Patent ID: 8773259

Claim:
A local patient monitoring system comprising: a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more data signals regarding one or more physiological parameters of a patient; a processing unit communicatively coupled with the parameter acquisition unit configured to process the one or more data signals and to generate parameter information related to the one or more physiological parameters based on the one or more data signals, the parameter information comprising a plurality of parameter waveforms and a plurality of parameter numerical values; a memory unit communicatively coupled with the processing unit and the parameter acquisition unit configured to store the parameter information; a communication device configured to obtain a remote monitoring status regarding each of one or more remote patient monitors; and a display unit communicatively coupled with the processing unit, the display unit being configured to: visually display, on the local patient monitoring system, a patient monitoring interface comprising at least one of the one or more physiological parameters; and visually display, on the local patient monitoring system, a remote monitoring interface along with the patient monitoring interface, the remote monitoring interface comprising a plurality of status icons respectively representing the remote monitoring status of each of the one or more remote patient monitors, wherein at least one status icon indicates that display of alarm information from a corresponding remote patient monitor cannot be blocked at the local patient monitor except by a person with particular access rights.