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US 2004/0172222 A1Published application
System and method for notification and escalation of medical data
AssigneeBaxter International Inc.
InventorsThomas L. C. Simpson, Laura M. Letellier, James P. Martucci, Gordon J. Wilkes
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for executing at least one of an alarm or an alert escalation process within a healthcare environment.
Claims58
A method for executing at least one of an alarm or an alert escalation process within a healthcare system comprising the steps of:
- generating a signal that at least one of an alarm or an alert condition exists for a specific patient;
- transmitting the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to a first clinician's device;
- indicating the alarm or alert condition on the clinician's device;
- operating a timer;
- and,
- escalating the signal if a response to the alarm or alert condition is not received prior to a predefined timer limit.
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A method for executing at least one of an alarm or an alert escalation process within a healthcare environment comprising the steps of:
- generating a signal that at least one of an alarm or an alert condition exists for a specific patient;
- transmitting the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to a first clinician's device;
- indicating the alarm or alert condition on the clinician's device;
- operating a timer;
- and,
- transmitting the signal relating to the alarm or alert condition to a second clinician's device.
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A system for escalating an alarm or alert condition, comprising:
- a medical device having an alarm/alert module that identifies the existence of at least one of an alarm or alert condition;
- a processor having software that receives a signal from the alarm/alert module relating to the alarm or alert condition, the processor further having a timer module that sets a timer limit;
- a first clinician's device having a receiver that receives an alarm or alert condition signal from the processor, the first clinician's device further having a display to display text or an icon representative of the alarm/alert condition signal, and a speaker to provide an audible alarm or alert representative of the received alarm/alert condition signal;
- and,
- wherein the processor escalates the alarm or alert condition signal if no response to the alarm or alert condition signal is received from either an input device at the first clinician's device or an input device at the medical device within the timer limit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.