Infusion push alerts

A method of providing push alerts of infusion pump orders, comprising:

• receiving manual programming by a practitioner of a first infusion pump order, including a patient identifier of a patient;
• associating a plurality of devices with the patient identifier;
• receiving a second infusion pump order associated with the patient identifier;
• sending a message to the plurality of devices associated with the patient identifier regarding the second infusion pump order;
• and
• providing one or more audio, visual, or tactile alert notifications regarding the second infusion pump order from an alert component of each of the plurality of devices associated with the patient identifier without requiring a practitioner action.

An infusion pump with push alert notification, comprising:

• a pump housing;
• a pumping mechanism coupled to the pump housing that selectively delivers an infusate to a patient;
• a pump control system including a processor and a memory programmable to control operation of the pumping mechanism;
• an alert component, coupled with the pump housing, providing audio, visual, or tactile alerts;
• and
• an alert control engine, in operable communication with the pump control system, including programming that:
• associates a patient identifier for the patient with the infusion pump;
• receives an alert message from a local subnet related to an infusion order associated with the patient identifier;
• instructs the alert component to provide an alert notification to a practitioner related to the infusion order without requiring an inquiry by the practitioner.