Equipment management method and system for hospitals
First Claim
1. An asset management system comprising:
- a database comprising a plurality of tables, each of said tables comprising a plurality of fields of information, selected of said fields in each of said tables corresponding to fields in at least one of said other tables, means linking said selected fields to one another whereupon activation of a selected field in one of said tables will enable selective activation of a corresponding field which is present in one of said other tables.
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Abstract
An asset management system includes a database with a plurality of tables each containing a plurality of fields of information, selected of the fields in one table corresponding to fields in at least one of the other tables with lines of communication so that activation of a selected field in one of the tables will enable activation of a corresponding field in one of the other tables, and each table may contain one or more fields which are linked together with corresponding fields in other tables and permit linking back and forth between fields. In a method of managing assets for a plurality of customers, data is input on a database for identifying each customer including ID number, location and departments of the customer at each location which is augmented by associating a code for each customer and asset entered, inputting data regarding each activity that relates to a work order for each asset and tracking data relating to the work done, further inputting data relating to the purchase and maintenance of each asset and storing all of the data in an organized database.
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32 Claims
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1. An asset management system comprising:
a database comprising a plurality of tables, each of said tables comprising a plurality of fields of information, selected of said fields in each of said tables corresponding to fields in at least one of said other tables, means linking said selected fields to one another whereupon activation of a selected field in one of said tables will enable selective activation of a corresponding field which is present in one of said other tables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A data processing system for managing assets for a plurality of institutions comprising:
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a maintenance center;
computer processor means for processing data;
a recorder for storing data on a storage medium;
means for processing data for identifying each said institution including ID number, location and departments of said institution at each location;
work order information means for processing information regarding each activity that relates to a work order for each piece of said equipment including means for tracking information relating to work done on each asset including tax ID, parts mark-up rate, tax rates, billing addresses;
invoicing means for processing information relating to the purchase and maintenance of each said asset; and
means for storing vendor information on each said asset including an asset ID number assigned to each said asset and means for tracking the movement and location of each said asset between said maintenance center and said institution. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a data processing system, a method for managing assets for a plurality of customers comprising the steps of:
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providing a maintenance center;
providing a computer processor for processing data and inputting data for identifying each said customer including ID number, location and departments of said customer at each location and augmented by associating a code for each said asset;
inputting data regarding each activity that relates to a work order for each said asset and tracking data relating to work done on each said asset including tax ID, parts mark-up rate, tax rates, billing addresses;
inputting data relating to the purchase and maintenance of each said asset; and
storing all of said data in an organized database for each said asset including the code assigned to each said asset and tracking the movement and location of each said asset between said maintenance center and said customer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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