System and method for protecting displayed patient information

A method for updating patient display information, the method being performed by one or more processors in communication with at least one display, the method comprising:

• receiving hospital event information associated with an event involving a patient, the hospital event information having a timestamp;
• determining a time associated with the hospital event information and indicated by the timestamp;
• determining a current time;
• calculating the difference between the current time and the associated time;
• identifying sensitive information in the hospital event information;
• and
• replacing the sensitive information with at least one of a discrete symbol, code, or generic term to prevent display of the sensitive information on a public terminal, wherein the replacing comprises querying a database comprising discrete symbols, code, or generic terms and selecting the at least one of a discrete symbol, code, or generic term from the database;
• changing a displayed patient status of the patient based on the calculated difference, to provide real-time information about the event and the patient, wherein changing the displayed patient status comprises displaying the replaced sensitive information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations for updating patient display information on one or more displays in communication with the at least one processor, the operations comprising:

• receiving hospital event information associated with an event involving a patient, the hospital event information having a timestamp;
• determining a time associated with the hospital event information and indicated by the timestamp;
• determining a current time;
• calculating the difference between the current time and the associated time;
• identifying sensitive information in the hospital event information;
• and
• replacing the sensitive information with at least one of a discrete symbol, code, or generic term to prevent display of the sensitive information on a public terminal, wherein the replacing comprises querying a database comprising discrete symbols, code, or generic terms and selecting the at least one of a discrete symbol, code, or generic term from the database;
• changing a displayed patient status of the patient based on the calculated difference, to provide real-time information about the event and the patient, wherein changing the displayed patient status comprises displaying the replaced sensitive information.