Patent ID: 8571893

Claim:
A clinical data monitoring system comprising: a sliding median filter assembly disposed for receiving a data stream from a device providing vital signs data, the data stream corresponding to at least one vital sign of a patient being monitored, the median filter assembly configured to: detect the data stream within a time window, determine whether the detected data stream spans at least a predetermined percentage of the time window, determine a false positive reading exists in response to the detected data stream not spanning the at least predetermined percentage, ignore the detected data stream for alarming in response to the determination of the false positive reading; and output a mean value of the data stream corresponding to the vital sign in response to the detected data stream spanning the at least predetermined percentage; a comparative filter disposed for receiving and comparing the mean value output by an algorithm to predetermined data limits; and an alert engine disposed for issuing an alarm when the comparative filter has determined that the mean value output is outside of the predetermined data limits.