Patent ID: 7454359

Claim:
A system for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients comprising: a telecommunication network; monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises instructions for monitoring data elements from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients and for sending the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the telecommunications network, wherein the remote command center comprises instructions for: receiving the monitored data elements from the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients; accessing patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients; selectively displaying the monitored data elements and the patient data elements of the hospitalized patients according to display rules using a display module; establishing patient-specific rules associated with each of the geographically dispersed hospitalized patients; and applying the patient-specific rules continuously and simultaneously using a rules engine comprising instructions for: selecting data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with a hospitalized patient; applying a patient-specific rule associated with the hospitalized patient to the selected data elements; determining in an automated fashion 24 hours per day 7 days per week at the remote command center whether the patient-specific rule for the hospitalized patient has been contravened; and in the event the patient-specific rule for the hospitalized patient has been contravened, issuing an alert from the remote command center.