Alarm management system
First Claim
1. An alarm management system, comprising:
- an informatics server, comprising;
one or more processors;
a memory, coupled to the one or more processors, on which instructions are stored, comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to;
receive an alarm from a bedside physiological monitoring device;
evaluate an alarm routing rule corresponding to the alarm, the rule associated with an alarm context, comprising patient status and physiological data associated with the alarm, wherein the physiological data associated with the alarm comprises historical data generated over a course of patient monitoring;
route the alarm to a recipient designated by the alarm routing rule;
establish an alarm threshold for the alarm; and
predict effects of modifying the alarm threshold, responsive to historical physiological data; and
a substation, coupled between the bedside physiological monitoring device and the informatics server, programmed to;
insert a timestamp into non-timestamped data received from the bedside physiological monitoring device; and
eliminating clock drift by synchronizing a clock of the substation with a clock of the informatics server.
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Abstract
The Alarm Management System allows hospitals and critical care units to manage alarms generated by patient monitors and includes the following components: The Alarm Dashboard provides a display of alarm history and trends categorized as desired by hospital administrators. The Alarm Criticality Discernment Tool assists in distinguishing between critical and non-critical alarms. This Tool can allow a clinician to accommodate patient-specific or doctor-specific rules, alarm thresholds, or exceptions. The Alarm Renderer Tool provides physiological data for a predetermined period before the alarm and upon receiving a patient alarm, allows the alarm and the physiological data displayed visually to be forwarded to a care provider to assist in the determination of the criticality of the alarm. The Alarm Router Tool is a set of rules and editor for routing and escalating unacknowledged alarms to other care providers and recording these events.
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1. An alarm management system, comprising:
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an informatics server, comprising; one or more processors; a memory, coupled to the one or more processors, on which instructions are stored, comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to; receive an alarm from a bedside physiological monitoring device; evaluate an alarm routing rule corresponding to the alarm, the rule associated with an alarm context, comprising patient status and physiological data associated with the alarm, wherein the physiological data associated with the alarm comprises historical data generated over a course of patient monitoring; route the alarm to a recipient designated by the alarm routing rule; establish an alarm threshold for the alarm; and predict effects of modifying the alarm threshold, responsive to historical physiological data; and a substation, coupled between the bedside physiological monitoring device and the informatics server, programmed to; insert a timestamp into non-timestamped data received from the bedside physiological monitoring device; and eliminating clock drift by synchronizing a clock of the substation with a clock of the informatics server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory machine readable medium on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more programmable devices to:
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receive an alarm from a bedside physiological monitoring device; evaluate an alarm routing rule corresponding to the alarm, the rule associated with an alarm context, comprising patient status and physiological data associated with the alarm, wherein the physiological data associated with the alarm comprises historical data generated over a course of patient monitoring; establish an alarm threshold for the alarm; predict effects of modifying the alarm threshold, responsive to historical physiological data; route the alarm to a recipient designated by the alarm routing rule; and synchronize a first clock with a second clock associated with a substation that injects a timestamp into non-timestamped data received from the bedside physiological monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of managing physiological alarms, comprising:
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receiving an alarm from a bedside physiological monitoring device; injecting a timestamp into non-timestamped data received from the bedside physiological monitoring device; synchronizing clocks to eliminate clock drift; evaluating an alarm routing rule corresponding to the alarm, the rule associated with an alarm context comprising patient status and physiological data associated with the alarm, wherein the physiological data associated with the alarm comprises historical data generated over a course of patient monitoring; establishing an alarm threshold for the alarm; predicting effects of modifying the alarm threshold, responsive to historical physiological data; and routing the alarm to a recipient designated by the alarm routing rule, wherein the alarm routing rule comprises a computational algorithm for distinguishing critical from non-critical alarms. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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