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RFID tracking of anesthesiologist and patient time

  • US 20050149358A1
  • Filed: 01/06/2004
  • Published: 07/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. System for tracking and recording of billable time of anesthesiology professionals during a surgical procedure with a patient in a surgery suite that includes at least one pre-induction room, at least one surgical operating room, and at least one post-anesthesiology care unit room;

  • and wherein the patient is moved between rooms;

    comprising a plurality of handheld portable data collection devices, each including an RFID reader for communicating with a set of RFID transponders, and including means for inputting patient information and type of anesthesiology care being administered to the patient;

    a plurality of personal RFID transponders each being assigned to a respective one of said anesthesiology professionals to identify the professional when the transponder is held within a predetermined short distance from a given one of said data collection devices;

    a plurality of room RFID transponders, each being mounted on a wall or doorway of a respective one of said pre-induction room;

    said operating room; and

    said post-anesthesiology care unit room;

    holder means for each patient for removably holding an assigned one of said data collection devices so that the same remains with the patient during the surgical procedure as the patient is moved through the pre-induction, operating, and post-anesthesiology care unit rooms, but can be removed from the holder means to permit the device to be held adjacent the associated room transponders when the patient enters or leaves the room; and

    download station into which each of said and-held data collection devices can be placed following completion of the surgical procedure; and

    including means for downloading stored data from the data collection device to a billing computer to capture times during the procedure that each such anesthesiology professional was present in each said room during the administration of anesthesia care.

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