Systems and methods for connecting devices to electronic medical records

A system for monitoring data from actual medical devices, the system comprising:

• an electronic medical record configured to have only a single incoming connection thereto;
• a control system comprising a processing system;
• and
• a virtual medical device comprising software executable by the processing system such that the virtual medical device mimics a single medical device configured to produce medical data, the virtual medical device being configured to connect to two or more of the actual medical devices, wherein the two or more of the actual medical devices are physical devices each providing data to the virtual medical device, wherein the virtual medical device aggregates the data from each of the two or more of the actual medical devices into aggregate data, the aggregate data being associated as originating with the virtual medical device as the single medical device, and wherein the virtual medical device is selectable from a pool of virtual medical devices to be the only single incoming connection to the electronic medical record;
• wherein the aggregate data is provided from the virtual medical device for monitoring.

A method for connecting actual medical devices receiving data comprising clinical data and device telemetry data from a common patient to an electronic medical record configured to have only a single incoming connection thereto, the method comprising:

• creating a pool of virtual medical devices each comprising software that mimics a single medical device;
• configuring individual virtual medical devices within the pool of virtual medical devices such that the actual medical devices are connectable thereto simultaneously;
• associating the patient with one of the individual virtual medical devices;
• selecting the one of the individual virtual medical device for connecting to the electronic medical record as the only single incoming connection thereto, wherein the one of the individual virtual medical device is configured such that individual actual medical devices within the actual medical devices are connectable and disconnectable thereto without disconnecting the one of the individual virtual medical devices from the electronic medical record, wherein the one of the individual virtual medical devices aggregates the data from the individual medical devices connected thereto into aggregate data, the aggregate data being associated with the one of the individual virtual medical device as originating therefrom as the single medical device;
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• providing the aggregate data in real-time from the one of the individual virtual medical devices to the electronic medical record.