System and method for collection and communication of data from multiple patient care devices
First Claim
1. A system for collecting and communicating data from a plurality of medical devices of different types to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, each of the medical devices having an output port, the system comprisinga local data collection module comprising a first controller, a receiver coupled to the first controller and operable to receive local short-range wireless signals, a transceiver coupled to the first controller and operable to communicate wirelessly with a wireless access point of an Ethernet of a healthcare facility, anda plurality of medical device adapters, each medical device adapter having a second controller, an input port coupled to the second controller and coupleable to a respective medical device of the plurality of medical devices to receive data from the output port of the respective medical device, each data communication module having a transmitter coupled to the respective second controller and operable to transmit the data received from the respective medical device as the short-range local wireless signals to the receiver of the local data collection,wherein the local data collection module communicates at least some of the data received from each of the medical devices adapters wirelessly to the EMR system via the wireless access point for automatic entry into a medical record of a patient associated with the plurality of medical devices, wherein each of the medical device adapters includes a disassociate input that is activated by a caregiver when the respective medical device to which the medical device adapter is coupled is to be removed from the plurality of medical devices associated with the patient.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting, communicating, displaying, and/or analyzing data from multiple medical devices is disclosed. The system includes a local data collection module and a number of medical device adapters. The medical device adapters are coupled to respective medical devices via hardwired connections to receive data from the respective medical devices. The medical device adapters wirelessly transmit the data to the local data collection module. The local data collection module communicates the data received from the medical device adapters to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for automatic entry of at least some of the data in the electronic medical record of a patient associated with the medical devices.
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1. A system for collecting and communicating data from a plurality of medical devices of different types to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, each of the medical devices having an output port, the system comprising
a local data collection module comprising a first controller, a receiver coupled to the first controller and operable to receive local short-range wireless signals, a transceiver coupled to the first controller and operable to communicate wirelessly with a wireless access point of an Ethernet of a healthcare facility, and a plurality of medical device adapters, each medical device adapter having a second controller, an input port coupled to the second controller and coupleable to a respective medical device of the plurality of medical devices to receive data from the output port of the respective medical device, each data communication module having a transmitter coupled to the respective second controller and operable to transmit the data received from the respective medical device as the short-range local wireless signals to the receiver of the local data collection, wherein the local data collection module communicates at least some of the data received from each of the medical devices adapters wirelessly to the EMR system via the wireless access point for automatic entry into a medical record of a patient associated with the plurality of medical devices, wherein each of the medical device adapters includes a disassociate input that is activated by a caregiver when the respective medical device to which the medical device adapter is coupled is to be removed from the plurality of medical devices associated with the patient.
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13. A method of associating and disassociating a plurality of medical devices in a room with a patient in the room, the method comprising
receiving at an association computer wireless location data transmitted from medical device adapters that are coupled to respective ones of each of the plurality of medical devices which send patient data to the medical device adapters, the association computer being operable to determine that a first subset of the plurality of medical devices are to be associated with the patient and that a second subset of the plurality of medical devices are not to be associated with the patient based upon association rules programming executed by the association computer, displaying on a display a list of the first subset of devices and omitting from the list the second subset of devices, and receiving at the association computer a disassociate signal from one of the medical device adapters, the disassociate signal being sent in response to a caregiver engaging a user input of the medical device adapter while the medical device adapter is still receiving patient data from the medical device.
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