Patient monitoring device with improved user interface

A computing system comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:
• receive output signals from a sensor attached to a patient;
• process said output signals to determine an orientation of the patient;
• maintain a plurality of timers associated with a plurality of orientations of the patient, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to modify values of the plurality of timers based on an amount of time the patient is oriented in the plurality of orientations;
• generate user interface data for rendering a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
• a graphic for illustrating an orientation history of the patient, the graphic comprising a plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones associated with one of said plurality of timers and one of said plurality of orientations;
• modify an appearance of a first zone of the plurality of zones based upon a value of a first timer of the plurality of timers associated with the first zone;
• change a status of the first zone between allowed and restricted based on user input via the graphical user interface independently of the value of the first timer;
• generate an alarm responsive to determining that the patient is oriented in an orientation associated with the first zone when the status of the first zone is restricted regardless of the value of the first timer;
• and
• generate the alarm responsive to determining that the patient is oriented in the orientation associated with the first zone when the status of the first zone is allowed when the value of the first timer exceeds a threshold.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving output signals from a sensor attached to a patient;
• processing said output signals to determine an orientation of the patient;
• maintaining a plurality of timers associated with a plurality of orientations of the patient;
• modifying values of the plurality of timers based on an amount of time the patient is oriented in the plurality of orientations;
• generating user interface data for rendering a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
• a graphic for illustrating an orientation history of the patient, the graphic comprising a plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones associated with one of said plurality of timers and one of said plurality of orientations;
• modifying an appearance of a first zone of the plurality of zones based upon a value of a first timer of the plurality of timers associated with the first zone;
• changing a status of the first zone between allowed and restricted based on user input via the graphical user interface independently of the value of the first timer;
• generate an alarm responsive to determining that the patient is oriented in an orientation associated with the first zone when the status of the first zone is restricted regardless of the value of the first timer;
• and
• generate the alarm responsive to determining that the patient is oriented in the orientation associated with the first zone when the status of the first zone is allowed when the value of the first timer exceeds a threshold.