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Medical alerting system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1995-09-20
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Granted: 1998-05-19
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Expires: 2015-09-20
Abstract
Abstract Medical alerting systems and procedures are provided which can communicate a message representative of a healthcare condition to one or more target recipients. The system includes a receiver which accepts data or indicia of the healthcare condition, and a processor, which assigns a preselected output to the data or indicia and which maps the output to a particular primary target recipient. A transmitter then signals the preselected output to a target. The system can be set up to record a confirmation that the message has indeed been delivered to the target and can be programmed to escalate to a secondary target in the event the primary target does not acknowledge receipt within a preset time limit.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfredo Garcia
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 19:53
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B25/00; G08B25/01; G08B25/08; G08B25/005; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/222
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A medical alerting system for communicating a preselected output representative of healthcare-related information to one or more target recipients, comprising: (a) receiver means for detecting indicia of said healthcare-related information; (b) processing means for assigning a preselected output to said indicia and for mapping to a particular primary target recipient; (c) transmission means for signalling said preselected output to said primary target recipient; and (d) recording means for recording evidence that said preselected output has been delivered to an authorized recipient, wherein said evidence comprises an identifier selected from the group including: E-mail with pre-specified text, touch-tone code, or a new event recorded on an event profile of said processing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A medical alerting system for communicating a preselected output representative of healthcare-related information to one or more target recipients, comprising: (a) receiver means for detecting indicia of said healthcare-related information; (b) processing means for assigning a preselected output to said indicia and for mapping to a particular primary target recipient; (c) transmission means for signalling said preselected output to said primary target recipient; and (d) recording means for recording evidence that said preselected output has been delivered to an authorized recipient, wherein said evidence comprises an identifier selected from the group including: E-mail with pre-specified text, touch-tone code, or a new event recorded on an event profile of said processing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said processing means assigns said preselected output in relation to the content of said healthcare-related information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said processing means can be activated to select a secondary target recipient if said primary target recipient does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output within a preselected time limit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The alerting system of claim 3, wherein said one or more target recipients are selected from an ordered list of target recipients selected from: primary providers, alternate providers, nursing professionals, and supervisors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said transmission means signals said preselected output to an electronic communication device selected from: a personal digital assistant, loud speaker, lights, facsimile, beeper, overhead pager, personal voice pager, telephone, voicemail system or E-Mail system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said preselected output is selectively signaled to said target recipient depending upon the medical urgency of said message.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said processing means defines a time limit prior to signalling a secondary recipient.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The alerting system of claim 1, wherein said processing means comprises a computerized telephony system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
129 words
An alerting system for communicating a message representative of a healthcare condition documented on a database to a class of target recipients, comprising: (a) receiver means for detecting said healthcare condition on said database; (b) processing means for assigning a preselected output depending upon the content of said healthcare condition, and for mapping a signalling of said output to at least a primary class of target recipients; (c) said processing means being escalated to select at least one secondary target recipient in the event that an authorized recipient within said class of target recipients does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output by inputting a coded identifier within a preset time limit; and (d) signal transmission means for signalling said preselected output to said primary or secondary target recipients.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
129 words
An alerting system for communicating a message representative of a healthcare condition documented on a database to a class of target recipients, comprising: (a) receiver means for detecting said healthcare condition on said database; (b) processing means for assigning a preselected output depending upon the content of said healthcare condition, and for mapping a signalling of said output to at least a primary class of target recipients; (c) said processing means being escalated to select at least one secondary target recipient in the event that an authorized recipient within said class of target recipients does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output by inputting a coded identifier within a preset time limit; and (d) signal transmission means for signalling said preselected output to said primary or secondary target recipients.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The alerting system of claim 9, wherein said receiver means and said signal transmission means comprise portions of a computerized telephony system.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The alerting system of claim 9, wherein said processing means comprises selectively adjustable data profiles for varying said preselected output, the identity of said target recipients, and a manner in which said preselected output is signalled.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The alerting system of claim 9, further comprising recording means for recording evidence that a preselected output has been delivered to at least one authorized recipient.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The alerting system of claim 12, wherein said evidence comprises means for determining an identity of said authorized recipient and for determining when said recording was made.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The alerting system of claim 9, wherein said processing means comprises means for reporting a status of any delivery of said output to an authorized recipient.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of communicating a message representative of a healthcare condition from a medical facility to one or more target recipients, comprising: (a) detecting indicia of a healthcare condition; (b) assigning a preselected output in response to the content of said healthcare condition; (c) transmitting said preselected output to a primary target recipient; (d) escalating to one or more secondary target recipients in the event said primary target recipient does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output with a coded identifier within a preselected time limit and (e) providing a postmortem search status communication to at least one target recipient who does not acknowledge receipt.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of communicating a message representative of a healthcare condition from a medical facility to one or more target recipients, comprising: (a) detecting indicia of a healthcare condition; (b) assigning a preselected output in response to the content of said healthcare condition; (c) transmitting said preselected output to a primary target recipient; (d) escalating to one or more secondary target recipients in the event said primary target recipient does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output with a coded identifier within a preselected time limit and (e) providing a postmortem search status communication to at least one target recipient who does not acknowledge receipt.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving a verification code from a target recipient and recording evidence of the identity of said target recipient.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 15, further comprising reporting a status of said healthcare condition to a target recipient.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting said preselected output to an electronic device selected from the group comprising: a telephone, beeper, pager, E-Mail device or voicemail device.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 15, further comprising initiating said assigning step upon the completion of a lab test.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of communicating a preselected output representative of a healthcare condition from a medical facility comprising: (a) detecting data related to said healthcare condition from a database; (b) processing said data to assign a preselected output to said data depending upon the nature of said condition; (c) mapping said output to a primary target recipient who is not actively monitoring said condition; (d) transmitting said output to said primary target recipient; (e) selecting at least one secondary target recipient in the event that said primary target recipient does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output within a preset time limit and (f) providing a postmortem search status communication to at least one target recipient who does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of communicating a preselected output representative of a healthcare condition from a medical facility comprising: (a) detecting data related to said healthcare condition from a database; (b) processing said data to assign a preselected output to said data depending upon the nature of said condition; (c) mapping said output to a primary target recipient who is not actively monitoring said condition; (d) transmitting said output to said primary target recipient; (e) selecting at least one secondary target recipient in the event that said primary target recipient does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output within a preset time limit and (f) providing a postmortem search status communication to at least one target recipient who does not acknowledge receipt of said preselected output.
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