Healthcare facility management and information system

• US 10,437,960 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2015
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sheldon Investment Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sheldon Investment Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Sheldon, Daniel, DeVries, Sonne, Cooke, Clare, Bednar, Dennis, Bock, William, Karlsen, Randall, Wolbing, Noel, Yusuf, Saad
• Primary Examiner(s): Lam, Eliza A
• Application Number:
  US14/836,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20150363556A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,504 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method, system, computer program product and apparatus related to managing and disseminating information in a health care facility is disclosed. The system may comprise a plurality of input devices, a processor connected to the input devices and a plurality of electronic output devices connected to the processor. The output devices may include a master patient information display, an electronic patient room information display, a master precaution display, a patient hourly rounding display and an individual room precaution display. The method may comprises receiving from at least one input device data associated with a plurality of patients, and displaying for each patient the information, based on the data received, that is associated with each patient, and then updating on each output device the information when it changes.

Claims

1. A healthcare facility management and information system, comprising:

a computer processor provided within the healthcare facility and electronically coupled to a plurality of patient rooms and a central nurses station provided in the healthcare facility;

a database in electronic communication with the processor;

at least one of a pillow speaker and a patient station provided in each of the plurality of patient rooms and in electronic communication with the processor and central nurses station to enable a patient to call for a nurse;

an electronic staff presence identification transceiver including a radio frequency identification tag worn by the nurse;

an electronic rounding presence sensor positioned within each of the patient rooms and detecting the presence of the electronic staff presence identification transceiver worn by the nurse, the electronic rounding presence sensor being in electronic communication with the computer processor;

an electronic patient information room display provided in each of the patient rooms and in communication with the healthcare facility computer processor, the electronic patient information display electronically displaying the name of the patient, the name of the nurse, the name of a physician responsible for the patient and at least the last ten times the nurse visited the patient room, the processor receiving signals from the electronic rounding presence sensor, tracking the last ten times the nurse visited the patient room, and calculating a time elapsed since the last rounding visit;

an electronic hourly rounding display provided at the central nurses station, the electronic hourly rounding display electronically displaying the names of each patient in each of the plurality of patient rooms and a status icon representing the rounding status of each patient, the status icon being colored red if more than an hour has elapsed since the nurse has visited the patient, and rounding is due the icon being colored yellow if more than fifty minutes but less than an hour has passed since the nurse visited the patient, and the icon being colored green if the patient has been visited by the nurse in the preceding fifty minutes, the status icon changing color based on the time elapsed since the last rounding visit as calculated by the processor; and

a plurality of wireless phones, each nurse having one of the plurality of wireless phones, each wireless phone receiving messages from the processor when patient rounding is due.

2. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 1, further including a master patient information display provided at the central nurses station, the master patient information display being in electronic communication with the computer processor, the master patient information display electronically displaying all names of all patients, all nurses, all physicians, room numbers, round statuses, and room precautions.

3. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 2, further including a plurality of room precautions displays, one of the room precaution displays being provided outside of each patient room, each room precaution display being in electronic communication with the computer processor, each room precaution display electronically displaying precautions to take with the patient with the patient room.

4. The healthcare facility management information system of claim 3, further including a master precaution display provided at the central nurses station, the master precautions display being in electronic communication with the computer processor, the master precautions display electronically displaying the names of all patients, the room numbers of all patients, the rounding status of all patients and the room precaution of all patients.

5. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of room precaution displays electronically display messages informing nurses to check the master precautions display before entering the patient room.

6. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 1, further including an admissions/discharge/transfer (ADT) station in electronic communication with the computer processor, the ADT station entering information about the patient at admission or discharge, the information being stored in the database by the processor.

7. A healthcare facility management and information system, comprising:

a computer processor provided within the healthcare and electronically coupled to a plurality of patient rooms and a central nurses station in the healthcare facility;

a database in electronic communication with the computer processor;

a plurality of electronic staff presence identification transceivers worn by a plurality of nurses, each electronic staff presence identification transceiver including a radio frequency identification tag;

an electronic rounding presence sensor positioned within each of the patient rooms and detecting the presence of the electronic staff presence identification transceivers worn by the plurality of nurses, the electronic rounding presence sensor being in electronic communication with the computer processor and automatically being informed of the exact time and nurse name upon entering the patient room, the processor receiving signals from the electronic rounding presence sensor, and calculating a time elapsed since the last rounding visit;

an electronic hourly rounding display provided at the central nurses station, the electronic hourly rounding display being in electronic communication with the computer processor and electronically displaying the names of each of the plurality of patients in each of the plurality of patient rooms, and a status icon representing the rounding status of each patient, the status icon being colored a first color if rounding is overdue as determined by the processor, the status icon being colored a second color if rounding is due, the status icon being colored a third color if rounding is not due, the status icon changing color based on the time elapsed since the last rounding visit as calculated by the processor; and

a plurality of wireless communication devices, one of the plurality of wireless communication devices being held by each of the plurality of nurses, each of the wireless communication devices receiving signals from the processor when the status icon changes color, each of the plurality of wireless communication devices displaying messages to the nurses that rounding is due or overdue.

8. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 7, further including an electronic patient information room display provided in each of the patient rooms and in communication with the healthcare facility computer processor, the electronic patient room information display electronically displaying the name of the patient, the name of the nurse, the name of the physician responsible for the patient, and a rounding list providing a plurality of times the nurse has last visited the patient room.

9. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 8, wherein the electronic patient information room display updates the rounding list automatically every time the nurse enters the patient room.

10. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 9, further including an electronic master patient information display provided at the center nurses station, the master patient information display being in electronic communication with the healthcare facility computer processor, the master patient information display electronically displaying all the names of all patients, all nurses, all physicians, all room numbers, all rounding statuses and all room precautions.

11. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 10, wherein the electronic master patient information display is automatically updated every time one of the nurses enters one of the patient rooms.

12. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 11, further including at least one of a pillow speaker and a patient station provided in each of the plurality of patient rooms and in electronic communication with the processor and central nurses station to enable a patient to call a nurse.

13. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 12, further including a plurality of room precautions displays, one of the room precaution displays being provided outside of each patient room, each room precaution display being in electronic communication with the computer processor, each room precaution display electronically displaying precautions to take with the patient with the patient room.

14. The healthcare facility management information system of claim 13, further including a master precaution display provided at the central nurses station, the master precautions display being in electronic communication with the computer processor, the master precautions display electronically displaying the names of all patients, the room numbers of all patients, the rounding status of all patients and the room precaution of all patients.

15. The healthcare facility management and information system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of room precaution displays electronically display messages informing nurses to check the master precautions display before entering the patient room.