Mobile point of care system and associated method and computer program product
First Claim
1. A wireless, mobile point-of-care cart comprising:
- a mobile frame including a housing defining a plurality of drawer receptacles, said housing carrying at least one reader; and
a plurality of drawers each sized to fit within one of said drawer receptacles, each of said drawers carrying a memory device capable of retaining patient-specific data, wherein said patient-specific data is capable of being read from said memory device by said at least one reader.
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Abstract
A wireless, mobile point-of-care system is provided including a plurality of mobile point-of-care carts, each capable of transporting a plurality of patient-specific medication or supply drawers or containers. The mobile point-of-care carts provide for both auto-identification of patient containers carried by the cart, as well as real-time tracking of the carts themselves. Using the combination of these two features, each patient-specific drawer can be located throughout the hospital at any given time. A method is further provided for utilizing this location information to generate a medication delivery/removal plan or route, which can be used by delivery personnel to alleviate the burden caused by making medication carts mobile.
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39 Claims
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1. A wireless, mobile point-of-care cart comprising:
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a mobile frame including a housing defining a plurality of drawer receptacles, said housing carrying at least one reader; and
a plurality of drawers each sized to fit within one of said drawer receptacles, each of said drawers carrying a memory device capable of retaining patient-specific data, wherein said patient-specific data is capable of being read from said memory device by said at least one reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile point-of-care system comprising:
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one or more wireless, mobile point-of-care carts;
one or more patient-specific drawers capable of being carried by said carts, wherein each patient-specific drawer comprises a memory device capable of being read while onboard said cart to identify a patient associated with said patient-specific drawer; and
a tracking system for identifying the location of each of said carts such that the location of each of said patient-specific drawers is capable of being identified. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of routing a medication delivery person throughout a hospital for delivering and removing medications from one or more mobile point-of-care carts, said method comprising:
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receiving registration data corresponding with respective mobile point-of-care carts, said registration data indicating one or more patient-specific drawers registered to respective mobile point-of-care carts;
receiving tracking data corresponding with respective mobile point-of-care carts, said tracking data capable of being used to determine a location associated with respective mobile point-of-care carts;
determining, based on said registration data and said tracking data, a location associated with each patient-specific drawer; and
generating a medication delivery route based at least in part on said location associated with each patient-specific drawer. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product for routing a medication delivery person throughout a hospital for delivering and removing medications from one or more mobile point-of-care carts, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program portions comprising:
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a first executable portion for receiving registration data corresponding with respective mobile point-of-care carts, said registration data indicating one or more patient-specific drawers registered to respective mobile point-of-care carts;
a second executable portion for receiving tracking data corresponding with respective mobile point-of-care carts, said tracking data capable of being used to determine a location associated with respective mobile point-of-care carts;
a third executable portion for determining, based on said registration data and said tracking data, a location associated with each patient-specific drawer; and
a fourth executable portion for generating a medication delivery route based at least in part on said location associated with each patient-specific drawer. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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