Patent ID: 8799012

Claim:
A method of tracking and comparing activity or configuration information for a medical device within an institution, comprising the steps of: receiving from a plurality of institutions medical device activity or configuration library information and storing the received information to a database on a central computer system; creating for the plurality of institutions a peer definition in the database comprising at least one of: an institution type comprising one of rural, community, teaching/university, multi hospital health system, and/or bed size type comprising number of patient beds in the institution; assigning a peer group to each institution by matching institutions with selected peer definitions and storing the peer group assignment in the database; receiving an institution selection from a client computer; searching, using the central computer system, the database for at least another institution with a matching peer group to the selected institution; comparing, using the central computer system, medical device activity or configuration information received for the institution with respective medical device activity or configuration information received for the at least another institution with a matching peer group; providing a result for the comparison; and displaying the result on the client computer.