Measurement of patient data requiring operator and patient identification
OwnerAndreas Boosinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient. A measuring means (12) measures a signal representative for the physiological parameter of the patient, and an operator identification means (10) provides an operator identification signal for identifying an operator performing or helping to perform the measurement. The measured signal is associated with the operator identification signal for identifying the measured signal and thus providing an operator identified measuring signal (14).
Claims21
A method for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) measuring a signal representative for the physiological parameter of the patient,
- (b) providing an operator identification signal for identifying an operator performing or helping to perform the measurement, and
- (c) combining and/or associating the measured signal with the operator identification signal for identifying the measured signal with respect to the operator.
The method of any one of the above claims, wherein step (b) and/or (d) is/are executed before a succeeding measuring process.
The method of any one of the above claims, wherein step (c) and/or (e) comprises/comprise the steps:
- (c1) probing whether the operator identification signal is valid, and when the operator identification signal is valid:
- (c2) combining and/or associating the measured signal with the operator identification signal;
- otherwise, discarding the measurement, and/or
- (e1) probing whether the patient identification signal is valid, and when the patient identification signal is valid:
- (e2) combining and/or associating the measured signal with the patient identification signal;
- otherwise, discarding the measurement.
The method of any one of the above claims, wherein step (b) and/or (d) comprises/comprise a step of:
- (b1) providing the operator identification signal by an active interaction of the operator or a third person, preferably by entering the operator identification signal or an operator identifier from which the operator identification signal can be derived, and/or
- (d1) providing the patient identification signal by an active interaction of the patient or a third person, preferably by entering the patient identification signal or a patient identifier from which the patient identification signal can be derived.
The method of any one of the above claims, wherein step (b) and/or (d) comprises/comprise a step of:
- (b2) automatically providing the operator identification signal without requiring an active interaction of the operator or a third person, preferably by automatically reading out the operator identification signal, or an operator identifier from which the operator identification signal can be derived, from an operator identification device preferably carried by the operator, and/or
- (d2) automatically providing the patient identification signal without requiring an active interaction of the patient or a third person, preferably by automatically reading out the patient identification signal, or a patient identifier from which the patient identification signal can be derived, from a patient identification device preferably carried by the patient.
A device for providing an identified measuring signal (14), comprising:
- means adapted for receiving from a measuring device (12) a measuring signal representative for a physiological parameter of a patient,
- means (11) adapted for receiving from an operator identification device (10) an operator identification signal for identifying an operator performing or helping to perform the measurement, and
- means (13) for combining and/or associating the measured signal with the operator identification signal for providing an operator identified measuring signal (14).
Use of an operator identification means (10), preferably a smart card, for providing an operator identification signal for identifying an operator, for combining and/or associating a measured signal representative for a physiological parameter of a patient with the operator identification signal for identifying the measured signal with respect to the operator.
Use of the characteristic of a biological feature of an operator, preferably fingerprint and/or voice, as an operator identification signal for identifying the operator, for combining and/or associating a measured signal representative for a physiological parameter of a patient with the operator identification signal for identifying the measured signal with respect to the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.