Apparatus and method for patient point-of-care data management
First Claim
1. A patient care device comprising a support structure, a mattress supported by the support structure, a computer coupled to the support structure, and a camera coupled to the support structure, the computer having a display screen, an image from the camera being shown on a first portion of the display screen and patient point-of-care data being shown on a second portion of the display screen.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for patient point-of-care data management is provided. Patient point-of-care data is obtained in realtime or in substantially realtime and is made available to subscribers or authorized users on either a local computer display screen, a remote computer display screen, or both. In some embodiments, data associated with a plurality of patients is made available and is viewable simultaneously on a computer display screen. In some embodiments, patient point-of-care data from a plurality of hospitals is available.
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1. A patient care device comprising
a support structure, a mattress supported by the support structure, a computer coupled to the support structure, and a camera coupled to the support structure, the computer having a display screen, an image from the camera being shown on a first portion of the display screen and patient point-of-care data being shown on a second portion of the display screen.
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18. A patient care system comprising
a patient support device having a surface on which a patient lies, a computer associated with the patient support device, the computer having a reader and a display, the computer being configured to store patient data including a first subset of patient data and a second subset of patient data, a first token, the computer being configured to grant access to the first subset of patient data if the first token is presented to the reader, and a second token, the computer being configured to grant access to the second subset of patient data if the second token is presented to the reader.
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26. An infant support apparatus comprising
a base, an infant support platform coupled to the base and configured to support an infant, a canopy positioned above the infant support platform, an infant compartment in which the infant is situated being defined between the canopy and the infant support platform, a camera aimed toward the infant to provide a video image of the infant, a patient sensor sensing at least one physiological condition of the infant, and a data management system receiving from the camera the video image of infant and receiving from the sensor data indicative of the at least one physiological condition, the data management system having a display screen that displays simultaneously the video image of the infant and the data indicative of the at least one physiological condition of the infant.
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30. A patient care system comprising
a plurality of patient support devices, each patient support device having a surface on which a respective patient lies, and a plurality of computers, each computer being coupled to a respective patient support device, each computer receiving patient point-of-care data indicative of at least one physiological condition of the patient supported by the respective patient support device, and each computer being configured to communicate the patient point-of-care data of the respective patient to each of the other computers so that the patient point-of-care data associated with all of the plurality of patients is accessible on each of the plurality of computers.
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33. A patient care device for use in a healthcare facility having a network of computer devices, the patient care device comprising
a support structure, a mattress supported by the support structure, the mattress having a surface on which a patient lies, a computer support attached to the support structure, and a computer attached to the computer support, the computer being coupled to the network, the computer support being configured to permit repositioning of the computer relative to the support structure, the computer being configured to receive patient point-of-care data, including data representative of at least one physiological condition of the patient, the computer being configured to send the patient point-of-care data to at least one of the computer devices of the network.
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35. A patient point-of-care data management system comprising
a first computer device configured to collect patient point-of-care data, a first portion of the patient point-of-care data being indicative of at least one physiological condition of a patient, a second portion of the patient point-of-care data being indicative of an operating parameter of a patient care device associated with the patient, the first and second portions of the patient point-of-care data being collected by the first computer device substantially in realtime, a second computer device networked to the first computer device and having a database in which is stored the patient point-of-care data and in which is stored medical record data associated with the patient, and a third computer device networked to the second computer device and configured to permit authorized users to access the patient point-of-care data and the medical record data, the third computer device having a display screen on which the patient point-of-care data is viewable in substantially realtime and on which at least a portion of the medical record data is viewable simultaneously with the patient point-of-care data.
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42. A healthcare data system comprising
a communication device for transmitting and receiving patient point-of-care data, a storage device having a database in which patient point-of-care data is stored, a processing unit electrically coupled to both the communication device and the storage device, and a memory device electrically coupled to the processing unit, the memory device having stored therein a plurality of operating instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to operate the communication device to receive patient point-of-care data associated with a plurality of patients located in a plurality of hospitals.
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47. A method of operating a healthcare data system, the method comprising
receiving patient point-of-care data associated with a plurality of patients located in a plurality of hospitals, storing the received patient point-of-care data in a database, at least some of the patient point-of-care data being generated by a plurality of sensors, each of which senses at least one physical characteristic of a respective patient, retrieving at least some of the patient point-of-care data from the database upon receipt of a request from a subscriber, and transmitting the retrieved patient point-of-care data to the subscriber.
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49. A method for providing patient point-of-care data to subscribers, the method comprising
providing a database that is configured to store patient point-of-care data from a plurality of patients in a plurality of hospitals, each of the patients and each of the hospitals being identified by a respective identification code, collecting the patient point-of-care data from the plurality of patients, at least some of the patient point-of-care data being collected on substantially a realtime basis, and permitting subscribers online access to the database to view simultaneously and in substantially realtime patient point-of-care data associated with more than one patient from more than one hospital.
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