Systems and methods for monitoring a patient health network

• US 9,965,946 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Inventors: Al-Ali, Yaser Ammar, Wafeeq, Jad Adel
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Brian
• Application Number:
  US14/198,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,525 Days
• Field of Search: 34087001, 34087009, 3405391, 34053912, 3405731, 700 28, 700 32, 700108, 700109
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0283 Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/00 Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring error detection, correction or monitoring in information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B20/18; monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing G11B27/36; in static stores G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring physiological monitoring systems are described herein. A communication interface module can be configured to receive from a physiological monitoring system first data based on a snapshot taken of a status of the physiological monitoring system at a first time. A memory module can be configured to store the first data and a baseline associated with the physiological monitoring system. A processor module can be configured to compare the first data with the baseline and to generate a notification if the first data deviates from the baseline by a predetermined amount. A display module can be configured to display a physical location of a plurality of physiological monitoring systems and display the notification.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a change in system performance in one of a plurality of physiological monitoring systems, the method comprising:

as implemented by a network monitoring system comprising computer hardware and memory, the network monitoring system in communication with the plurality of physiological monitoring systems, the network monitoring system configured with specific executable instructions,

receiving, from a first physiological monitoring system in the plurality of physiological monitoring systems, first data based on a status of computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a first time, wherein each physiological monitoring system in the plurality of physiological monitoring systems comprises a plurality of patient monitoring devices, the plurality of patient monitoring devices each configured to be coupled to a different patient to measure a physiological signal of the respective patient, the plurality of patient monitoring devices configured to communicate with each other via a wireless network associated with the respective physiological monitoring system, and wherein the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system comprises at least one indicator of a system performance of the first physiological monitoring system;

comparing the received first data with a baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system;

generating a notification in response to a determination that the received first data deviates from the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system by a predetermined amount;

transmitting the notification to a system performance monitor; and

displaying a location of individual physiological monitoring systems of the plurality of physiological monitoring systems, the notification, and an indication that the notification is generated for the first physiological monitoring system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the first physiological monitoring system, second data based on a snapshot taken of the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a second time after the first time;

aggregating the received first data and the received second data;

comparing the aggregated data with the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system; and

generating the notification if the aggregated data deviates from the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system by the predetermined amount.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the first physiological monitoring system, second data based on a snapshot taken of the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a second time before the first time; and

generating the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system based on the received second data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving first data comprises receiving at least one of a processor utilization by the first physiological monitoring system, a memory utilization by the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times a notification system associated with the first physiological monitoring system failed, a number of times at least one first medical device disconnected from the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times at least one second medical device generated an alarm condition, a number of errors generated by the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times the at least one second medical device generated the alarm condition that lasted more than a second predetermined amount of time, and a number of times the at least one second medical device generated the alarm condition that lasted less than the second predetermined amount of time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the notification comprises transmitting a message to the system performance monitor identifying at least one component of the first physiological monitoring system that caused the generation of the notification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing comprises comparing a selected indicator of the system performance of the first physiological monitoring system with a baseline of the selected indicator.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the generating the notification comprises generating the notification if a value of the selected indicator deviates from the baseline of the selected indicator by the predetermined amount.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the system performance monitor is one of a computing device within the first physiological monitoring system or a computing device outside the first physiological monitoring system.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the received first data in response to a user selecting the first physiological monitoring system from the plurality of physiological monitoring systems.

10. A system for monitoring a first physiological monitoring system in a plurality of physiological monitoring systems, the system comprising:

a communication interface module configured to receive from the first physiological monitoring system first data based on a snapshot taken of a status of computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a first time, wherein the communication interface module is configured to communicate with each physiological monitoring system in the plurality of physiological monitoring systems, wherein each physiological monitoring system in the plurality of physiological monitoring systems comprises a plurality of patient monitoring devices, the plurality of patient monitoring devices each configured to be coupled to a different patient to measure a physiological signal of the respective patient, the plurality of patient monitoring devices configured to communicate with each other via a wireless network associated with the respective physiological monitoring system, and wherein the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system comprises at least one indicator of a system performance of the first physiological monitoring system;

a memory module configured to store the received first data and a baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system;

a processor module configured to compare the received first data with the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system and to generate a notification in response to a determination that the received first data deviates from the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system by a predetermined amount; and

a display module configured to display a location of individual physiological monitoring systems of the plurality of physiological monitoring systems, the notification, and an indication that the notification is generated for the first physiological monitoring system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication interface module is further configured to receive from the first physiological monitoring system second data based on a snapshot taken of the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a second time after the first time.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor module is further configured to aggregate the received first data and the received second data, to compare the aggregated data with the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system, and to generate the notification if the aggregated data deviates from the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system by the predetermined amount.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication interface module is further configured to receive from the first physiological monitoring system second data based on a snapshot taken of the status of the computing resources of the first physiological monitoring system at a second time before the first time.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor module is further configured to generate the baseline associated with the first physiological monitoring system based on the received second data.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the first data comprises at least one of a processor utilization by the first physiological monitoring system, a memory utilization by the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times a notification system associated with the first physiological monitoring system failed, a number of times at least one first medical device disconnected from the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times at least one second medical device generated an alarm condition, a number of errors generated by the first physiological monitoring system, a number of times the at least one second medical device generated the alarm condition that lasted more than a second predetermined amount of time, and a number of times the at least one second medical device generated the alarm condition that lasted less than the second predetermined amount of time.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication interface module is further configured to transmit the notification to a system performance monitor identifying at least one component of the first physiological monitoring system that caused the generation of the notification.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system performance monitor is one of a computing device within the first physiological monitoring system or a computing device outside the first physiological monitoring system.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor module is further configured to compare a selected indicator of the system performance of the first physiological monitoring system with a baseline of the selected indicator.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor module is further configured to generate the notification if a value of the selected indicator deviates from the baseline of the selected indicator by the predetermined amount.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the display module is further configured to display the received first data in response to a user selecting the first physiological monitoring system from the plurality of physiological monitoring systems.