System and method for notification and escalation of medical data
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1. A method for executing at least one of an alarm process or an alert escalation process within a healthcare system comprising the steps of:
- a medical device generating a signal that at least one of an alarm or an alert condition exists for a specific patient;
the medical device sending the signal to a central computer;
the central computer determining if a first clinician'"'"'s device is active; and
if the central computer determines that the first clinician'"'"'s device is active;
the central computer relaying the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to the first clinician'"'"'s device;
the first clinician'"'"'s device indicating the alarm or alert condition by displaying the specific patient'"'"'s name and an alarm or alert icon related to the alarm or alert condition in close proximity to the patient'"'"'s name on a list interface which contains a list of all patients the first clinician is responsible for, including the specific patient, for which signals relating to alarm or alert conditions have been sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device, wherein each patient name and corresponding icon on the list is a hyperlink to a respective pump alarm details interface screen, different alarm or alert icons are associated with care required for different patients and each hyperlink is associated with a different color or shading to differentiate the level of urgency of attention required for each of the patients on the list, and wherein the first clinician'"'"'s device is configured to enable the clinician to select patients to be added to the list of patients using an input device of the first clinician'"'"'s device and wherein the first clinician'"'"'s device transmits information related to the updated list of patients to the central computer;
the central computer operating a timer; and
the central computer escalating the signal if a response to the alarm or alert condition is not received prior to a predefined timer limit, wherein escalating the signal includes transmitting the signal to a second clinician'"'"'s device and while maintaining the signal sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for executing at least one of an alarm or an alert escalation process within a healthcare environment.
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1. A method for executing at least one of an alarm process or an alert escalation process within a healthcare system comprising the steps of:
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a medical device generating a signal that at least one of an alarm or an alert condition exists for a specific patient; the medical device sending the signal to a central computer; the central computer determining if a first clinician'"'"'s device is active; and if the central computer determines that the first clinician'"'"'s device is active; the central computer relaying the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to the first clinician'"'"'s device; the first clinician'"'"'s device indicating the alarm or alert condition by displaying the specific patient'"'"'s name and an alarm or alert icon related to the alarm or alert condition in close proximity to the patient'"'"'s name on a list interface which contains a list of all patients the first clinician is responsible for, including the specific patient, for which signals relating to alarm or alert conditions have been sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device, wherein each patient name and corresponding icon on the list is a hyperlink to a respective pump alarm details interface screen, different alarm or alert icons are associated with care required for different patients and each hyperlink is associated with a different color or shading to differentiate the level of urgency of attention required for each of the patients on the list, and wherein the first clinician'"'"'s device is configured to enable the clinician to select patients to be added to the list of patients using an input device of the first clinician'"'"'s device and wherein the first clinician'"'"'s device transmits information related to the updated list of patients to the central computer; the central computer operating a timer; and the central computer escalating the signal if a response to the alarm or alert condition is not received prior to a predefined timer limit, wherein escalating the signal includes transmitting the signal to a second clinician'"'"'s device and while maintaining the signal sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for executing at least one of an alarm process or an alert escalation process within a healthcare environment comprising the steps of:
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a medical device generating a signal that at least one of an alarm or an alert condition exists for a specific patient; the medical device sending the signal to a central computer; the central computer relaying the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to a first clinician'"'"'s device; the central computer indicating the alarm or alert condition by displaying the specific patient'"'"'s name and an alarm or alert icon related to the alarm or alert condition on a list interface which contains a list of all patients the first clinician is responsible for, including the specific patient, for which signals relating to alarm or alert conditions have been sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device and one of a plurality of different alarm or alert icons for each patient, wherein each patient name and corresponding icon is a hyperlink to a respective pump alarm details interface screen, different alarm or alert icons are associated with care required for different patients and each hyperlink is associated with a different color or shading to differentiate the level of urgency of attention required for each of the patients on the list, and wherein when the clinician selects a specific patient on the list interface; the clinician'"'"'s device displays a patient menu screen for the specific patient which enables the clinician to use an input device of the clinician'"'"'s device to select an action from the group consisting of;
(a) begin an infusion;
(b) stop infusion; and
(c) resume infusion; andthe clinician'"'"'s device relays the selected action to the central computer; the central computer operating a timer; and the central computer relaying the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to a second clinician'"'"'s device and elevating the signal sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device by instructing the first clinician'"'"'s device to use a feature selected from the group consisting of;
(a) a larger font, and (b) a flashing display. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for escalating an alarm or alert condition, comprising:
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a medical device having an alarm/alert module that identifies the existence of at least one of an alarm or alert condition related to a specific patient; and a processor having software that receives a signal from the alarm/alert module relating to the alarm or alert condition, determines if a first clinician'"'"'s device is active and sends an alarm or alert condition to the first clinician'"'"'s device if the first clinician'"'"'s device is active, the processor further having a timer module that sets a timer limit; the first clinician'"'"'s device having a receiver that receives the alarm or alert condition signal from the processor, the first clinician'"'"'s device further having a display to display one of a plurality of different icons representative of the alarm/alert condition signal and the specific patient'"'"'s name on a list interface which contains a list of all patients the first clinician is responsible for, including the specific patient, for which signals relating to alarm or alert conditions have been sent to the first clinician'"'"'s device, wherein each patient name and corresponding icon is a hyperlink to a respective pump alarm details interface screen, different alarm or alert icons are associated with care required for different patients and each hyperlink is associated with a different color or shading to differentiate the level of urgency of attention required for each of the patients on the list, and a speaker to provide an audible alarm or alert representative of the received alarm/alert condition signal, and wherein the first clinician'"'"'s device is configured to enable the clinician to select patients to be added to the list of patients, and wherein when the clinician selects a specific patient on the list interface, the first clinician'"'"'s device displays a patient menu screen which enables the clinician to cause a display of at least one of patient allergies, medication history and lab results for the specific patient using an input device of the first clinician'"'"'s device and wherein the processor sends data related to the selected information to the first clinician'"'"'s device; and wherein the processor;
(i) escalates the alarm or alert condition signal if no response to the alarm or alert condition signal is received from either an input device at the first clinician'"'"'s device or an input device at the medical device within the timer limit, and (ii) simultaneously transmits the signal to a second clinician'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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