Method and system to reduce the nuisance alarm load in the clinical setting
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1. A medical system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to;
receive and/or generate physiological alarms for patients;
establish an alarm rate limit for the patients, and alarm response time limits for clinician response times, based on a clinical alarm management policy;
store the received and/or generated alarms for subsequent analysis wherein each stored alarm includes at least a response time and a clinician assigned to a patient corresponding to the alarm;
analyze the stored physiological alarms to determine;
patients exceeding the alarm rate limit; and
,clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits; and
notify clinicians of (i) patients in their care that have alarm rates exceeding the alarm rate limit and (ii) patients in their care that have alarm response times exceeding the alarm response time limits.
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Abstract
A medical method and corresponding system for determining outlying patients in a data set of patient physiological alarms. Physiological alarms for patients are received and/or generated. An alarm rate limit for the patients, and/or alarm response limits for clinician response times, are determined based on a clinical alarm management policy. The received and/or generated physiological alarms are analyzed to determine at least one of: 1) patients exceeding the alarm rate limit; and 2) clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits.
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1. A medical system comprising:
at least one processor programmed to; receive and/or generate physiological alarms for patients; establish an alarm rate limit for the patients, and alarm response time limits for clinician response times, based on a clinical alarm management policy; store the received and/or generated alarms for subsequent analysis wherein each stored alarm includes at least a response time and a clinician assigned to a patient corresponding to the alarm; analyze the stored physiological alarms to determine; patients exceeding the alarm rate limit; and
,clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits; and notify clinicians of (i) patients in their care that have alarm rates exceeding the alarm rate limit and (ii) patients in their care that have alarm response times exceeding the alarm response time limits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19)
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9. A medical method, performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
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receiving and/or generating physiological alarms for patients; establishing an alarm rate limit for the patients, and/or alarm response limits for clinician response times, based on a clinical alarm management policy; analyzing the received and/or generated physiological alarms to determine at least one of; patients exceeding the alarm rate limit; and
,clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits; and storing a listing of clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. A medical system comprising:
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a plurality of patient monitors each associated with a patient and each including one or more sensors to collect physiological data of the patient, the plurality of patient monitors configured to one or more of;
1) transmit physiological alarms based on the physiological data to a central station; and
2) transmit the physiological data to the central station;the central station including at least one processor programmed to; one or more of;
1) receive the physiological alarms from the plurality of patient monitors; and
2) receive the physiological data from the plurality of patient monitors and generate physiological alarms based on the received physiological data;establish alarm response limits for clinician response times, based on a clinical alarm management policy; analyze the received and/or generated physiological alarms to determine clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits; and store a listing of clinicians exceeding the alarm response limits.
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