The present invention provides for a system and method of monitoring thestatus of a plurality of medical devices connected to a central computer orserver using a wired or wireless network, and displaying informationrepresentative of the status of the medical devices to a user on a displayscreen using both graphics and text. The system is also capable of determiningwhen a condition or alarm warranting notification of the care giver to correctthe condition exists, and displaying information about the condition or alarmon the display, including associating a warning graphic or icon representativeof the condition or alarm with an icon representing a specific medical deviceor portion of a medical device. The system includes a rules data base anddecision engine that may be used to determine the existence of conditions thatrequire notification to the care giver.
