Summary of The Invention
Technical problem
In a practical scenario, a basic requirement for patient monitoring is to implement continuous monitoring, i.e. the monitored data is continuous and complete, and no interruption of the patient's vital monitored data can occur due to the occurrence of a transfer. To ensure this, currently, when monitoring patients in clinic, in the bedside monitoring situation, the bedside monitoring device is operated, the corresponding menu is selected, the patient ID is input, the bedside monitoring device is manually bound with the patients, when the patient needs to be transported, the transportation monitoring device is operated, the corresponding menu is selected, the patient ID is input, the transportation monitoring device is manually bound with the same patient, so that the patient monitoring data uploaded to the central monitoring system is continuous and complete. It can be seen that in the transferring process, the corresponding monitoring equipment is manually bound to the patient, the process is complex, and the working efficiency of medical staff is affected.
Solution to the problem
Technical solution
The present invention generally provides a patient monitoring method, a monitoring device and a central monitoring system, and is described in detail below.
In one aspect, an embodiment provides a patient monitoring method comprising:
acquiring patient information of a first monitoring device;
acquiring patient information of a second monitoring device;
Wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification; the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device are capable of being communicatively coupled, and when the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device are communicatively coupled, patient identification in patient information of the second monitoring device is synchronized by the first monitoring device to the second monitoring device;
the patient-identified identical monitoring devices are associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a method of patient monitoring, comprising:
acquiring patient information of a first monitoring device;
acquiring patient information of a second monitoring device;
acquiring patient information of a third monitoring device;
Wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification; the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device are capable of being communicatively coupled, and when the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device are communicatively coupled, patient identification in patient information of the second monitoring device is synchronized by the first monitoring device to the second monitoring device; the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are capable of being communicatively connected, and when the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are communicatively connected, the patient identification in the patient information of the third monitoring device is synchronized by the second monitoring device to the third monitoring device;
the patient-identified identical monitoring devices are associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a method of patient monitoring, comprising:
acquiring patient information of a monitoring device, wherein the patient information at least comprises a patient identifier;
And searching whether historical sign monitoring data corresponding to the patient identification exists according to the patient identification of the monitoring equipment, and associating the historical sign monitoring data with the current sign monitoring data of the monitoring equipment to the same patient after searching.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a method of patient monitoring, comprising:
The first monitoring device sends out the patient information; wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification;
when a first monitoring device is communicatively connected to a second monitoring device, the first monitoring device synchronizes the patient identification in its patient information to the second monitoring device;
Wherein the patient identification synchronized to the second monitoring device is for transmission by the second monitoring device as the patient identification in its patient information; the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a method of patient monitoring, comprising:
When the second monitoring device is in communication connection with the first monitoring device, the first monitoring device synchronizes the patient identification in the patient information to the second monitoring device; wherein the patient identification of the first monitoring device is further configured to be transmitted by the first monitoring device;
the second monitoring device transmits its patient identification, wherein the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring device transmitting the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device transmitting the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a patient monitoring method comprising:
the bedside monitoring equipment sends out the patient information; wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification;
when the bedside monitoring equipment is plugged with the transfer monitoring equipment for communication connection, the bedside monitoring equipment synchronizes the patient identification in the patient information to the transfer monitoring equipment;
wherein the patient identification synchronized to the diversion monitoring device is for transmission by the diversion monitoring device as the patient identification in its patient information; the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a patient monitoring method comprising:
When the bedside monitoring equipment is spliced with the transfer monitoring equipment for communication connection, the transfer monitoring equipment synchronizes the patient identification in the patient information to the bedside monitoring equipment; wherein the patient identification of the diversion monitoring apparatus is also for transmission by the diversion monitoring apparatus;
The bedside monitoring device sends out the patient identification thereof, wherein the patient identification is used for enabling the monitoring device which sends the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, so that the physical sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device which sends the same patient identification are displayed in an associated mode and/or stored in an associated mode.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a patient monitoring method comprising:
The transfer monitoring equipment sends out the patient information; wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification;
When the transfer monitoring device is plugged with a bedside monitoring device for communication connection, the transfer monitoring device synchronizes the patient identification in the patient information to the bedside monitoring device;
Wherein the patient identification synchronized to the bedside monitoring device is for transmission by the bedside monitoring device as the patient identification in its patient information; the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices that transmit the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a patient monitoring method comprising:
When the transfer monitoring device is plugged with a bedside monitoring device for communication connection, the bedside monitoring device synchronizes the patient identification in the patient information to the transfer monitoring device; wherein the patient identification of the bedside monitoring device is also for transmission by the bedside monitoring device;
The diversion monitoring device sends out its patient identification, wherein the patient identification is used for enabling the monitoring device sending the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, so that the physical sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device sending the same patient identification are displayed in an associated mode and/or stored in an associated mode.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a central monitoring system capable of being communicatively coupled to a monitoring device, the central monitoring system comprising:
a memory for storing a program; and
A processor configured to implement the method described in the present invention, such as the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect above, by executing the program stored in the memory.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a monitoring device, comprising:
the signal acquisition circuit acquires physiological parameter acquisition signals by using a sensor accessory connected with a patient;
The processor is used for acquiring physical sign monitoring data according to the physiological parameter acquisition signals acquired by the signal acquisition circuit, wherein the physical sign monitoring data at least comprises physiological parameter values and physiological waveform data;
a memory storing at least the obtained physiological parameter value and physiological waveform data; and
A display that outputs and displays at least the physiological parameter value and the physiological waveform data;
Wherein the memory is further configured to store a program, and the processor is further configured to implement the methods described herein, such as the methods recited in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth aspects above, by executing the program stored by the memory.
In another aspect, an embodiment provides a computer readable storage medium including a program executable by a processor to implement a method as described in any of the embodiments herein.
Advantageous effects of the invention
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Embodiments of the invention
The application will be described in further detail below with reference to the drawings by means of specific embodiments. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered alike in association. In the following embodiments, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, one skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted, or replaced by other elements, materials, or methods in different situations. In some instances, related operations of the present application have not been shown or described in the specification in order to avoid obscuring the core portions of the present application, and may be unnecessary to persons skilled in the art from a detailed description of the related operations, which may be presented in the description and general knowledge of one skilled in the art.
Furthermore, the described features, operations, or characteristics of the description may be combined in any suitable manner in various embodiments. Also, various steps or acts in the method descriptions may be interchanged or modified in a manner apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various orders in the description and drawings are for clarity of description of only certain embodiments, and are not meant to be required orders unless otherwise indicated.
The numbering of the components itself, e.g. "first", "second", etc., is used herein merely to distinguish between the described objects and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "coupled" as used herein includes both direct and indirect coupling (coupling), unless otherwise indicated.
As shown in fig. 1, a system framework diagram of a monitoring device 100 that can be used for multi-parameter monitoring is provided. The monitoring device 100 may have a separate housing, a sensor interface area on a housing panel, wherein the sensor interface area may integrate a plurality of sensor interfaces for interfacing with external individual physiological parameter sensor accessories 111, a small IXD display area, a display 119, an input interface circuit 122, and an alarm circuit 120 (e.g., LED alarm area), etc. may also be included on the housing panel. The monitoring device 100 may have an external communication and power interface 116 for communicating with and retrieving power from the host. The monitoring device 100 may also support an external parameter module, which may form a host of the plug-in monitoring device 100 by inserting the parameter module, as part of the monitoring device 100, or may be connected to the host by a cable, where the external parameter module is an external accessory of the monitoring device 100.
The internal circuitry of the monitoring device 100 is disposed in a housing, as shown in fig. 1, and comprises at least two signal acquisition circuits 112 corresponding to physiological parameters, a front-end signal processor 113 and a main processor 115, wherein the signal acquisition circuits 112 can be selected from an electrocardiograph circuit, a respiratory circuit, a body temperature circuit, an oximetry circuit, a noninvasive blood pressure circuit, an invasive blood pressure circuit, and the like, the signal acquisition circuits 112 are respectively electrically connected with corresponding sensor interfaces for electrically connecting to sensor accessories 111 corresponding to different physiological parameters, the output ends of the sensor accessories 111 are coupled to the front-end signal processor 113, the communication port of the front-end signal processor 113 is coupled to the main processor 115, the main processor 115 is electrically connected to an external communication and power interface 116. The sensor accessory 111 and the signal acquisition circuit 112 corresponding to various physiological parameters can be general circuits in the prior art, and the front-end signal processor 113 performs sampling and analog-to-digital conversion of the output signal of the signal acquisition circuit 112 and outputs control signals to control the measurement process of the physiological signals, wherein the parameters include but are not limited to: electrocardio, respiration, body temperature, blood oxygen, noninvasive blood pressure and invasive blood pressure parameters. The front-end signal processor 113 may be implemented by a single chip or other semiconductor devices, for example, may be an LPC2136 of PHLIPS company, or an ADuC7021 of ADI, or may be implemented by an ASIC or FPGA. The front-end signal processor 113 may be powered by an isolated power source, and the sampled data may be simply processed and packaged and sent to the main processor 115 via an isolated communication interface, e.g., the front-end signal processor 113 may be coupled to the main processor 115 via the isolated power source and the communication interface 114. The reason that the front-end signal processor 113 is powered by the isolated power supply is that the DC/DC power supply isolated by the transformer plays a role in isolating the patient from the power supply equipment, and the main purpose is that: 1. isolating the patient, and floating the application part through an isolating transformer to ensure that the leakage current of the patient is small enough; 2. the voltage or energy during defibrillation or electrotome application is prevented from affecting the board card and devices (ensured by creepage distance and electric gap) of intermediate circuits such as a main control board. Of course, the front-end signal processor 113 may also be connected to the main processor 115 via a cable 124. The main processor 115 is configured to complete calculation of physiological parameters, and send the calculation result and waveform of the parameters to a host (such as a host with a display, a PC, a central station, etc.) through the external communication and power interface 116; wherein the main processor 115 may be connected to the external communication and power interface 116 for communication and/or power access via a cable 125; the parameter processing module may further include a power supply and battery management circuit 117, where the power supply and battery management circuit 117 is powered from the host computer through the external communication and power interface 116, and is processed and then supplied to the main processor 115, such as rectification and filtering; The power and battery management circuitry 117 may also monitor, manage and power protect power drawn from the host through the external communication and power interface 116. The external communication and power interface 116 may be one or a combination of local area network interfaces formed by Ethernet (Ethernet), token Ring (Token Ring), token Bus (Token Bus) and backbone network Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) serving as the three networks, or one or a combination of wireless interfaces such as infrared, bluetooth, wifi and WMTS communication, or one or a combination of wired data connection interfaces such as RS232 and USB. the external communication and power interface 116 may also be one or a combination of both a wireless data transfer interface and a wired data transfer interface. The host computer can be any one of a host computer of the monitoring device 100, an electrocardiograph, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a computer and the like, and can be assembled into the monitoring device 100 by installing matched software. The host can also be communication equipment, such as a mobile phone, and the parameter processing module sends data to the mobile phone supporting Bluetooth communication through the Bluetooth interface so as to realize remote transmission of the data. After the main processor 115 completes the calculation of the physiological parameter, it may also determine whether the physiological parameter is abnormal, and if so, may alarm through the alarm circuit 120. The memory 118 may store intermediate and final data of the monitoring device 100, as well as program instructions or code for execution by the main processor 115 or the like. If the monitoring device 100 has a blood pressure measuring function, a pump valve driving circuit 121 may be further included, and the pump valve driving circuit 121 is used for performing inflation or deflation operations under the control of the main processor 115.
The monitoring device 100 shown in fig. 1 is a multi-parameter monitoring device, and the monitoring device 100 may also be a single physiological parameter monitoring device, and fig. 2 is an example, and the same content can be referred to in fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 3, a monitoring system is provided, by which the data of the monitoring device 100 can be stored integrally, the patient information and the care information can be managed in a centralized manner, and the patient information and the care information can be stored in a correlated manner, so that the historical data can be stored and the correlated alarm can be conveniently performed. The monitoring device 100 can be classified into two types, bedside monitoring device 212 and diversion monitoring device 213. In the system shown in fig. 3, one bedside monitoring device 212 may be provided for each patient bed, which bedside monitoring device 212 may be the aforementioned multi-parameter monitoring device or a plug-in monitoring device. In some examples, the bedside monitoring device 212 may also be paired with the transferring monitoring device 213, where the transferring monitoring device 213 provides a simple and portable monitoring function, may be worn on a patient body to perform mobile monitoring on a corresponding patient, and after wired or wireless communication with the bedside monitoring device 212 through the transferring monitoring device 213, the sign monitoring data generated by the mobile monitoring may be transmitted to the bedside monitoring device 212 for display, or transmitted to the central monitoring system 211 through the bedside monitoring device 212 for viewing by a doctor or nurse. In addition, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 can also directly transmit the vital sign monitoring data generated by the mobile monitoring to the central monitoring system 211 for storage and display via a wireless network or the like disposed in the hospital. It can be seen that the data corresponding to the vital sign monitoring data displayed on the bedside monitoring device 212 can originate from a sensor attachment directly connected to the monitoring above, or from the diversion monitoring device 213; similarly, the data corresponding to the vital sign monitoring data on the central monitoring system 211 for viewing by a medical professional, such as a doctor or nurse, may originate from the bedside monitoring device 212 or from the diversion monitoring device 213.
In one example, the cooperation of the bedside monitoring device and the transferring monitoring device is such that when the transferring monitoring device is plugged into the bedside monitoring device, the bedside monitoring device and the transferring monitoring device are in communication connection, and when the transferring monitoring device is unplugged from the bedside monitoring device, the bedside monitoring device and the transferring monitoring device are disconnected from each other; the sensor accessory is connected to the transfer monitoring equipment, when a patient is in a bed, the transfer monitoring equipment is plugged into the bedside monitoring equipment, and the bedside monitoring equipment acquires data from the sensor accessory through the transfer monitoring equipment so as to realize bedside monitoring; when the transfer monitoring device is pulled out from the bedside monitoring device, the transfer monitoring device and the bedside monitoring device are disconnected from each other, and the transfer monitoring device monitors patients.
In a typical transfer process, the bedside monitoring device of the original bed is replaced with the transfer monitoring device to monitor the patient, and after the patient arrives at the target bed, the transfer monitoring device is replaced with the monitoring device of the target bed to monitor the patient. In order to realize continuous monitoring during the transferring process, the key is to realize continuous monitoring between the previous monitoring device and the next monitoring device, and how to realize continuous monitoring between the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 is described below with reference to fig. 4; it should be noted that "first" and "second" and the like are used herein for distinguishing the described objects, and do not have any sequential or technical meaning, for example, the first monitoring device 100 may be the bedside monitoring device 212 or the transferring monitoring device 213 in fig. 4, and similarly, the second monitoring device 100 may be the bedside monitoring device 212 or the transferring monitoring device 213, so that the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 may be the bedside monitoring device 212 and the transferring monitoring device 213, or the bedside monitoring device 212 and the bedside monitoring device 212, or the transferring monitoring device 213 and the transferring monitoring device 213, which are specifically described below.
The first monitoring device 100 monitors a patient and can send the resulting vital sign monitoring data to a central monitoring system 211 for storage or viewing by medical personnel, etc. When the first monitoring device 100 is activated to monitor a patient, the first monitoring device 100 also transmits its patient information, such as to the central monitoring system 211, wherein the patient information includes at least a patient identification that is used to determine the patient currently being monitored.
When a first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to a second monitoring device, the first monitoring device 100 synchronizes the patient identification in its patient information to the second monitoring device 100, is synchronized to the patient identification of the second monitoring device, and is configured to be sent by the second monitoring device 100 as the patient identification in its patient information; in other words, the second monitoring device 100 obtains the patient identification from the first monitoring device 100 by being communicatively coupled to the first monitoring device 100 as the patient identification of the second monitoring device 100 itself and then transmits it, for example, to the central monitoring system 211.
The patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices 100 that transmit the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, so the central monitoring system 211 will associate the same patient identification of the monitoring devices to the same patient. For example, the central monitoring system 211 obtains patient information for a first monitoring device 100 and also obtains patient information for a second monitoring device 100. When the patient information sent by the two monitoring devices 100 to the central monitoring system 211 is the same, the central monitoring system 211 associates the two monitoring devices 100 to the same patient. In one embodiment the central monitoring system 211 associates patient-identified identical monitoring devices to the same patient, including: the vital sign monitoring data of the patient-identified identical monitoring devices are associated to the same patient, e.g., the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices 100 are displayed and/or stored in association such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices 100 are displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that although it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at a time, and thus the central monitoring system 211 may select the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient to be on-line, i.e., select the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient as a data source, and display, process, and/or store the data uploaded by the monitoring device 100. In some examples, the central monitoring system 211 brings monitoring devices online, including: the vital sign monitoring data 100 of the currently on-line monitoring device is displayed in the original data section of the vital sign monitoring data originally used to display the off-line monitoring device 100. For example, when the first monitoring device 100 is monitoring a patient, the central monitoring system 211 is on line with the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 acquires the sign monitoring data obtained by monitoring the first monitoring device 100, and displays the sign monitoring data in a data section, when the second monitoring device 100 is used for monitoring the patient instead of the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 is on line with the second monitoring device 100, accordingly, the first monitoring device 100 is off line, the central monitoring system 211 acquires the sign monitoring data obtained by monitoring the second monitoring device 100, and the sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 is displayed in the data section where the sign monitoring data of the first monitoring device 100 is displayed before, so that when a medical staff checks the sign monitoring data of the patient through the central monitoring system 211, the medical staff can always check the real-time sign monitoring data of the same patient in the same data section regardless of which monitoring device the data source is.
There are many ways in which the monitoring device 100, which is monitoring a patient, can be brought on-line, to name a few.
In some embodiments, the monitoring device 100 is capable of transmitting the monitoring identifier, and when the central monitoring system 211 acquires the monitoring identifier transmitted by the monitoring device 100, the monitoring device 100 transmitting the monitoring identifier is online, i.e., the monitoring device with the monitoring identifier is online by introducing the monitoring identifier. For example, the first monitoring device 100 is enabled to monitor the patient, the first monitoring device 100 has and transmits a monitoring identification to the central monitoring system 211, and the central monitoring system 211 selects the first monitoring device 100 to be on-line; when the second monitoring device 100 needs to be used to monitor the patient instead of the first monitoring device 100, for example, when the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213 and the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212, the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, and when the second monitoring device 100 and the first monitoring device 100 are changed from the communication connection to the disconnection, the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identifier, the second monitoring device 100 sends the monitoring identifier to the central monitoring system 211, the central monitoring system 211 selects the second monitoring device 100 to be on line, and the first monitoring device 100 is off line; when it is desired to use the second monitoring device 100 instead of the first monitoring device 100 to monitor the patient-e.g. the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212, the first monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213, the second monitoring device has a monitoring identity when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 change from a non-communication connection to a communication connection, the second monitoring device 100 sends the monitoring identity to the central monitoring system 211, the central monitoring system 211 selects the second monitoring device 100 to be on line, and the first monitoring device 100 is off line. The monitoring identity in the monitoring device 100 may be automatically generated: for example, the monitoring device 100 generates a monitoring identifier when it detects that the vital sign monitoring data is greater than a threshold value, and for example, the second monitoring device 100 generates a monitoring identifier in response to establishing a communication connection with the first monitoring device 100; the monitoring identity in the monitoring device 100 may be manually generated: for example, the user causes the monitoring device 100 to generate a monitoring identification by clicking on an entity key or virtual key on the monitoring device 100, etc.
In some embodiments, the patient information may include a care identifier in addition to the patient identifier, and the central care system 211 may bring the care identifier up to the eligible care device 100. The first monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity which is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100 in the patient information of the second monitoring device 100 when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, and the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a preset rule when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, e.g. the first monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213, the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212, or when the communication connection is disconnected, e.g. the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212, the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In an embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is to increase the value of the serial number, that is, the second monitoring device 100 increases the value of the serial number synchronized by the first monitoring device 100; the step of putting the monitoring device with the monitoring identification meeting the condition on line comprises the following steps: the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number is brought on line, i.e. the central monitoring system 211 brings the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number on line.
Referring to fig. 5, in a typical transferring process, the bedside monitoring device 100 of the original bed is used to monitor the patient, and then the transferring monitoring device 100 is replaced to monitor the patient, so that the patient can be transferred to the target bed, and after reaching the target bed, the bedside monitoring device 100 of the target bed is replaced to monitor the patient. In some embodiments, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication. From this point of view of stage (1), the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213; from the point of view of stage (2), the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. These two stages (1) and (2) are described below, respectively.
Stage (1): the bedside monitoring device 212 of the original bed is monitoring the patient, and the bedside monitoring device 212 of the original bed is now on line in the central monitoring system 211. In one example, the sensor accessory connected to the patient is connected to the transfer monitoring device 213, the transfer monitoring device 213 is plugged into the bedside monitoring device 212, the transfer monitoring device 213 and the bedside monitoring device 212 establish communication connection through plugging, and the bedside monitoring device 212 acquires data acquired by the sensor accessory through the transfer monitoring device 213 so as to monitor the patient; in addition, the bedside monitoring device 212 also synchronizes its patient information to the diversion monitoring device 213, e.g., synchronizes the patient identification and the monitoring identification to the diversion monitoring device 213. When the patient requires a transfer, the transfer monitoring device 213 is removed from the bedside monitoring device 212, and when the transfer monitoring device 213 is removed from the bedside monitoring device 212, the monitoring identity of the transfer monitoring device 213 is updated. The patient is then monitored by the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 and the central monitoring system 211 selects to bring the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 on line. It should be noted that, if the bedside monitoring device 212 of the original bed is an initial monitoring device, the patient identification thereof may be manually input by the user.
Stage (2): during the transferring process, the transferring monitoring device 213 monitors the patient, when the patient arrives at the target bed, the transferring monitoring device 213 is plugged into the bedside monitoring device 212 of the target bed, and through plugging, the transferring monitoring device 213 and the bedside monitoring device 212 establish communication connection, and the transferring monitoring device 213 synchronizes the patient information to the middle bedside monitoring device 212, for example, synchronizes the patient identification and the monitoring identification to the bedside monitoring device 212; and the monitoring identification of the bedside monitoring device 212 is updated, and then the bedside monitoring device 212 of the target bed monitors the patient, in one example, the bedside monitoring device 212 acquires the data acquired by the sensor attachment through the transferring monitoring device 213, so as to monitor the patient; the central monitoring system 211 selects to bring the bedside monitoring device 212 of the target bed on line.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient monitoring method is disclosed, and referring to fig. 6, the patient monitoring method includes steps 1010 through 1030, which are specifically described below.
Step 1010: patient information of the first monitoring device 100 is acquired.
Step 1020: patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is acquired.
In one embodiment, the patient information includes at least a patient identification; the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are capable of being communicatively coupled and the patient identification in the patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100 when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled.
Step 1030: the patient identification of the same monitoring device is associated with the same patient. In one embodiment, step 1030 associates the patient identification same monitoring device to the same patient, including: the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are associated to the same patient, for example, the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are displayed and/or stored in association such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that although it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, typically only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at a time, and thus a patient monitoring method of an embodiment further comprises the steps of: the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient is selected to be online. In one embodiment, bringing the monitoring device on-line includes: the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring device currently on line is displayed in the original data section of the vital sign monitoring data originally used for displaying the monitoring device on line. There are many ways to implement the step of selecting the monitoring device 100 that is currently monitoring a patient to be brought online, several of which are tried below.
In one embodiment, the step of selecting the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient to be online comprises: when the monitoring identification sent by the monitoring equipment is obtained, the monitoring equipment sending the monitoring identification is put on line; wherein the monitoring device is capable of transmitting a monitoring identity.
In one embodiment, the step of selecting a monitoring device 100 currently monitoring a patient to be brought online includes bringing a monitoring device whose monitoring identity is eligible to be brought online; wherein the patient information comprises a monitoring identifier; when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, the monitoring identity of the patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device. When the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are disconnected from communication, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a preset rule, such as in one example the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device is a transferring monitoring device 213. Or when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the second monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a predetermined rule, such as in one example when the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device is a bedside monitoring device 212. In an embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is a value of increasing the serial number; the step of putting the monitoring device with the monitoring identification meeting the condition on line comprises the following steps: and (5) putting the monitoring device with the largest serial number value on line.
In one example of the patient monitoring method described above, the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is unplugged from the bedside monitoring apparatus 212, the monitoring identity of the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is updated.
In another example of the above patient monitoring method, the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring device 213 is plugged into the bedside monitoring device 212, the monitoring identity of the bedside monitoring device 212 is updated.
The central monitoring system 211 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be communicatively connected to the monitoring device 100. Referring to fig. 7, the central monitoring system 211 includes a memory 211a and a processor 211b, the memory 211a is used for storing a program, and the processor 211b is used for implementing a patient monitoring method herein, such as implementing the patient monitoring method shown in fig. 6 herein, by executing the program stored in the memory 211 a.
In one embodiment, a patient monitoring method is disclosed, referring to fig. 8, and the patient monitoring method includes steps 2010 and 2020, which are specifically described below.
Step 2010: the first monitoring device 100 transmits its patient information; wherein the patient information comprises at least a patient identification.
Step 2020: when a first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to a second monitoring device 100, the first monitoring device 100 synchronizes the patient identification in its patient information to the second monitoring device 100.
Wherein the patient identification synchronized to the second monitoring device 100 is for transmission by the second monitoring device 100 as the patient identification in its patient information; the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring device 100 that transmitted the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient. In one embodiment, a patient identification is used to cause a monitoring device that transmits the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, comprising: the patient identification is used to cause the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring device that transmitted the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device 100 that transmitted the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that while it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, generally only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at the same time.
Thus, in one embodiment, the first monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity before the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the second monitoring device 100, and the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 change from communicatively coupled to communicatively decoupled, such as in one example when the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213; or when the second monitoring device and the first monitoring device change from a non-communication connection to a communication connection, the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity-e.g., in one example the first monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. Wherein the guardian identification is used to cause the guardian device having the guardian identification to be online.
In another embodiment, the patient information further comprises a care identity for enabling a care device for which the care identity meets the condition to be brought on line; after the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively connected, the first monitoring device 100 synchronizes the monitoring identifier in the patient information thereof to the second monitoring device 100, so that when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are disconnected from the communication connection, the monitoring identifier synchronized to the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a preset rule, for example, in one example, the first monitoring device 100 is the bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device is the transferring monitoring device 213; or when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the second monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a predetermined rule, such as in one example when the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device is a bedside monitoring device 212. In one embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is a value of increasing the serial number; the guardian identification for qualifying guardian devices for which the guardian identification is on-line includes: the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number is brought on-line.
In one example of the patient monitoring method described above, the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is unplugged from the bedside monitoring apparatus 212, the monitoring identity of the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is updated.
In another example of the above patient monitoring method, the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring device 213 is plugged into the bedside monitoring device 212, the monitoring identity of the bedside monitoring device 212 is updated.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient monitoring method is disclosed, referring to fig. 9, and the patient monitoring method includes step 3010 and step 3020, which are specifically described below.
Step 3010: when the second monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the first monitoring device 100, the patient identification in its patient information is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100; wherein the patient identification of the first monitoring device 100 is also used to be transmitted by the first monitoring device 100.
Step 3020: the second monitoring device 100 transmits its patient identification, wherein the patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices transmitting the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient. In one embodiment, a patient identification is used to cause a monitoring device that transmits the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, comprising: the patient identification is used to cause the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring device that transmitted the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device 100 that transmitted the same patient identification is displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that while it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, generally only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at the same time.
Thus, in one embodiment, the first monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity before the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, and the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity when the second monitoring device 100 and the first monitoring device 100 change from communicatively connected to communicatively disconnected, such as when the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 in one example, and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213; or when the second monitoring device and the first monitoring device change from a non-communication connection to a communication connection, the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity-e.g., in one example the first monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. Wherein the guardian identification is used to cause the guardian device having the guardian identification to be online.
In another embodiment, the patient information further comprises a care identity for enabling a care device for which the care identity meets the condition to be brought on line; when the second monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the first monitoring device 100, the monitoring identifier of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100 in the patient information of the second monitoring device 100, and when the second monitoring device 100 is disconnected from the first monitoring device 100, the monitoring identifier of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a preset rule, for example, in one example, the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device is a transferring monitoring device 213; or when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the second monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a predetermined rule, such as in one example when the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device is a bedside monitoring device 212. In an embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is a value of increasing the serial number; the guardian identification for qualifying guardian devices for which the guardian identification is on-line includes: the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number is brought on-line.
In one example of the patient monitoring method described above, the first monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is unplugged from the bedside monitoring apparatus 212, the monitoring identity of the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is updated.
In another example of the above patient monitoring method, the first monitoring device 100 is a diversion monitoring device 213 and the second monitoring device 100 is a bedside monitoring device 212. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the diversion monitoring device 213 is plugged into the bedside monitoring device 212, the monitoring identity of the bedside monitoring device 212 is updated.
The monitoring device 100 disclosed in one embodiment herein includes a signal acquisition circuit 112, a processor, a memory 118, and a display 119. The processor obtains the vital sign monitoring data based on the physiological parameter acquisition signal obtained by the signal acquisition circuit, the vital sign monitoring data including at least a physiological parameter value and physiological waveform data, and in one embodiment the processor may be implemented by the main processor 115, or in one embodiment the processor may include the main processor 115 and the signal processing circuit 113. The vital sign data may in some embodiments also include data resulting from further processing of the physiological parameter values and the physiological waveform data, such as some alarm data, etc. The memory 118 stores at least the obtained physiological parameter values and physiological waveform data. The display 119 outputs and displays at least the physiological parameter values and the physiological waveform data. The memory 118 is further configured to store a program in one embodiment, and the processor in the monitoring device 100 is further configured to implement the patient monitoring methods herein, such as the patient monitoring methods illustrated in fig. 8 or 9, by executing the program stored in the memory 118.
In the foregoing, in a typical transferring process, the bedside monitoring device of the original bed is replaced with the transferring monitoring device to monitor the patient, and after the patient arrives at the target bed, the transferring monitoring device is replaced with the monitoring device of the target bed to monitor the patient, so as to realize continuous monitoring during the transferring process, the key lies in that the continuous monitoring between the previous monitoring device and the next monitoring device is realized, please refer to fig. 10, and the following description will be given of three monitoring devices, namely, the first monitoring device 100, the second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100, involved in a typical transferring process. Likewise, the terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. are used herein merely to distinguish between the described objects and do not have any sequential or technical meaning. In a typical diversion process, the first monitoring device 100 may be a bedside monitoring device 212, such as the bedside monitoring device 212 of the original bed, the second monitoring device 100 may be a diversion monitoring device 213, and the third monitoring device may be a bedside monitoring device 212, such as the bedside monitoring device 212 of the target bed, as described in more detail below.
The first monitoring device 100 monitors a patient and can send the resulting vital sign monitoring data to a central monitoring system 211 for storage or viewing by medical personnel, etc. When the first monitoring device 100 is activated to monitor a patient, the first monitoring device 100 also transmits its patient information, such as to the central monitoring system 211, wherein the patient information includes at least a patient identification that is used to determine the patient currently being monitored.
The first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, and when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, patient identification in patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100; in other words, the second monitoring device 100 obtains the patient identification from the first monitoring device 100 by connecting with the first monitoring device 100, as the patient identification of the second monitoring device 100 itself, and then sends out, for example, to the central monitoring system 211.
The second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, and when the second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, the patient identification in the patient information of the third monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the second monitoring device 100 to the third monitoring device 100; in other words, the third monitoring device 100, by connecting to the second monitoring device 100, obtains the patient identification from the second monitoring device 100 as the patient identification of the third monitoring device 100 itself, and then sends out, for example, to the central monitoring system 211.
The patient identification is used to cause the monitoring devices 100 that transmit the same patient identification to be associated with the same patient, so the central monitoring system 211 will associate the same patient identification of the monitoring devices to the same patient. For example, the central monitoring system 211 obtains patient information for a first monitoring device 100, obtains patient information for a second monitoring device 100, and obtains patient information for a third monitoring device 100. When the patient information sent by the three monitoring devices 100 to the central monitoring system 211 is the same, the central monitoring system 211 associates the three monitoring devices 100 to the same patient. In one embodiment the central monitoring system 211 associates patient-identified identical monitoring devices to the same patient, including: the vital sign monitoring data of the patient-identified identical monitoring devices are associated to the same patient, e.g., the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices 100 are displayed and/or stored in association such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the patient-identified identical monitoring devices 100 are displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that although it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at a time, and thus the central monitoring system 211 may select the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient to be on-line, i.e., select the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient as a data source, and display, process, and/or store the data uploaded by the monitoring device 100. In some examples, the central monitoring system 211 brings monitoring devices online, including: the vital sign monitoring data 100 of the currently on-line monitoring device is displayed in the original data section of the vital sign monitoring data originally used to display the off-line monitoring device 100. For example, the first monitoring device 100 is monitoring a patient, the central monitoring system 211 is connected to the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 acquires the sign monitoring data obtained by monitoring the first monitoring device 100, and displays the sign monitoring data in a data section, when the second monitoring device 100 monitors the patient instead of the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 is connected to the second monitoring device 100, and accordingly, the first monitoring device 100 is disconnected, the central monitoring system 211 acquires the sign monitoring data obtained by monitoring the second monitoring device 100, and displays the sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 in a data section where the sign monitoring data of the first monitoring device 100 is displayed before; when the third monitoring device 100 monitors the patient instead of the second monitoring device 100, the third monitoring device 100 is on line in the central monitoring system 211, and accordingly, the second monitoring device 100 is off line, the central monitoring system 211 acquires the sign monitoring data monitored by the third monitoring device 100, and the sign monitoring data of the third monitoring device 100 is displayed in the data section where the sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 is displayed. Thus, when a medical staff looks up the patient's physical sign monitoring data through the central monitoring system 211, regardless of the monitoring device from which the data source is, the medical staff can always look up the real-time physical sign monitoring data of the same patient in the same data section.
There are many ways in which the monitoring device 100, which is monitoring a patient, can be brought on-line, to name a few.
In some embodiments, the monitoring device 100 is also capable of transmitting a monitoring identity; when the central monitoring system 211 acquires the monitoring identifier sent by the monitoring device 100, the monitoring device 100 sending the monitoring identifier is online, i.e. the monitoring device with the monitoring identifier is online by introducing the monitoring identifier. For example, the first monitoring device 100 is enabled to monitor the patient, the first monitoring device 100 has and transmits a monitoring identification to the central monitoring system 211, and the central monitoring system 211 selects the first monitoring device 100 to be on-line; when the second monitoring device 100 needs to be used to monitor the patient instead of the first monitoring device 100, the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, and when the second monitoring device 100 and the first monitoring device 100 change from the communication connection to the disconnection, the second monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identification, the second monitoring device 100 sends the monitoring identification to the central monitoring system 211, and the central monitoring system 211 selects the second monitoring device 100 to be on line and places the first monitoring device 100 off line; likewise, when the third monitoring device 100 is needed to monitor the patient instead of the second monitoring device 100, the second monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the third monitoring device 100, and when the third monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 change from a non-communicative connection to a communicative connection, the third monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity, the third monitoring device 100 sends the monitoring identity to the central monitoring system 211, the central monitoring system 211 selects the third monitoring device 100 to be on line, and the second monitoring device 100 is off line. The monitoring identity in the monitoring device 100 may be automatically generated: for example, the monitoring device 100 may generate a monitoring identifier when it detects that the vital sign monitoring data is greater than a threshold, e.g., the second monitoring device 100 may generate a monitoring identifier in response to disconnecting the communication with the first monitoring device 100, e.g., the third monitoring device 100 may generate a monitoring identifier in response to establishing a communication with the second monitoring device 100; the monitoring identity in the monitoring device 100 may be manually generated: for example, the user causes the monitoring device 100 to generate a monitoring identification by clicking on an entity key or virtual key on the monitoring device 100, etc.
In some embodiments, the patient information may include a care identifier in addition to the patient identifier, and the central care system 211 may bring the care identifier up to the eligible care device 100. The first monitoring device 100 has a monitoring identity, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100 in the patient information of the second monitoring device 100 when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively connected to the second monitoring device 100, and the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device 100 according to a preset rule when the first monitoring device 100 is communicatively disconnected from the second monitoring device 100; likewise, when the second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are communicatively connected, the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the second monitoring device 100 to the third monitoring device 100 in the patient information of the third monitoring device 100, and the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is updated by the third monitoring device according to the preset rules. In an embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is to increase the value of the serial number; the step of putting the monitoring device with the monitoring identification meeting the condition on line comprises the following steps: the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number is brought on line, i.e. the central monitoring system 211 brings the monitoring device with the largest value of the serial number on line.
In one embodiment, the first monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are both bedside monitoring devices 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the second monitoring device 100 is unplugged from the first monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated; when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is updated. In one embodiment, when the second monitoring device 100 is unplugged from the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 displays the vital sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 in the original data section that was originally used to display the vital sign monitoring data of the first monitoring device 100 and prompts the current patient status to leave the original point of care. In one embodiment, when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 displays the vital sign monitoring data of the third monitoring device 100 in the original data section originally used to display the vital sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 and prompts the current patient status to reach the target point of care. In one embodiment, the central monitoring system 211 resets the value of the patient identification of the first monitoring device 100 and/or prompts the first monitoring device 100 to be available to monitor a new patient when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100 or unplugged from the first monitoring device 100.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient monitoring method is disclosed, referring to fig. 11, and the patient monitoring method includes steps 4010 to 4040, which are specifically described below.
Step 4010: patient information of the first monitoring device 100 is acquired.
Step 4020: patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is acquired.
Step 4030: patient information of the third monitoring device 100 is acquired.
In one embodiment, the patient information includes at least a patient identification; the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, and when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled, patient identification in patient information of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100; the second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled and the patient identification in the patient information of the third monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the second monitoring device 100 to the third monitoring device 100 when the second monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are communicatively coupled.
Step 4040: the patient identification of the same monitoring device is associated with the same patient. In one embodiment, step 4040 associates the patient identification same monitoring device to the same patient, including: the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are associated to the same patient, for example, the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are displayed and/or stored in association such that the vital sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring devices 100 having the same patient identification are displayed in association and/or stored in association.
It will be appreciated that although it is possible that multiple monitoring devices 100 may be associated with the same patient, typically only one monitoring device 100 is monitoring the patient at a time, and thus a patient monitoring method of an embodiment further comprises the steps of: the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient is selected to be online. In one embodiment, bringing the monitoring device on-line includes: the vital sign monitoring data of the monitoring device currently on line is displayed in the original data section of the vital sign monitoring data originally used for displaying the monitoring device on line. There are many ways to implement the step of selecting the monitoring device 100 that is currently monitoring a patient to be brought online, several of which are tried below.
In one embodiment, the step of selecting the monitoring device 100 currently monitoring the patient to be online comprises: when the monitoring identification sent by the monitoring equipment is obtained, the monitoring equipment sending the monitoring identification is put on line; wherein the monitoring device is capable of transmitting a monitoring identity.
In one embodiment, the step of selecting a monitoring device 100 currently monitoring a patient to be brought online includes bringing a monitoring device whose monitoring identity is eligible to be brought online; wherein the patient information includes a care label. When the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are in communication connection, the monitoring identification of the second monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the first monitoring device 100 to the second monitoring device 100 in the patient information of the second monitoring device 100, and when the first monitoring device 100 and the second monitoring device 100 are disconnected from the communication connection, the monitoring identification of the second monitoring device 100 is updated by the second monitoring device according to a preset rule; when the second monitoring device 100 is communicatively coupled to the third monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is synchronized by the second monitoring device 100 to the third monitoring device in the patient information of the third monitoring device 100, and the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is updated by the third monitoring device 100 according to the preset rules. In an embodiment, the monitoring identifier is a serial number, and the preset rule is a value of increasing the serial number; the step of putting the monitoring device with the monitoring identification meeting the condition on line comprises the following steps: and (5) putting the monitoring device with the largest serial number value on line.
In one embodiment of the patient monitoring method, the first monitoring device 100 and the third monitoring device 100 are both bedside monitoring devices 212 and the second monitoring device 100 is a transit monitoring device 213. In one embodiment, the diversion monitoring apparatus 213 is removably connected to the bedside monitoring apparatus 212 for communication; when the second monitoring device 100 is unplugged from the first monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the second monitoring device 100 is updated; when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100, the monitoring identity of the third monitoring device 100 is updated. In one embodiment, when the second monitoring device 100 is unplugged from the first monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 displays the vital sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 in the original data section that was originally used to display the vital sign monitoring data of the first monitoring device 100 and prompts the current patient status to leave the original point of care. In one embodiment, when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100, the central monitoring system 211 displays the vital sign monitoring data of the third monitoring device 100 in the original data section originally used to display the vital sign monitoring data of the second monitoring device 100 and prompts the current patient status to reach the target point of care. In one embodiment, the central monitoring system 211 resets the value of the patient identification of the first monitoring device 100 and/or prompts the first monitoring device 100 to be available to monitor a new patient when the second monitoring device 100 is plugged into the third monitoring device 100 or unplugged from the first monitoring device 100.
In some embodiments, the patient readmission may be followed by correlating the previous historical vital signs monitoring data with the current real-time vital signs monitoring data. For example, the central monitoring system 211 obtains patient information for the monitoring device, the patient information including at least a patient identification; the central monitoring system 211 searches whether the historical sign monitoring data corresponding to the patient identification exists according to the acquired patient identification of the monitoring device, and associates the historical sign monitoring data with the current sign monitoring data of the monitoring device to the same patient after searching.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient monitoring method is disclosed, referring to fig. 12, and the patient monitoring method includes steps 5010 to 5020, which are specifically described below.
Step 5010: patient information of the monitoring device is acquired, the patient information including at least a patient identification.
Step 5020: according to the patient identification of the monitoring device, searching whether the historical sign monitoring data corresponding to the patient identification exists, and associating the historical sign monitoring data with the current sign monitoring data of the monitoring device to the same patient after searching, for example, performing associated display and/or associated storage on the sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device 100 with the same patient identification, so that the sign monitoring data transmitted by the monitoring device 100 with the same patient identification is subjected to associated display and/or associated storage.
Reference is made to various exemplary embodiments herein. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes and modifications may be made to the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope herein. For example, the various operational steps and components used to perform the operational steps may be implemented in different ways (e.g., one or more steps may be deleted, modified, or combined into other steps) depending on the particular application or taking into account any number of cost functions associated with the operation of the system.
In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. Additionally, as will be appreciated by one of skill in the art, the principles herein may be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium preloaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disks, floppy disks, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-ROMs, DVDs, blu-Ray disks, etc.), flash memory, and/or the like. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including means which implement the function specified. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified.
While the principles herein have been shown in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components, which are particularly adapted to specific environments and operative requirements, may be used without departing from the principles and scope of the present disclosure. The above modifications and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this document.
The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the present disclosure is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope thereof. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. The benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any benefit, advantage, or solution to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature. The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, the term "couple" and any other variants thereof are used herein to refer to physical connections, electrical connections, magnetic connections, optical connections, communication connections, functional connections, and/or any other connection.
Those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made to the details of the above-described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined only by the following claims: