Patent ID: 9098604
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06Q,G08B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring clinician desensitization to alarms generated by patient monitors, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of alarm events from one or more patient monitors at a central monitor; determining an alarm initiation time for each of the alarm events; receiving at the central monitor an acknowledgement from the clinician of each of the alarm events; calculating an event response time for each of the plurality of alarm events as the time between the alarm initiation time and the acknowledgement of the alarm event by the clinician; computing a responsiveness score based on the plurality of event response times for the plurality of alarm events, wherein the responsiveness score is indicative of a level of alarm fatigue experienced by the clinician over the plurality of alarm events; and generating an alarm fatigue alert when the responsiveness score trends downward at a rate greater than a threshold rate.