System and Method For Providing Centralized Physiological Monitoring
First Claim
1. A system for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station comprising:
- a plurality of patient measurement systems generating respective alarms indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition;
a centralized physiological monitoring station receiving the alarms from the patient measurement systems;
a processor in communication with the centralized physiological monitoring station configured to monitor patterns in the alarms for each of the patients, to establish individualized historical alarm information for each of the patients responsive to monitored patterns in the alarms, to determine an urgency of the respective alarms according to the individualized historical alarm information, and to provide notifications to a user monitoring the respective physiological conditions at the centralized physiological monitoring station, wherein the notifications are prioritized according to the urgency of the alarms so as to reduce a workload on the user by limiting a need of the user to respond to less urgent alarms so that the user is able to concentrate on more urgent alarms; and
a display in communication with the processor for displaying the notifications to the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station. The system includes a plurality of patient measurement systems generating respective alarms indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition and a centralized physiological monitoring station receiving the alarms from the patient measurement systems. A processor in communication with the centralized physiological monitoring station is configured to monitor patterns in the alarms for each of the patients, to establish individualized historical alarm information for each of the patients responsive to monitored patterns in the alarms, to determine an urgency of the respective alarms according to the individualized historical alarm information, and to provide notifications to a user monitoring the respective physiological conditions at the centralized physiological monitoring station. The system also includes a display in communication with the processor for displaying the notifications to the user.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station comprising:
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a plurality of patient measurement systems generating respective alarms indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition; a centralized physiological monitoring station receiving the alarms from the patient measurement systems; a processor in communication with the centralized physiological monitoring station configured to monitor patterns in the alarms for each of the patients, to establish individualized historical alarm information for each of the patients responsive to monitored patterns in the alarms, to determine an urgency of the respective alarms according to the individualized historical alarm information, and to provide notifications to a user monitoring the respective physiological conditions at the centralized physiological monitoring station, wherein the notifications are prioritized according to the urgency of the alarms so as to reduce a workload on the user by limiting a need of the user to respond to less urgent alarms so that the user is able to concentrate on more urgent alarms; and a display in communication with the processor for displaying the notifications to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station comprising:
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providing a plurality of patient measurement systems for generating respective alarm signals indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition; providing a centralized physiological monitoring station for receiving the alarm signals from the patient measurement systems; receiving alarms indicative of respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at the centralized physiological monitoring station; monitoring patterns in the alarms for each of the patients; establishing individualized historical alarm information for each of the patients responsive to monitored trends in the alarms; determining an urgency of the respective alarms according to the individualized historical alarm information; and providing notifications to a user monitoring the respective physiological conditions at the centralized physiological monitoring station, wherein the notifications are prioritized according to the urgency of the alarms so as to reduce a workload on the user by limiting a need of the user to respond to less urgent alarms so that the user is able to concentrate on more urgent alarms. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Computer readable media containing program instructions for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station, the computer readable media comprising:
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a computer program code for providing a plurality of patient measurement systems for generating respective alarm signals indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition; a computer program code for providing a centralized physiological monitoring station for receiving the alarm signals from the patient measurement systems; a computer program code for receiving alarms indicative of respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at the centralized physiological monitoring station; a computer program code for monitoring patterns in the alarms for each of the patients; a computer program code for establishing individualized historical alarm information for each of the patients responsive to monitored trends in the alarms; a computer program code for determining a urgency of the respective alarms according to the individualized historical alarm information; and a computer program code for providing notifications to a user monitoring the respective physiological conditions at the centralized physiological monitoring station, wherein the notifications are prioritized according to the urgency of the alarms so as to reduce a workload on the user by limiting a need of the user to respond to less urgent alarms so that the user is able to concentrate on more urgent alarms.
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30. A system for reducing a workload of a user monitoring respective physiological conditions of a plurality of patients at a centralized physiological monitoring station comprising:
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a plurality of patient measurement systems generating respective alarms indicative of a patient'"'"'s physiological condition; a centralized physiological monitoring station receiving the alarms from the patient measurement systems; a processing module in communication with the centralized physiological monitoring station configured for adaptively controlling a presentation of the alarms at the centralized physiological monitoring station responsive to at least one of patient history information, historical alarm information, electro-physiological data, quality of service data, and staff assignment information so as to reduce a workload on a user monitoring the presentation of the alarms; and a display in communication with the adaptive processing module for displaying the presentation of the alarms to the user at the centralized physiological monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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