System and method for managing patient care
First Claim
1. A patient care system comprising:
- a patient care device including a memory for storing a plurality of configuration databases, each of said configuration databases comprising a plurality of device operating parameters;
a network communicating with said device, said network including at least one database comprising patient-specific information; and
means for activating a configuration database from said plurality of configuration databases based at least in part on said patient-specific information communicated to the care device, wherein the patient care device operates in accordance with at least one of said plurality of groups of operating parameters of the activated configuration database.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define an operating environment, or personality, of the device. Selection of a specific configuration database preferably is based at least in part upon patient-specific information obtained from any location in a distributed hospital network. Examples of such patient-specific information include patient age or size, patient medical characteristics, a location of the patient or a location of the care device. In a preferred embodiment, programming a patient care device to deliver a drug to a patient entails activating a configuration database and scanning a machine-readable drug label identifying a particular protocol stored in the activated database. The selected protocol includes default parameters for delivering the drug, and the label optionally includes instructions for deviating from the default protocol.
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1. A patient care system comprising:
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a patient care device including a memory for storing a plurality of configuration databases, each of said configuration databases comprising a plurality of device operating parameters; a network communicating with said device, said network including at least one database comprising patient-specific information; and means for activating a configuration database from said plurality of configuration databases based at least in part on said patient-specific information communicated to the care device, wherein the patient care device operates in accordance with at least one of said plurality of groups of operating parameters of the activated configuration database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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