Patient monitor integration into nurse call system and method
First Claim
1. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
- an event channel configured to identify a connection to patient equipment and a type of the patient equipment;
a patient monitor translator in communication with the event channel;
a nurse call translator in communication with the event channel;
an assignment monitor configured to monitor staff and equipment assignments of a patient and patient equipment verification and location; and
a processor in communication with the patient monitor translator and nurse call translator, wherein the processor executes instructions that determine monitoring information based on the information received from the event channel and interpret translated patient monitor communication and coordinate a communication via the nurse call translator to a nurse call system.
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Abstract
A system for automatically integrating various patient monitoring equipment into a nurse call system is implemented by incorporating a software system agent that translates communications in the patient monitoring equipment communication channel to a software system readable format. By translating the patient monitoring system'"'"'s communications, a software system or computer can interpret the communications and act accordingly by signaling staff members, doctors, etc., in a manner that was not feasible by the hardware of the patient monitoring system. By interpreting the communications and having a nurse call system translation feature in the software system agent, nurse call systems can be “coupled” to the patient monitoring system to enable a synergy between systems that were here thereto incompatible or had limited functional capabilities. By combining non-compatible or limited feature patient monitoring systems with nurse systems, and by using a software process to interpret and control responses, enhanced functionalities and alerting capabilities are made available.
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31 Claims
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1. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
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an event channel configured to identify a connection to patient equipment and a type of the patient equipment; a patient monitor translator in communication with the event channel; a nurse call translator in communication with the event channel; an assignment monitor configured to monitor staff and equipment assignments of a patient and patient equipment verification and location; and a processor in communication with the patient monitor translator and nurse call translator, wherein the processor executes instructions that determine monitoring information based on the information received from the event channel and interpret translated patient monitor communication and coordinate a communication via the nurse call translator to a nurse call system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for patient monitoring and nurse call integration, comprising:
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identifying a connection to a patient monitoring system; identifying a type of the patient monitoring system; translating communication received from the patient monitoring system; verifying the patient monitoring system; determining a location of the patient monitoring system; monitoring staff and assignments and the patient monitoring system based on information determined from the identifying a connection to a patient monitoring system and the identifying a type of the patient monitoring system; processing the translated communication to assess at least one of an alarm and event communication; updating a status table to reflect a current state of equipment-to-staff assignment; translating the processed communication into a nurse call system format; and communicating the translated processed communication to a nurse call system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A patient monitoring and nurse call integration system, comprising:
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means for identifying a connection to patient equipment; means for identifying a type of the patient equipment; means for translating patient monitor communications; means for translating nurse call communications; means for verifying the patient equipment; means for determining a location of the patient equipment; means for monitoring staff and equipment assignments based on information received from the means for identifying a connection to patient equipment and the means for identifying a type of the patient equipment; and means for processing the translated patient monitor communications and executing instructions to coordinate communication to a nurse call system via the means for translating nurse call communications. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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