ACM - IHE

IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework Supplement – Alarm CommunicationManagement (ACM)______________________________________________________________________________415420Alarm Manager – The Alarm Manager (AM) actor receives the alarm from the Alarm Reporter(AR), potentially analyzes the alarm, and dispatches the alarm to the Alarm Communicator (AC).Alarm Communicator – The Alarm Communicator (AC) actor receives the alarm from theAlarm Manager (AM) and sends the alarm to the client application in the endpoint device.The Alarm Communicator (AC) actor is not responsible for taking action in the event that theendpoint operator has received but not responded to the notification. Actions for non-responseby the Alarm Communicator (AC) endpoint operator (clinical user) are within the scope of theAlarm Manager (AM) actor. These actions are commonly referred to as escalation whether it isrepeatedly sending the same message to the same recipient or to alternate recipients. Thedefinition of such actions has been identified as out-of-scope for the ACM profile.ARAMACPCD-04 Report AlarmoptPCD-05 Alarm StatusStatus in response to receipt by AMPCD-06 Disseminate AlarmoptPCD-05 Alarm StatusStatus in response to receipt by ACrepeatableoptPCD-05 Alarm StatusPCD-07 Report DisseminationAlarm StatusStatus in response to receipt byendpoint or by user at endpointFigure X.2-1: Basic Process Flow in ACM Profile425__________________________________________________________________________16Rev. 1.3– 2012-08-16Copyright © 2012: IHE International, Inc.