Medical device data integration apparatus and methods

1. A networked healthcare system comprising:

a renal failure therapy machine communicatively coupled to a hospital information system configured to:

perform a renal failure therapy treatment for a patient,

determine at least one renal failure therapy parameter related to the renal failure therapy treatment including an ultrafiltration rate at which fluid is removed from the patient,

determine a renal failure therapy timestamp for the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, and

transmit the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, a patient identifier of the patient, and the renal failure therapy timestamp to the hospital information system;

an infusion pump communicatively coupled to the hospital information system configured to:

perform an infusion treatment for the same patient concurrently with the renal failure therapy machine,

determine at least one infusion parameter related to the infusion treatment including an infusion rate at which fluid is infused into the patient,

determine an infusion timestamp for the at least one infusion parameter, and

transmit the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp to the hospital information system;

a monitor associated with the patient and communicatively coupled to the hospital information system, the monitor configured to:

receive the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp,

receive the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp,

determine the at least one renal failure therapy parameter and the at least one infusion parameter are to be displayed at a combination user interface based on the patient identifier,

determine a difference parameter based on a difference between the at least one infusion parameter and the at least one renal failure therapy parameter,

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one renal failure therapy parameter within a renal failure therapy timeline,

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one infusion parameter within an infusion timeline that is aligned with the renal failure therapy timeline, and

display, at the combination user interface, the difference parameter within a difference timeline that is aligned with the renal failure therapy timeline and the infusion timeline.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a monitor gateway engine configured to:

receive the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp from the renal failure therapy machine;

receive the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp from the infusion pump;

determine the monitor among a plurality of monitors that is associated with the patient identifier;

transmit the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp to the determined monitor; and

transmit the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp to the determined monitor.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a renal failure therapy gateway engine configured to:

receive the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp from the renal failure therapy machine;

determine that the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp are to be transmitted to the monitor gateway engine; and

transmit the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the patient identifier, and the renal failure therapy timestamp to the monitor gateway engine.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising an infusion gateway engine configured to:

receive the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp from the infusion pump;

determine that the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp are to be transmitted to the monitor gateway engine; and

transmit the at least one infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the infusion timestamp to the monitor gateway engine.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the monitor is a vital sign monitor communicatively coupled to a physiological sensor and configured to:

receive at least one physiological parameter from the physiological sensor; and

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one physiological parameter within a physiological timeline that is aligned with the renal failure therapy timeline and the infusion timeline.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the vital sign monitor is configured to transmit the at least one physiological parameter to at least one of the renal failure therapy machine or the infusion pump via the monitor gateway engine.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor is configured to display the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the at least one infusion parameter, and the difference parameter as a numerical value adjacent to the respective timeline.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the infusion pump is a first infusion pump, the infusion parameter is a first infusion parameter, and the infusion timestamp is a first infusion timestamp, and further comprising a second infusion pump communicatively coupled to the hospital information system, the second infusion pump configured to:

perform a second infusion treatment for the same patient concurrently with the first infusion pump;

determine at least one second infusion parameter related to the second infusion treatment including a second infusion rate at which a second fluid is infused into the patient;

determine a second infusion timestamp for the at least one second infusion parameter; and

transmit the at least one second infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the second infusion timestamp to the hospital information system, and

wherein the monitor is further configured to

receive the at least one second infusion parameter, the patient identifier, and the second infusion timestamp,

determine the difference parameter based on a difference between the at least one first infusion parameter, the at least one second infusion parameter, and the at least one renal failure therapy parameter,

determine more than one infusion treatment is being provided to the patient,

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one second infusion parameter within a second infusion timeline that is aligned with the infusion timeline, and

display, at the combination user interface, a first name of the fluid infused by the first infusion pump adjacent to the first infusion timeline and a second name of the second fluid infused by the second infusion pump adjacent to the second infusion timeline.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one difference parameter includes a net amount of fluid change within the patient per a time period.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one renal failure therapy parameter includes a rate at which fluid is added to the patient from the renal failure therapy machine, a total amount of fluid removed from the patient, an amount of time remaining for the renal failure therapy treatment, or an event associated with the renal failure therapy treatment.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one infusion parameter includes a timestamp, a drug name of the fluid infused into the patient, a total amount of fluid infused into the patient, an amount of time remaining for the infusion treatment, an event associated with the infusion treatment, or a drug limit for the infusion treatment.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one renal failure therapy parameter or the at least one infusion parameter is converted to conform to a Health Level 7 (“HL7”) protocol before being displayed by the monitor.

13. A vital sign monitor apparatus comprising:

a renal failure therapy interface configured to receive at least one renal failure therapy parameter, and a renal failure therapy timestamp from a renal failure therapy machine performing a renal failure therapy treatment for a patient;

an infusion pump interface configured to receive at least one infusion parameter and an infusion timestamp from an infusion pump performing an infusion treatment for the same patient;

a monitor engine communicatively coupled to the renal failure therapy interface and the infusion pump interface, the monitor engine configured to:

determine that the at least one renal failure therapy parameter and the at least one infusion parameter are related to the same patient and are to be displayed in a combination user interface based on the patient identifier,

determine a difference parameter based on a difference between the at least one infusion parameter and the at least one renal failure therapy parameter,

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one renal failure therapy parameter within a renal failure therapy timeline,

display, at the combination user interface, the at least one infusion parameter within an infusion timeline that is aligned with the renal failure therapy timeline, and

display, at the combination user interface, the difference parameter within a difference timeline that is aligned with at least one of the renal failure therapy timeline or the infusion timeline.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the monitor engine is further configured to:

convert, before displaying the at least one renal failure therapy parameter, the at least one renal failure therapy parameter from a first standard related to the renal failure therapy machine to a common standard; and

convert, before displaying the at least one infusion parameter, the at least one infusion parameter from a second standard related to the infusion pump to the common standard.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the common standard is related to the vital sign monitor apparatus having the combination user interface.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the monitor engine i 0 s further configured to:

determine the difference parameter after converting the at least one renal failure therapy parameter and the at least one infusion parameter.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the monitor engine is further configured to:

receive an alarm from at least one of the renal failure therapy machine and the infusion pump;

determine the alarm is to be displayed; and

display, at the combination user interface, the alarm in proximity to the respective renal failure therapy timeline and the infusion timeline..

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the at least one renal failure therapy parameter or the at least one infusion parameter is converted to conform to a Health Level 7 (“HL7”) protocol before being displayed by the monitor engine.