Healthcare facility management and information system
First Claim
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.
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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.
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15 Claims
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1. A healthcare facility management and information system, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A healthcare facility management and information system, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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