Medical alert distribution system with selective filtering of medical information

A method for distributing medical information messages to authorized users in response to selection and limit parameters provided by the authorized users, said method comprising the steps of:

• storing medical information records received from an incoming source of records as database entries, each database entry having as contents a name, a current value and a flag;
• receiving said selection and limit parameters as alert records, said selection parameter comprising the name of a selected database entry and said limit parameters comprising an initial limit value and a high limit value;
• asserting said flag of said selected database entry in response to said selection parameter matching the name of said selected database entry;
• updating the contents of said selected database entry in accordance with the received medical information records;
• comparing the updated contents of said selected database entry with said limit parameters;
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• creating a medical information message in response to the updated contents of said selected database entry exceeding one of said limit parameters, and transmitting said medical information message to the authorized users.

A medical alert distribution system for distributing medical information messages to authorized users in response to selection and limit parameters provided by the authorized users, said system comprising:

• a database for storing medical information records received from an incoming source of medical information records as database entries, each database entry having as contents a name, a current value and a flag;
• means for receiving said selection and limit parameters as alert records, said selection parameter comprising the name of a selected database entry and said limit parameters comprising an initial limit value and a high limit value;
• means, coupled to said receiving means, for asserting said flag of said selected database entry in response to said selection parameter matching the name of said selected database entry;
• means, coupled to said database, for updating the contents of said selected database entry in accordance with the received medical information records;
• means for comparing said curent value of said selected database entry with said limit parameters;
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• means for creating a medical information message in response to current value of said selected database entry exceeding one of said initial limit value and said high limit value to enable distribution of said medical information message to the authorized users.