System and method for managing and tracking the location of patients and health care facility resources in a health care facility
First Claim
1. A system for managing and tracking the location of patients in a health care facility comprising:
- a health care information system having at least one data repository for storing patient data and health care facility resource data, and at least one graphical user interface in communication with the at least one data repository; and
a graphical representation of at least one health care facility stored in the health care information system and displayable by the graphical user interface for managing patient care and health care facility resources.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for managing and tracking the location of patients and health care facility resources, including but not limited to health care practitioners, health care equipment, patient charts and other items in a health care facility. The system comprises a health care information system having at least one data repository for storing health care facility data, patient data and health care facility resource data and at least one graphical user interface in communication with the at least one data repository, and a graphical representation of at least one health care facility stored in the health care information system and displayable by the graphical user interface for managing patient care and health care facility resources. The graphical representation preferably provides an interactive map of the at least one health care facility for tracking the location of patients and health care facility resources.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for managing and tracking the location of patients in a health care facility comprising:
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a health care information system having at least one data repository for storing patient data and health care facility resource data, and at least one graphical user interface in communication with the at least one data repository; and
a graphical representation of at least one health care facility stored in the health care information system and displayable by the graphical user interface for managing patient care and health care facility resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for managing and tracking the location of health care facility resources in a health care facility comprising:
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a health care information system having at least one data repository for storing patient data and health care facility resource data, and at least one graphical user interface in communication with the at least one data repository; and
a graphical representation of at least one health care facility stored in the health care information system and displayable by the graphical user interface for managing patient care and health care facility resources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for managing and tracking the location of patients in a health care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing access to a graphical representation of a health care facility for displaying patient locations in the health care facility;
equipping patients in the health care facility with a device recognizable by a tracking system;
locating a selected patient using the tracking system; and
displaying the location of the selected patient on the graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for managing and tracking the location of health care facility resources in a health care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing access to a graphical representation of a health care facility for displaying health care facility resource locations in the health care facility;
equipping health care facility resources in the health care facility with a device recognizable by a tracking system;
locating a selected health care facility resource using the tracking system; and
displaying the location of the selected health care facility resource on the graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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