System, method, and apparatus for electronic patient care

A system for electronic patient care, the system comprising:

• a hub configured to monitor a plurality of patient-care devices, the hub comprising:
• a sandbox component configured to control access to at least one of a hardware resource and a software resource, wherein the sandbox component is configured to manage the execution of a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of applications includes an application to monitor a patient-care device and an application to monitor a sensor;
• and
• a dock configured to receive at least two of the plurality of patient-care devices and enable communication via a wired connection, wherein the at least two patient-care devices treat a single patient,
• a wearable system monitor;
• and
• a wearable dock configured to be worn by the patient and releasably couple to the wearable system monitor, wherein the wearable dock is configured to identify a caregiver, wherein the wearable system monitor is configured to:
• start a timer when the wearable system monitor is uncoupled from the wearable dock,
• stop treatment by a third patient-care device separate from the wearable dock and wearable system monitor after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after the timer is started,
• pair the wearable system monitor with a fourth patient-care device while uncoupled from the wearable dock,
• recouple with the wearable dock,
• identify and authenticate the wearable dock,
• resume treatment of the third patient-care device after the wearable system monitor is recoupled to the wearable dock, the wearable dock is identified by the wearable system monitor, and the wearable dock is authenticated by the wearable system monitor, and
• log the pairing of the wearable system monitor with the fourth patient-care device and include the caregiver identity in the log,
• wherein the hub is further configured to identify the at least two patient-care devices and execute the application to monitor the at least two patient-care devices, respectively, and wherein the hub executes the application within the sandbox component such that the application accesses the at least one of the hardware resource and the software resource through the sandbox component,
• wherein the hub is further configured to monitor the plurality of applications to determine whether a monitored application of the plurality of applications is attempting to violate a locally-stored Drug Error Reduction System (“DERS”) rule and prevent the monitored application from performing the violation of the rule, and
• wherein the sandbox component is configured to:
• receive multiple requests to set an alarm condition from multiple applications of the plurality of applications,
• prioritize the alarm requests,
• display on a user interface a prioritized list of the prioritized alarm requests,
• receive a user selection of an alarm request within the list of the prioritized alarm requests, and
• disable the user selected alarm request.

A system for electronic patient care, the system comprising:

• a hub configured to monitor a plurality of patient-care devices, the hub comprising:
• an operating system component configured to access at least one of a hardware resource of the hub and a software resource of the hub;
• a sandbox component configured to control the access to the at least one of the hardware resource and the software resource, wherein the sandbox component is configured to manage the execution of a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of applications includes at least two applications to each monitor different patient-care devices of the plurality of patient-care devices and an application to monitor a sensor;
• and
• a dock configured to receive at least a first and second of the different patient-care devices of the plurality of patient-care devices and enable communication via a wired connection, wherein the at least first and second patient-care devices treat a single patient;
• a wearable system monitor;
• and
• a wearable dock configured to be worn by the patient and releasably couple to the wearable system monitor, wherein the wearable system monitor is configured to:
• start a timer when the wearable system monitor is uncoupled from the wearable dock,
• stop treatment by a third patient-care device separate from the wearable system monitor and wearable dock after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after the timer is started,
• pair the wearable system monitor with a fourth patient-care device while uncoupled from the wearable dock,
• recouple with the wearable dock,
• identify and authenticate the wearable dock, and
• resume treatment of the third patient-care device after the wearable system monitor is recoupled to the wearable dock, the wearable dock is identified by the wearable system monitor, and the wearable dock is authenticated by the wearable system monitor,
• wherein:
• the hub is further configured to identify the different patient-care devices and execute the at least two applications to monitor the different patient-care devices, respectively,
• the hub executes the at least two applications to monitor the different patient-care devices within the sandbox component such that the at least two applications access the at least one of the hardware resource and the software resource through the sandbox component,
• the hub is further configured to monitor the plurality of applications to determine whether a monitored one of the plurality of applications is attempting to violate a locally-stored Drug Error Reduction System (“DERS”) rule and prevent the at least two monitored applications from performing the violation of the rule, and
• the sandbox component is configured to:
• receive multiple requests to set an alarm condition from multiple applications of the plurality of applications,
• prioritize the alarm requests,
• display on a user interface a prioritized list of the prioritized alarm requests,
• receive a user selection of an alarm request within the list of the prioritized alarm requests, and
• disable the user selected alarm request.