Clinician decision support system

A method of clinician support comprising, with a patient-specific bedside monitor:

• automatically and continuously inputting sensor signals from patient physiological sensors into the bedside monitor;
• manually inputting patient-specific information that is not available from the sensor signals on a first interface of the bedside monitor;
• with at least one disease-specific decision module of a plurality of disease-specific decision modules of the bedside monitor, analyzing the sensor signals and the patient-related information for signs and symptoms of a presence of a specific disease;
• displaying the signs and symptoms on the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• requesting additional patient related information for the analyzing by the disease-specific decision module through the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• starting a disease-specific treatment module of the bedside monitor with a manual input from a qualified clinician to the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• with the disease-specific treatment module of the bedside monitor, controlling the first interface of the bedside monitor to display a list of disease-specific treatment step recommendations;
• displaying a completion status of the recommended treatment steps on the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• deactivating the disease-specific treatment module of the bedside monitor;
• activating an observation support module by a signal generated through the deactivation of the disease-specific treatment module;
• with the observation support module of the bedside monitor, controlling the first interface of the bedside monitor to display a list of observation recommendations;
• and
• running each of the plurality of disease-specific decision modules of the bedside monitor of different specific diseases in parallel, and running only one disease-specific treatment module at the same time as the plurality of disease-specific decision modules perform monitoring of the different specific diseases.

A bedside patient monitor for monitoring a patient in an adjacent bed, comprising:

• a first interface configured to receive manual patient-related inputs;
• a second interface configured to receive continuous input of sensor signals indicative of physiological values of the patient, a display screen,
• one or more processors configured to:
• compare the sensor signals and the manual patient-related input with disease-specific detection guidelines to detect early signs and symptoms of a specified disease and in response to detecting the early signs and symptoms, generating a display in a window on the display screen indicating the presence of the signs and symptoms of the specified disease;
• in response to receiving a manual input indicating treatment is to be commenced from the first interface and an identification code or fingerprint to verify that a person inputting the manual input is authorized to start the disease-specific treatment, displaying treatment recommendations in a treatment window on the display screen;
• in response to receiving input from the first interface that the treatment recommendations have been completed and a confirming input by a qualified clinician, closing the treatment window;
• after closing the treatment window, displaying a list of observation recommendations of the specified disease in an observations window of the display screen;
• in response to the manual input on the first interface of the bedside monitor, display a list of recommendations of treatment processes for the specific disease on the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• receive manual inputs on the first interface of the bedside monitor indicating that each of the treatment processes on the list has been fulfilled;
• and
• display a status of the fulfilling of the treatment processes on the list on the first interface of the bedside monitor.

A bedside patient monitor comprising:

• a first interface including a display and a manual input device;
• a second interface configured to receive a continuous input of sensor signals carrying physiological information from sensors mounted to a patient, at least some of the physiological information being displayed on the first interface display;
• a sepsis treatment module which is activated by a manual input from a qualified clinician on the manual input device, the sepsis treatment module being triggered by the manual input to display on the first interface display a list of recommended treatments which are configured to be checked off by inputs on the first interface manual input as the treatments are implemented;
• a sepsis observation module which is activated by deactivation of the sepsis treatment module, the sepsis observation module causing the first interface display to display an observation guideline including a list of parameters to be observed or measured, the list being displayed for a preselected duration which duration is extendible by manual inputs on the manual input device;
• wherein the sepsis treatment model is configured to:
• in response to the manual input on the first interface of the bedside monitor, display a list of recommendations of treatment processes for the specific disease on the first interface of the bedside monitor;
• receive manual inputs on the first interface of the bedside monitor indicating that each of the treatment processes on the list has been fulfilled;
• and
• display a status of the fulfilling of the treatment processes on the list on the first interface of the bedside monitor.