Patent Document ID: 20080249801
Application ID: 12062622
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for use by a portable processing device operating in a distributed patient monitoring system for visually monitoring patients and patient parameters using a plurality of portable processing devices in different remote locations, comprising: an authentication processor enabling a user to obtain access authorization to access patient data in response to entry of identification data using a portable processing device of said plurality of portable processing devices in different remote locations; a user interface, in response to said access authorization, enabling a user to, initiate execution of a clinical information system providing a user with a clinical application display image identifying a plurality of different patients in a corresponding plurality of different locations and select a particular patient of said plurality of different patients in said clinical application display image; a data processor for using an identifier of said particular patient in acquiring access information associated with said particular patient from a repository and using said access information in acquiring live video and vital sign parameters of said particular patient from a room associated with said particular patient; and a display processor for initiating generation of data representing an image sequence comprising a composite image including a first area showing acquired live video of said particular patient and a second area presenting acquired vital sign parameters of said particular patient in response to user selection of an image element associated with said particular patient of said plurality of different patients in said clinical application display image.