from the clinician device; and
in response to the escalation condition being present, automatically escalating the alarm by sending the alarm notification to a second clinician device.
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Abstract
An alarm notification system can enable a clinician to respond to an alarm notification received via a computing device, which may have more advanced functionality than a pager. The clinician'"'"'s device can include a notification client which can respond to alarm notifications. The notification client can also provide one or more user interfaces that enable the clinician to view information about an alarm, such as information about a patient'"'"'s status, physiological parameter values, trend data, audio/video of the patient, combinations of the same, or the like. Further, the notification client can provide functionality for a clinician to respond to an alarm, annotate an alarm, and/or indicate that the clinician can or cannot respond to the alarm, among other features. In addition, the clinician device can also (or instead) include an admit module that provides for automatic association of a patient to a device or location.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of managing alarm notifications, the method comprising:
under control of a computer system comprising physical computer hardware; receiving an alarm from a patient device, the alarm comprising information about a physiological parameter status of a patient; transmitting an alarm notification to a clinician device in response to receiving the alarm; determining whether an escalation condition is present, the escalation condition depending on one or both of (1) whether a response from the clinician device regarding the alarm notification has been received and (2) content of any response received from the clinician device; and in response to the escalation condition being present, automatically escalating the alarm by sending the alarm notification to a second clinician device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for managing alarm notifications, the system comprising:
an alarm notification component comprising physical computer hardware configured to; receive an alarm notification regarding an alarm at a patient device; electronically generate a user interface configured to output an indication of the alarm notification to a clinician and a user interface control selectable by the clinician to respond to the alarm notification; and transmit a response to the alarm notification so as to enable escalation if the response indicates an inability to handle the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for managing alarm notifications, the system comprising:
an admit component comprising a computing device configured to; receive a first optical scan of a first identification tag associated with a patient bracelet; receive a second optical scan of a second identification tag associated with the patient device; obtain a first identifier associated with the patient from the first optical scan; obtain a second identifier associated with the patient device or location from the second optical scan; and associate the first identifier with the second identifier so as to admit the patient to the patient device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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