Monitoring, predicting and treating clinical episodes
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a location sensing system that comprises a plurality of location sensors, the location sensing system being configured to;
identify respective locations of a plurality of clinicians, andgenerate a location-sensing-system signal in response thereto; and
a patient-monitoring system comprising;
a first sensor, configured to measure a clinical parameter of a patient, and to generate a first sensor signal in response thereto; and
a control unit configured;
in response to the first sensor signal, to determine that an alert event has occurred,in response to the location-sensing-system signal, to designate a first subset of the clinicians, andin response to having determined that the alert event has occurred, to communicate an alert to the first subset of clinicians,wherein, in response to the location-sensing-system signal, the control unit is configured to determine whether a clinician from the first subset of clinicians is moving toward the patient, and, in response to determining that no clinician from the first subset of the clinicians is moving toward the patient within a given time period, to communicate the alert to clinicians not in the first subset of clinicians.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described including a location sensing system that comprises a plurality of location sensors, and which is configured to identify respective locations of a plurality of clinicians, and to generate a location-sensing-system signal in response thereto. A patient-monitoring system includes a sensor, configured to measure a clinical parameter of a patient, and to generate a sensor signal in response thereto. A control unit of the patient-monitoring system includes signal analysis functionality that is configured to determine that an alert event has occurred, in response to the first sensor signal. In response to the location-sensing-system signal, the signal analysis functionality designates a first subset of the clinicians, and, in response to having determined that the alert event has occurred, the signal analysis functionality communicates the alert to the first subset of clinicians. Other applications are also described.
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8 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a location sensing system that comprises a plurality of location sensors, the location sensing system being configured to; identify respective locations of a plurality of clinicians, and generate a location-sensing-system signal in response thereto; and a patient-monitoring system comprising; a first sensor, configured to measure a clinical parameter of a patient, and to generate a first sensor signal in response thereto; and a control unit configured; in response to the first sensor signal, to determine that an alert event has occurred, in response to the location-sensing-system signal, to designate a first subset of the clinicians, and in response to having determined that the alert event has occurred, to communicate an alert to the first subset of clinicians, wherein, in response to the location-sensing-system signal, the control unit is configured to determine whether a clinician from the first subset of clinicians is moving toward the patient, and, in response to determining that no clinician from the first subset of the clinicians is moving toward the patient within a given time period, to communicate the alert to clinicians not in the first subset of clinicians.
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2. Apparatus comprising:
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a location sensing system that comprises a plurality of location sensors, the location sensing system being configured to; identify respective locations of a plurality of clinicians, and generate a location-sensing-system signal in response thereto; and a patient-monitoring system comprising; a first sensor, configured to measure a clinical parameter of a patient, and to generate a first sensor signal in response thereto; and a control unit configured; in response to the first sensor signal, to determine that an alert event has occurred, in response to the location-sensing-system signal, to designate a first subset of the clinicians, and in response to having determined that the alert event has occurred, to communicate an alert to the first subset of clinicians, wherein the apparatus is for use with a patient who has been assigned to be cared for by a second subset of the clinicians, and wherein the control unit is configured to designate the first subset of clinicians based upon the location-sensing-system signal and based upon membership of the second subset of the clinicians. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. Apparatus comprising:
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a patient-monitoring system comprising; a display; a first sensor configured to measure a clinical parameter of a patient, and to generate a first sensor signal in response thereto; and a control unit; and a location-sensing system that comprises a plurality of location sensors, the location-sensing system being configured to identify respective locations of a plurality of clinicians, and generate a location-sensing-system signal in response thereto, wherein the control unit is configured to; analyze the patient sensor signal and drive the display to display data in response thereto, and receive the location-sensing-system signal and change a format of the displayed data on the display in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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