Patent ID: 8291337

Claim:
A method for providing an alert indicating that an operation of an infusion pump is not consistent with an order, which specifies an infusion to be administered to a patient, the method comprising: receiving an identification of the order and an identification of the infusion pump, wherein the order specifies an order infusion rate at which a fluid is to be administered to the patient; storing an association of the order and the infusion pump to one another, wherein the association is maintained by a processing unit separate from the infusion pump; receiving by the processing unit a continuous data feed from the infusion pump, the continuous data feed including a volume of the fluid that has been administered by the infusion pump over a time duration; based on the volume of the fluid and the time duration, calculating an infusion rate indicating a rate at which the infusion pump has been administering the fluid; comparing the infusion rate that was calculated to the order infusion rate to determine that the infusion rate and the order infusion rate are not consistent; retrieving an updated infusion order that is associated with the patient and that is not associated with the infusion pump; transmitting an alert to a mobile computing device notifying a recipient that the infusion rate and the order infusion rate are not consistent, wherein the alert includes a selectable indication of the updated infusion order; receiving from the mobile computing device a selection of the selectable indication; and updating the association to include the updated infusion order.