Patient safety and alerting system
First Claim
1. A patient safety alerting system comprisingan output device comprising a set of visual indicators, each visual indicator displaying one of a plurality of indicator states, each of the indicator states indicating a level of compliance with patient safety procedures,a set of status lists, each status list corresponding to its respective visual indicator, wherein the displayed indicator state of the respective visual indicator corresponds to information in the respective status list, each status list provided for containing information regarding the status of a patient for a component or activity,a processing unit operatively connected to the output device for processing changes to the status lists and corresponding visual indicators, andan input device operatively connected to the processing unit and configured to interface with a user to allow the user to access information in any of the status lists.
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Abstract
A patient safety alerting system and methods for providing enhanced patient safety using a patient alerting system are provided. An illustrative patient safety alerting system comprises an output device comprising a set of indicators, each indicator displaying one of a plurality of indicator states, each of the indicator states indicating a level of compliance with patient safety procedures; a set of status lists, each status list corresponding to its respective indicator, wherein the displayed indicator state of the respective indicator corresponds to information in the respective status list, each status list provided for containing information regarding the status of a patient for a component or activity; a processing unit operatively connected to the output device for processing changes to the status lists and corresponding indicators; and an input device operatively connected to the processing unit and configured to interface with a user to allow the user to access information in any of the status lists.
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1. A patient safety alerting system comprising
an output device comprising a set of visual indicators, each visual indicator displaying one of a plurality of indicator states, each of the indicator states indicating a level of compliance with patient safety procedures, a set of status lists, each status list corresponding to its respective visual indicator, wherein the displayed indicator state of the respective visual indicator corresponds to information in the respective status list, each status list provided for containing information regarding the status of a patient for a component or activity, a processing unit operatively connected to the output device for processing changes to the status lists and corresponding visual indicators, and an input device operatively connected to the processing unit and configured to interface with a user to allow the user to access information in any of the status lists.
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13. A patient safety alerting system comprising
a Pre-Operative set of status lists, an Operative set of status lists, and a Post-Operative set of status lists, a processing unit for storing and processing information needed for each of the status lists, and a computer monitor displaying an environment screen selected from the group consisting of a Pre-Operative screen comprising a Pre-Operative set of indicators, an Operative screen comprising a set of Operative indicators, and a Post-Operative screen comprising a set of Post-Operative visual indicators, each visual indicator corresponding to its respective status list and capable of displaying a plurality of indicator states, wherein the displayed visual indicator for each indicator state reflects information stored for its respective status list, and all visual indicators of the displayed environment screen are visible at one time, and an input device configured to interface with a user to allow the user to view and change information in the status lists.
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17. A method for providing for enhanced patient safety comprising
providing a plurality of sets of status lists, wherein each set of status lists comprises the components and activities for a patient in one of a plurality of hospital environments, and each of the status lists holds information for one component or activity relevant to its respective environment, providing a processing unit for storing and processing information needed for each of the status lists and for providing information to a screen, displaying the screen comprising a set of visual indicators for one of the environments, each visual indicator corresponding to its respective status list and capable of displaying a plurality of indicator states, wherein the displayed visual indicator for each indicator state reflects information stored for its respective status list, and all visual indicators of the displayed environment screen are visible at one time, and viewing the screen to check the status for the patient in the environment.
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