초록 ▼

A care management system in which the management of the administration of care for patients is automated. Hospital information systems are monitored and the information from those systems is used in verifying the administrations of care to patients. The care management system monitors ongoing admini

A care management system in which the management of the administration of care for patients is automated. Hospital information systems are monitored and the information from those systems is used in verifying the administrations of care to patients. The care management system monitors ongoing administrations for progress and automatically updates records and provides alarms when necessary. The care management system is modular in nature but is fully integrated among its modules. Particular lists of data, such as the termination times of all ongoing infusions, provide hospital staff current information for increased accuracy and efficiency in planning. Features include the automatic provision of infusion parameters to pumps for accurate and efficient configuration of the pump, and providing an alarm when an unscheduled suspension of an infusion exceeds a predetermined length of time.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising:a first computer having a memory for storing identification data, patient data, clinical device data, and clinical device operating parameters and being operably connected to the clinical devic

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising:a first computer having a memory for storing identification data, patient data, clinical device data, and clinical device operating parameters and being operably connected to the clinical device;a second computer for verifying, monitoring and recording medical treatment provided to the patient, the second computer having a memory in which is stored identification data, clinical device data and patient treatment data, the patient treatment data including medication identification data and clinical device operating parameters associated with the medication identification data for programming the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient;first input means operatively connected to the first computer for input of identification data to the first computer;second input means operatively connected to the second computer for input of identification data, patient data, clinical device data and patient treatment data to the second computer;communication means for operatively connecting the first computer to the second computer, wherein identification data input into the first computer is communicated to the second computer by the communication means,wherein the second computer compares the communicated identification data to the identification data stored in the memory of the second computer; andwherein the second computer downloads the clinical device operating parameters associated with the patient treatment data to the first computer to program and operate the clinical device in accordance with the downloaded operating parameters if the comparison of the identification data by the second computer satisfies a predetermined condition.