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1. A method of communication of patient physiological data acquired from a patient, said method including the steps of arranging a predetermined communications protocol whereby patient data is communicable from a patient location to an analysis location and implemented by a system which comprises at least the following components:
- a) patient data acquisition apparatus which acquires said patient physiological data from said patient;
b) patient data transmission apparatus which transmits said data;
c) an interconnectable network of computers adapted for interconnection using standardized protocols and wherein the individual computers making up the network at any given time include computers adapted to store and forward packets of digital information and whereby the packets of information are thereby able to be passed from computer to computer until they reach a destination computer whose address is included as part of the packet and wherein said data is transmitted as said packets of information;
d) a patient data server for receiving said data, said server further including a physiological database table including physiological data flagged as real-time and control means for querying said database table; and
e) patient data storage and analysis apparatus for storing and presenting said data for analysis;
said method comprising the steps of;
i) acquiring said patient physiological data at said patient location by means of said patient data acquisition apparatus;
ii) transmitting said patient physiological data as said packets of information by means of said patient data transmission apparatus via said interconnectable network of computers to said patient data server and storing said ECG data at said server;
iii) processing a query for physiological data flagged as real-time; and
iv) passing said real-time data from said patient data server to said patient data storage and analysis via the same said interconnectable network of computers.
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A method and system for communication of patient data acquired from a patient (13) involving the use of a predetermined communications protocol (48, 49, 50) whereby patient data is communicable from a patient location to an analysis location. In a preferred form, the patient data has appended to its supplementary data which can include address information and identity information.
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1. A method of communication of patient physiological data acquired from a patient, said method including the steps of arranging a predetermined communications protocol whereby patient data is communicable from a patient location to an analysis location and implemented by a system which comprises at least the following components:
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a) patient data acquisition apparatus which acquires said patient physiological data from said patient;
b) patient data transmission apparatus which transmits said data;
c) an interconnectable network of computers adapted for interconnection using standardized protocols and wherein the individual computers making up the network at any given time include computers adapted to store and forward packets of digital information and whereby the packets of information are thereby able to be passed from computer to computer until they reach a destination computer whose address is included as part of the packet and wherein said data is transmitted as said packets of information;
d) a patient data server for receiving said data, said server further including a physiological database table including physiological data flagged as real-time and control means for querying said database table; and
e) patient data storage and analysis apparatus for storing and presenting said data for analysis;
said method comprising the steps of;
i) acquiring said patient physiological data at said patient location by means of said patient data acquisition apparatus;
ii) transmitting said patient physiological data as said packets of information by means of said patient data transmission apparatus via said interconnectable network of computers to said patient data server and storing said ECG data at said server;
iii) processing a query for physiological data flagged as real-time; and
iv) passing said real-time data from said patient data server to said patient data storage and analysis via the same said interconnectable network of computers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 24, 25)
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11. A system for communication of patient physiological data from a patient location to a remote storage and analysis location, said system comprising means for transmitting said patient physiological data on a predetermined signal encoded according to a predetermined protocol whereby said patient physiological data is communicable from said patient location to said analysis location;
- said system further comprising;
a) patient data acquisition apparatus for acquiring said patient physiological data from said patient;
b) patient data transmission apparatus for transmitting said data;
c) an interconnectable network of computers adapted for interconnection using standardized protocols and wherein the individual computers making up the network at any given time include computers adapted to store and forward packets of digital information and whereby the packets of information are thereby able to be passed from computer to computer until they reach a destination computer whose address is included as part of the packet and wherein said data is transmitted as said packets of information;
d) a patient data server for receiving and transmitting said data, said server further including a physiological database table including physiological data flagged as real-time, and control means for querying said database table; and
e) patient data storage and analysis apparatus for storing and presenting said data for analysis;
said system containing computer readable media encoded to perform the steps of;
i) acquiring said patient physiological data at said patient location by means of said patient data acquisition apparatus;
ii) transmitting said patient physiological data as said packets of information by means of said patient data transmission apparatus via said interconnectable network of computers to said patient data server and storing said data at said server;
iii) processing a query for physiological data flagged as real-time; and
iv) passing said real-time data from said patient data server to said patient data storage and analysis apparatus via the same said interconnectable network of computers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26)
- said system further comprising;
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