Method for tracking patients
First Claim
6. A computer network for gathering data related to the medical patients in a hospital, said hospital having at least one nursing station and an operations base, said network being comprised of a first, mobile computer adapted for being carried in the field and having a graphic user interface to facilitate the entry of data therein, a second fixed platform computer adapted for location at said operations base and configured to emulate the graphic user interface of said first computer so that an operator may conveniently operate both said first and second computers with substantially the same commands, and a first data link for selectively connecting said first and second computers.
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Abstract
A method and system for remotely tracking patient data via the use of handheld computers.
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29 Claims
- 6. A computer network for gathering data related to the medical patients in a hospital, said hospital having at least one nursing station and an operations base, said network being comprised of a first, mobile computer adapted for being carried in the field and having a graphic user interface to facilitate the entry of data therein, a second fixed platform computer adapted for location at said operations base and configured to emulate the graphic user interface of said first computer so that an operator may conveniently operate both said first and second computers with substantially the same commands, and a first data link for selectively connecting said first and second computers.
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13. A portable, handheld computer for gathering and processing substantially all material data related to a patient in a hospital through an entire hospital stay, said portable computer having a graphic user interface to facilitate the entry of, processing, and access to said data in said computer, a memory for storing said data, and a stored program to provide the interactive organized visual display of said data in a variety of formats upon operator command, processing of said data in response to operator inquiry including sorting of said data, and recording of operator comments relating to future desired actions to be implemented in said hospital.
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18-1. The portable computer of claim 13 wherein a substantial portion of said data may be entered in said portable computer by physically touching said data entry as it is displayed on said graphic user interface to thereby provide simplified data entry for an operator.
- 20. In a computer network including a plurality of field computers, each of said field computers being adapted for creating a data base reflecting all activity related to a patient in a hospital, and a single central computer for receiving and assembling data from said field computers into a master data base, the improvement comprising an offline, batching data link interface between said field computers and said central computer to facilitate the orderly transfer of data between said computers.
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24. A client-server computer network for collecting and analyzing data related to the medical procedures used on one patient in a plurality of hospitals comprising a plurality of computer sub-networks linked to a central server computer, each of said sub-networks being comprised of a portable computer for use by an operator in a field environment, a base operations computer comprised of a fixed platform PC, and a client data link for interconnecting said portable computer with said PC, each of said sub-networks being associated with a hospital, and a server data link interconnecting each of said sub-networks to said central server computer.
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26. A portable, handheld computer for gathering substantially all material data related to the treatment of a particular patient in a hospital through an entire hospital stay, said portable computer having a non-command line interface to facilitate the entry of said data into said portable computer, a memory for storing said data, and a stored program to provide the organized visual display of said data, said stored program being display driven and including a first set of displays for recording data on hospital procedures, a second set of displays for recording data on the patient itself, and a third set of displays for recording data the medical staff unit serving the patient.
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29. A method for collecting and storing data relating to the medical procedures performed on a patient from a plurality of hospitals, each of said hospitals having an associated portable computer and fixed platform computer, comprising the steps of:
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recording on each portable computer the data related to its associated hospital;
communicating the data from each of said portable computers to its associated computer; and
transmitting the data from each of said computers over an offline, batched data link to a central computer.
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