Patent ID: 8416085

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to present a user interface window to define an alert rule, wherein the user interface window is configured to allow a user to define a first alert value, to define an indicator of a physiological characteristic of a patient associated with the first alert value, and to define an application type indicator for the alert rule indicating an application group to which to apply the alert rule, wherein the application group is selected from the group consisting of a specific patient and physician pair, a type of physician practice area, and a type of medical personnel; receive the first alert value, the indicator, and the application type indicator; receive a value of the physiological characteristic of the patient; receive a characteristic indicator of the physiological characteristic of the patient; receive a group indicator associated with the patient; identify the received first alert value by comparing the received characteristic indicator to the indicator; compare the received value to the identified first alert value and the received group indicator to the application type indicator; and generate an alert based on the comparison.