ELECTRONIC PATIENT SITTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING
First Claim
1. A method for managing an electronic sitter system for monitoring patients, the electronic sitter system comprising a plurality of sitter devices and a sitter management device for managing access to at least one patient surveillance video stream associated with a patient room, the method comprising:
- identifying a first patient surveillance video stream associated with a first patient room to transmit to a first sitter device selected from a plurality of sitter devices;
receiving, at the first sitter device, the patient surveillance video stream and displaying the first patient surveillance video stream at the first sitter device;
transmitting motion sensor data from the first patient room to the sitter management device;
receiving an alert at the first sitter device from the sitter management device, wherein the alert is triggered by motion in a patient room;
providing at least one interactive control for responding to the received alert; and
logging the alert to an event log at the sitter management device.
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Abstract
An electronic sitter management system coupled to patient surveillance network having a plurality of video cameras, each camera transmitting a stream of surveillance video of a respective patient room. The sitter management system includes at least one sitter management device and a plurality of sitter devices. Each device being assigned a plurality of patient rooms and capable of receiving a plurality of streams of surveillance video for the corresponding plurality of patient rooms and simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images of the corresponding plurality of patient rooms. Each device is also capable of transmitting sitter device availability information to the sitter management device. The sitter management device being capable of recognizing a sitter device being unavailable and reassigning the plurality of patient rooms previously assigned to the unavailable device to other of the plurality of sitter devices that are available.
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1. A method for managing an electronic sitter system for monitoring patients, the electronic sitter system comprising a plurality of sitter devices and a sitter management device for managing access to at least one patient surveillance video stream associated with a patient room, the method comprising:
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identifying a first patient surveillance video stream associated with a first patient room to transmit to a first sitter device selected from a plurality of sitter devices; receiving, at the first sitter device, the patient surveillance video stream and displaying the first patient surveillance video stream at the first sitter device; transmitting motion sensor data from the first patient room to the sitter management device; receiving an alert at the first sitter device from the sitter management device, wherein the alert is triggered by motion in a patient room; providing at least one interactive control for responding to the received alert; and logging the alert to an event log at the sitter management device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic sitter management system coupled to patient surveillance network, said patient surveillance network comprising a plurality of video cameras for transmitting a patient surveillance video stream for each of the respective patient rooms, each of the plurality of video cameras located in a patient room and aimed at an interior of the respective patient room, the electronic sitter management system comprising:
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a plurality of sitter devices, each sitter device comprising; a video display for displaying at least one patient surveillance video stream transmitted from one of the plurality of video cameras located in the patient room; a sitter interface object for receiving a sitter interaction and for generating a sitter interaction signal; a network connection for receiving the at least one patient surveillance video stream transmitted from one of the plurality of video cameras located in the patient room and for transmitting identification information; and a sitter management device comprising; a patient assignment component for transmitting a first patient surveillance video stream for a first patient room for display on a first sitter device of the plurality of sitter devices, and for transmitting a second patient surveillance video stream for a second patient room for display on a second sitter device of the plurality of sitter devices, and for transmitting a third patient surveillance video stream for a third patient room for display on a third sitter device of the plurality of sitter devices; and an alert component for transmitting motion sensor data from the first patient room to the sitter management device, receiving an alert at the first sitter device from the sitter management device, wherein the alert is triggered by motion in a patient room, providing at least one interactive control for responding to the received alert. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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