Medical equipment alarm information optimization method and system

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to a medical equipment alarm information optimization method and system. The method comprises the following steps: receiving alarm signals reported by a plurality of medical devices, respectively analyzing alarm data, and caching the alarm data; calling the alarm data in the cache according to the time sequence of the alarm data, and for each alarm data, inserting the alarm data into a cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is summarized according to the alarm event information priority sequence; specifying a medical device needing to be displayed through the display instruction; and displaying the medical equipment information and the alarm data matched with the specified medical equipment needing to be displayed according to the priority sequence of the alarm event information. According to the method and the system provided by the invention, centralized display and separated display of alarms of a plurality of devices in the medical integrated device are supported, and the display modes can be flexibly switched.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, and in particular to a method and system for optimizing alarm information of medical equipment. Background Art

[0002] In the equipment that integrates various medical devices, since each device has its own alarm and needs to be displayed separately, there is also a need to integrate the alarms of various devices together for display.

[0003] The existing technology generally includes an alarm data acquisition module, an alarm data storage module, and an alarm data storage module. The working steps are: the alarm data acquisition module receives and analyzes the alarm data sent by the device, the alarm data storage module stores the processed alarm data and serves as the data source of the alarm display module, and the alarm display takes the alarm data of the alarm data storage module according to the required frequency and displays it.

[0004] The existing technology cannot simultaneously support the needs of integrated display of multi-device alarms and independent display of single-device alarms, and is even more unable to switch between multiple display modes. Summary of the invention

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and thus provide a method and system for optimizing alarm information of medical equipment.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical solution of the present invention provides a method for optimizing medical device alarm information, comprising:

[0007] Receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices, parse out alarm data respectively and cache them; the alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical device information;

[0008] Retrieving the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data, and for each alarm data, inserting the alarm data into the cache position corresponding to the priority based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is summarized in the order of the alarm event information priority;

[0009] Through display instructions, the medical equipment that needs to be displayed is specified, and the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed are displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information.

[0010] As an improvement to the above method, the medical device information is one of an IP address of the medical device, a type of the medical device, and a preset identifier of the medical device.

[0011] As an improvement of the above method, when the number of medical devices specified to be displayed is less than the total number of medical devices, the alarm data is obtained from the cache, all medical device information matching the alarm data of the specified medical device is found, and the alarm data is displayed in order of priority of the alarm event information, thereby realizing the centralized display of the alarm data of some medical devices.

[0012] As an improvement to the above method, when the number of matching alarm data found is equal to the number of medical devices specified to be displayed, the search is stopped and the found alarm data is displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information; the number of medical devices specified to be displayed is at least 1.

[0013] As an improvement of the above method, when the number of medical devices to be displayed is specified as all medical devices, all alarm data summarized in order of alarm event information priority are obtained from the cache and displayed in the summarized order, thereby realizing centralized display of alarm data of all medical devices.

[0014] As an improvement of the above method, the alarm event information includes: configurable alarm event type information, and for each alarm data, the alarm data is inserted into a cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event type information priority.

[0015] As an improvement to the above method, when multiple alarm data have the same alarm event type information, the multiple alarm data belong to the same priority level and are arranged in the cache in chronological order.

[0016] As an improvement of the above method, the alarm event information also includes: alarm event monitoring value information.

[0017] To achieve another object of the present invention, the present invention further provides a medical equipment alarm information optimization system, comprising:

[0018] An alarm presetting module is used to receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices, and to parse out alarm data for caching; the alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical device information;

[0019] An alarm data integration processing module is used to retrieve the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data, and for each alarm data, insert the alarm data into the cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is aggregated in the order of the alarm event information priority; and

[0020] The alarm data display module is used to specify the medical equipment that needs to be displayed through display instructions; and is used to display the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed in accordance with the priority order of the alarm event information.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the advantage of the present invention is that the medical device alarm information optimization method and system of the present invention support centralized and separate display of alarms of multiple devices in a medical integrated device, and can flexibly switch display modes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 A flowchart of a method for optimizing medical device alarm information provided by an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solution provided by the present invention is further illustrated below in conjunction with embodiments.

[0024] Example 1

[0025] The medical device alarm information optimization method proposed in this embodiment can display all device alarms or display each alarm separately when necessary, and takes the alarm priority into consideration.

[0026] This embodiment provides a method for optimizing alarm information of medical equipment, such as Figure 1 As shown, including:

[0027] Receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices, parse out alarm data respectively and cache them; the alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical device information.

[0028] The alarm data in the cache are retrieved in chronological order of the alarm data. For each alarm data, the alarm data is inserted into the cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is summarized in the order of the alarm event information priority; the priority order can be high priority first, low priority last.

[0029] Through display instructions, the medical equipment that needs to be displayed is specified, and the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed are displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information.

[0030] Specifically, the medical device information is one of the IP address of the medical device, the type of the medical device, and the preset identification of the medical device. The display instruction can specify the medical device to be displayed through the IP address of the medical device, the type of the medical device, and the preset identification of the medical device. Multiple medical devices may have the same type of medical device or the preset identification of the medical device. Therefore, when the display instruction specifies the type of a certain medical device or the preset identification of the medical device, the alarm information of multiple medical devices can be matched without specifying a single medical device one by one. The type of medical device and the preset identification of the medical device are both configurable, and the alarm data of the required medical device can be displayed flexibly and efficiently.

[0031] When the display instruction specifies the medical device to be displayed through the IP address of the medical device, the specific number of medical devices to be displayed can be known because the IP address is unique. Alternatively, when each medical device is configured with a different type of medical device or a preset identifier of the medical device, the specific number of medical devices to be displayed can also be known. By specifying the IP address, type of medical device or preset identifier of a medical device to be displayed, the purpose of independent display of a single device can be achieved. In other words, when the number of medical devices to be displayed is 1, that is, a single specification, the alarm data can be retrieved from the cache to determine whether the medical device information of the alarm data matches the specified medical device information. If it matches, stop retrieving and display the alarm data. If it does not match, retrieve the next alarm data until it matches, and display the matching alarm data, thereby achieving the purpose of independent display of a single medical device. When the display instruction specifies the IP addresses of some medical devices, the types of some medical devices, or the preset identifiers of some medical devices, and the number of medical devices to be displayed is less than the total number of medical devices, the alarm data can be obtained from the cache, and the alarm data of all medical device information matching the specified medical devices can be found, and displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information, thereby achieving the purpose of centralized display of the alarm data of some medical devices. In addition, when the number of matching alarm data found is equal to the number of medical devices to be displayed, the search is stopped, and the found alarm data is displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information, thereby improving the display efficiency. For example, if the display instruction specifies the IP addresses of 5 medical devices, and the alarm data of 5 medical devices whose IP addresses match the specified IP addresses are found in the cache, the search is stopped, and the 5 alarm data are displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information.

[0032] When the display instruction specifies the IP address of all medical devices, the type of all medical devices, or the preset identification of all medical devices, the number of medical devices to be displayed is specified as all medical devices, and all alarm data summarized in the order of alarm event information priority can be directly obtained from the cache and displayed in the summarized order, so as to achieve the purpose of centralized display of alarm data of all medical devices. The type of equipment generally refers to the different module types of a single device: monitoring, breathing, infusion pump, etc. The alarm information of different modules is displayed on the device interface as required, or it can be the device type of different devices: ventilator, monitor, anesthesia machine and other medical equipment, and the alarm information of different devices is displayed on the platform as required.

[0033] The alarm event information may include: configurable alarm event type information. For each alarm data, the alarm data is inserted into the cache location corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event type information priority. The alarm event type information may be an alarm of a medical device failure itself, or it may be an alarm of a medical device monitoring value. For example, the medical device failure itself may be: medical device overheating, overspeed operation, installation error, etc. For example, the medical device monitoring value may be: monitored heart rate, blood pressure data or blood sample data, etc. When the alarm event type information is an alarm of a medical device monitoring value, it may also include alarm event monitoring value information.

[0034] Multiple alarm data may have the same alarm event type information. When multiple alarm data have the same alarm event type information, the multiple alarm data belong to the same priority and are arranged in the cache in chronological order.

[0035] In this embodiment, it is possible to support the centralized alarm display of multiple medical devices, the independent alarm display of a certain device, or the centralized alarm display of some medical devices. In this embodiment, by configuring the priority of the alarm event information and determining the display order of the alarm information, it is possible to prevent important alarm information from being missed. In this embodiment, by configuring different types of medical devices and preset identifiers of medical devices, the alarm information of multiple medical devices can be retrieved through one display command, thereby simplifying the operation process.

[0036] Example 2

[0037] This embodiment provides a medical device alarm information optimization system, including:

[0038] The alarm preset module is used to receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices and to parse out alarm data for caching; the alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical device information.

[0039] The alarm data integration processing module is used to retrieve the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data. For each alarm data, the alarm data is inserted into the cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is summarized in the order of the alarm event information priority.

[0040] The alarm data display module is used to specify the medical equipment that needs to be displayed through display instructions; and is used to display the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed in accordance with the priority order of the alarm event information.

[0041] Preferably, the alarm preset module includes:

[0042] The alarm preset unit is used to summarize the alarm event information supported by each medical device and assign a priority level for the summarized alarm event information during integrated display.

[0043] The alarm data receiving unit is used to receive and analyze the alarm signal sent by a medical device. The input is the original alarm signal and the output is the usable alarm data after analysis.

[0044] The alarm data cache unit is used to cache the alarm data of a medical device, and both the input and output are parsed alarm data; at this time, the cache area is in the form of a first-in-first-out queue.

[0045] Preferably, the alarm data integration processing module retrieves the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data, queries the priority level of the retrieved alarm data defined in the alarm preset, and inserts the priority determined in the alarm preset into the alarm summary cache in the order of priority, for example, the high priority is in front and the low priority is in the back; thus, the alarm data of each medical device is re-arranged according to the priority of the alarm event information. Therefore, the input of the cache is the alarm data of each medical device sorted by time, and the output is the summarized alarm data arranged according to the priority of the alarm event information.

[0046] Preferably, the alarm data display module takes out the alarm to be displayed from the data storage module and displays it on the screen according to the defined function, ie, the display instruction.

[0047] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that any modification or equivalent replacement of the technical solutions of the present invention does not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention and should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing alarm information of medical equipment, comprising: Receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices, parse the alarm data and cache them; The alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical equipment information; Retrieving the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data, and for each alarm data, inserting the alarm data into the cache position corresponding to the priority based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is summarized in the order of the alarm event information priority; Through display instructions, the medical equipment that needs to be displayed is specified, and the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed are displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information.

2. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: The medical device information is one of an IP address of the medical device, a type of the medical device, and a preset identifier of the medical device.

3. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the number of medical devices specified to be displayed is less than the total number of medical devices, the alarm data is obtained from the cache, all medical device information matching the alarm data of the specified medical device is found, and the alarm data is displayed in order of the alarm event information priority, thereby realizing the centralized display of the alarm data of some medical devices.

4. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 3, characterized in that: When the number of matching alarm data found is equal to the number of medical devices specified to be displayed, the search is stopped and the found alarm data is displayed in the order of priority of the alarm event information; The number of medical devices specified to be displayed is at least 1.

5. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the number of medical devices to be displayed is specified as all medical devices, all alarm data summarized in order of alarm event information priority are obtained from the cache and displayed in the summarized order, thereby realizing centralized display of alarm data of all medical devices.

6. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: The alarm event information includes: configurable alarm event type information. For each alarm data, the alarm data is inserted into a cache location corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event type information priority.

7. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: When multiple alarm data have the same alarm event type information, the multiple alarm data belong to the same priority level and are arranged in the cache in chronological order.

8. The method for optimizing medical device alarm information according to claim 1, characterized in that: The alarm event information also includes: alarm event monitoring value information.

9. A medical equipment alarm information optimization system, comprising: An alarm preset module is used to receive alarm signals reported by multiple medical devices and to parse out the alarm data for caching; The alarm data includes: alarm event information and medical equipment information; An alarm data integration processing module is used to retrieve the alarm data in the cache in the time sequence of the alarm data, and for each alarm data, insert the alarm data into the cache position corresponding to the priority in the cache based on the configured alarm event information priority, so that each alarm data is aggregated in the order of the alarm event information priority; and The alarm data display module is used to specify the medical equipment that needs to be displayed through display instructions; and is used to display the medical equipment information of the medical equipment that needs to be displayed and the alarm data matching the medical equipment that needs to be displayed in accordance with the priority order of the alarm event information.

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