Hospital monitoring and control system and method
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1. A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices having device states, comprising:
- a plurality of transmitters carried by hospital personnel, each transmitter periodically transmitting a transmitter signal unique to that transmitter;
a plurality of receivers, each receiver corresponding to a patient location, the receivers receiving the transmitter signals and outputting a receiver signal; and
a computer coupled to the associated devices, the computer configured to receive the receiver signals and determine the presence of hospital personnel in the patient locations, the computer further configured to alter device states based on the presence of hospital personnel.
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A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices is configured to control the associated devices based on the presence of hospital personnel or alarms.
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1. A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices having device states, comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters carried by hospital personnel, each transmitter periodically transmitting a transmitter signal unique to that transmitter;
a plurality of receivers, each receiver corresponding to a patient location, the receivers receiving the transmitter signals and outputting a receiver signal; and
a computer coupled to the associated devices, the computer configured to receive the receiver signals and determine the presence of hospital personnel in the patient locations, the computer further configured to alter device states based on the presence of hospital personnel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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27. A method of controlling devices in a patient location, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating the patient location to a patient;
associating devices to the patient location;
determining the presence of hospital personnel in the patient location; and
altering the state of the devices based the presence of hospital personnel.
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35. A method of controlling devices in a patient location, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating the patient location to a patient;
associating devices to the patient location;
associating alarms to the devices; and
altering the state of the devices based the presence of an alarm.
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40. A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices having device states, comprising:
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a locating and tracking system configured to locate and track hospital personnel located in the plurality of patient locations;
a computer coupled to the associated devices and the locating and tracking system, the computer configured to determine the presence of hospital personnel in the patient locations from the locating and tracking system, the computer further configured to alter device states based on the presence of hospital personnel, the computer including a database, the database comprising;
a patient database, the patient database associated each patient with a patient location;
a hospital personnel database, the hospital personnel database associating each hospital personnel with a caregiver or non-caregiver class, the hospital personnel database further associating hospital personnel with a patient; and
an alarm database, the alarm database associating a plurality of alarms with the hospital personnel. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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