Medical monitoring system

Abstract

Medical patient monitoring devices that have the capability of detecting the physical proximity of a clinician are disclosed. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a first selected action when the presence of a clinician is detected in a first detection area, and to perform a second selected action when the presence of the clinician is detected in a second detection area. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to determine whether a clinician is present in a detection area based on the strength of a signal from a clinician token, and based on a signal strength adjustment value associated with the clinician token. When the presence of a clinician is detected in a detection area, the medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a predetermined action that is determined from a remote database communicatively coupled thereto.

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         15 . A medical patient monitoring device for monitoring physiological information, the medical patient monitoring device comprising:
 a first interface configured to receive physiological information associated with at least one patient;   a second interface configured to communicatively couple to an electronic medical record for the patient; and   a processor configured to determine signal quality for measurements of the physiological information and to determine an amount of the measurements of the physiological information to transmit to the electronic medical record based on the signal quality.   
     
     
         16 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to decrease the amount of the measurements of the physiological information transmitted to the electronic medical record if the signal quality decreases. 
     
     
         17 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to decrease the frequency of the measurements of the physiological information transmitted to the electronic medical record if the signal quality decreases. 
     
     
         18 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to increase the amount of the measurements of the physiological information transmitted to the electronic medical record if the signal quality increases. 
     
     
         19 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to increase the frequency of the measurements of the physiological information transmitted to the electronic medical record if the signal quality increases. 
     
     
         20 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , wherein the signal quality comprises a degree of confidence metric for the measurements of the physiological information. 
     
     
         21 . The medical patient monitoring device of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token, the clinician token being indicative of the identity of a clinician,   wherein the processor is configured to transmit the measurements of the physiological information in response to detection of the clinician token in proximity to the medical patient monitoring device.