System and method for the processing of alarm and communication information in centralized patient monitoring
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1. A method of providing care to a plurality of patients, the patients being attended by a clinician, a patient condition for each of the patients being transmitted to a centralized location, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a centralized location from a monitoring device a signal indicative of the patient condition from each of a plurality of patients;
displaying a real time-based representation of each patient'"'"'s condition to a technician on a monitoring display;
sending a communication from the technician to the clinician via a communication platform upon a change in patient condition;
displaying in real time on the monitoring display to the technician a record of the communication attempt, wherein the record includes a communication sent indicator;
displaying to the technician an indication of the next probable action to expect for each of the plurality of patients in a next action column of the monitoring display; and
displaying to the technician a patient metric in a metrics column, wherein the patient metric is one of an institutionally defined metric or a technician selected metric, further wherein all of the displaying steps occur simultaneously.
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Abstract
A system and a method allowing a technician to monitor the condition of a plurality of patients and communicate their condition to an attending clinician. A centralized receiving station receives signals from each of the patients being monitored. A graphical user interface simultaneously displays an indication of patient condition for each of a plurality of patients. A technician utilizes this information to efficiently communicate the conditions of the patients to an attending clinician.
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1. A method of providing care to a plurality of patients, the patients being attended by a clinician, a patient condition for each of the patients being transmitted to a centralized location, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a centralized location from a monitoring device a signal indicative of the patient condition from each of a plurality of patients; displaying a real time-based representation of each patient'"'"'s condition to a technician on a monitoring display; sending a communication from the technician to the clinician via a communication platform upon a change in patient condition; displaying in real time on the monitoring display to the technician a record of the communication attempt, wherein the record includes a communication sent indicator; displaying to the technician an indication of the next probable action to expect for each of the plurality of patients in a next action column of the monitoring display; and displaying to the technician a patient metric in a metrics column, wherein the patient metric is one of an institutionally defined metric or a technician selected metric, further wherein all of the displaying steps occur simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing care to a plurality of patients, the patients being attended to by a clinician, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a patient condition for each of the patients to a centralized location; receiving at the centralized location from a monitoring device a signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s condition from each of the plurality of patients; displaying a real time-based representation of each of the patient'"'"'s conditions on a monitoring display; monitoring for a change in the patient condition for any of the plurality of patients; sending a communication to the clinician via a communication platform upon a change in patient condition for any of the plurality of patients; displaying in real time a record of the communication attempt, wherein the record includes a communication sent indicator; displaying an indication of the next probable action to expect for each of the plurality of patients in a next action column of the monitoring display; and displaying to the technician a patient metric in a metrics column, wherein the patient metric is one of an institutionally defined metric or a technician selected metric, further wherein all of the displaying steps occur simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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