System and method for monitoring clinician responsiveness to alarms
US9098604B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B25/14
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of monitoring clinician responsiveness to alarms generated by patient monitors. The method includes the steps of: receiving an alarm event from a patient monitor at a central monitor, determining an alarm initiation time for the alarm events, receiving at the central monitor an acknowledgement of the alarm event by a clinician, calculating an event response time as the time between the alarm initiation time and the acknowledgement of the alarm event by the clinician, determining a total number of alarm events, determining event response times for each of the total number of alarm events, and computing a responsiveness score based on the event response time for each of the total number of alarm events.
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