Patent ID: 8175895

Claim:
A system for providing alerts to a remote command center alerts concerning patients in geographically separate health care locations (HCLs) comprising: a network, the remote command center; wherein the network is connected to the remote command center and wherein the network is configured to provide the remote command center access to: a database; monitoring stations located in the geographically separate health care locations, comprising instructions for obtaining monitored patient data elements, wherein the monitored patient data elements are communicated to the database via the network, and wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements comprising the monitored patient data elements and other patient data elements associated with medical conditions of the patients; a computerized patient care management system, wherein the computerized patient care management system comprises instructions for: accessing patient data elements from the stored patient data elements; utilizing a rules engine to apply rules repeatedly and automatically to at least two patient data elements according to the rules of the rules engine whenever the patient care management system is in operation, wherein the rules applied by the rules engine identify existing or potential patient conditions; wherein the rules applied by the rules engine identify existing or potential patient conditions; using information generated by the rules engine to determine if an alert should be provided to the remote command center; and providing alerts to be concurrently displayed at the remote command center for all patients for whom the computerized patient care management system determines that an alert should be displayed at that time.