System and method for comparing and utilizing activity information and configuration information from multiple medical device management systems
First Claim
1. A method of tracking and comparing activity or configuration information for a medical device within an institution, comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a plurality of institutions medical device activity or configuration library information and storing the received information to a database on a central computer system;
creating for the plurality of institutions a peer definition in the database comprising at least one of;
an institution type comprising one of rural, community, teaching/university, multi hospital health system, and/orbed size type comprising number of patient beds in the institution;
assigning a peer group to each institution by matching institutions with selected peer definitions and storing the peer group assignment in the database;
receiving an institution selection from a client computer;
searching, using the central computer system, the database for at least another institution with a matching peer group to the selected institution;
comparing, using the central computer system, medical device activity or configuration information received for the institution with respective medical device activity or configuration information received for the at least another institution with a matching peer group;
providing a result for the comparison; and
displaying the result on the client computer.
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Abstract
A method of aggregating and using medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions. The system and method electronically receives at a central computer system a plurality of established medical device data, each of the plurality of established medical device data being received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices within the respective remote institution, such as medication delivery pumps, associated therewith and utilized therein. The system and method electronically combines and stores the plurality of established medical device data from each of the plurality of remote institutions within a memory, and electronically provides a remote client computer access to at least one of a central reporting application adapted for providing summary information to the remote client computer about the medical device data, and/or other applications.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of tracking and comparing activity or configuration information for a medical device within an institution, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a plurality of institutions medical device activity or configuration library information and storing the received information to a database on a central computer system; creating for the plurality of institutions a peer definition in the database comprising at least one of; an institution type comprising one of rural, community, teaching/university, multi hospital health system, and/or bed size type comprising number of patient beds in the institution; assigning a peer group to each institution by matching institutions with selected peer definitions and storing the peer group assignment in the database; receiving an institution selection from a client computer; searching, using the central computer system, the database for at least another institution with a matching peer group to the selected institution; comparing, using the central computer system, medical device activity or configuration information received for the institution with respective medical device activity or configuration information received for the at least another institution with a matching peer group; providing a result for the comparison; and displaying the result on the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of using aggregated medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions/facilities, comprising the steps of:
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accessing an aggregation of a plurality medical device configuration/activity information stored in a memory in a central computer system, each of the plurality of medical device configuration/activity information received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices associated therewith and utilized therein, and each of the respective remote medication delivery systems being associated with and implemented within a respective remote institution/facility of the plurality of remote institutions/facilities, creating for the plurality of institutions a peer definition in the memory comprising at least one of; an institution type comprising one of rural, community, teaching/university, multi hospital health system, and/or bed size type comprising number of patient beds in the institution; and assigning a peer group to each institution by matching institutions with selected peer definitions and storing the peer group assignment in the database; comparing at the central computer system entered or selected medical device configuration/activity information with the aggregated configuration/activity information which is within a peer group corresponding to the entered or selected configuration/activity information. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of using aggregated medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions/facilities, comprising the steps of:
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accessing an aggregation of a plurality of established medical device data stored in a memory in a central computer system, each of the plurality of established medication data received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices associated therewith and utilized therein, and each of the respective remote medication delivery systems being associated with and implemented within a respective remote institution/facility of the plurality of remote institutions/facilities, creating for the plurality of institutions a peer definition in the memory comprising at least one of; an institution type comprising one of rural, community, teaching/university, multi hospital health system, and/or bed size type comprising number of patient beds in the institution; and assigning a peer group to each institution by matching institutions with selected peer definitions and storing the peer group assignment in the database; searching the aggregation of the plurality of established medical device data based on search parameters at the central computer system to obtain a search result; and
,comparing the search result to a sub-group of the aggregated medical device data at the central computer system corresponding to a peer group. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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